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cially where the earth is not very tenacious), 

 are bared of the mould which should entertain 

 them, by that time the rains and storms of one 

 winter have passed over them. In Holland 

 and Flanders (where they have the goodliest 

 hedges of this kind about the counterscarps of 

 their invincible fortifications, to the great secu- 

 rity of their musketeers upon occasion) they 

 plant them according to my description, and 

 raise fences so speedily, and so impenetrable, 

 that our best are not to enter into the compari- 

 son. Yet that I may not be wanting to direct 

 such as either affect the other way, or whose 

 grounds may require some bank of earth, as or- 

 dinarily the verges of copses and other enclos- 

 ures do, you shall by line cast up your foss of 

 about three feet broad, and about the same 

 depth, provided your mould hold out; begin- 

 ning first to turn the turf, upon which be care- 

 ful to lay some of the best earth to bed your 

 quick in, and there lay or set the plants, two in 

 a foot space is sufficient ; being diligent to 

 procure such as are fresh- gathered, straight, 

 smooth, and well-rooted ; adding now and then, 

 at equal spaces of twenty or thirty feet, a young 

 oakling or elm-sucker, ash, or the like, which 

 will come in time, especially in plain countries, 

 to be ornamental standards, and good timber. 

 If you will needs multiply your rows, a foot, or 



