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persede anything that has hitherto been introduced 

 for the purpose. The locust, white mulberry, 

 sweetbriar, beach, and many varieties which have 

 been cultivated for other uses, may be added to the 

 list ; but, as my object is to give directions regard- 

 ing live fences to enclose orchards, &c., I shall pro- 

 ceed to treat on that subject. 



Sowing the seeds of plants for live fences. 

 The seeds of different varieties of plants for live 

 fences, are generally sown in nursery rows eighteen 

 inches wide and two feet between the rows, or they 

 are sometimes sown in four feet beds with eighteen 

 inch or two feet alleys, in the manner explained in 

 the nursery department. The autumn is the proper 

 season for sowing, or so soon as the seed is ripe. 

 Such seeds as have a hard covering, as the locust, 

 should have their outer covering softened by boil- 

 ing water being poured over it, as the seed will 

 not vegetate unless its covering is so softened as 1 to 

 admit air and moisture to it. 



Planting the fence. When the; young plants are 

 one or two years in the nursery rows, they will be 

 fit for planting. The ground intended to be planted 

 should be previously prepared for it, by cleaning it 

 well, and working in a quantity of good rotten ma- 

 nure. The planting may be performed by stretching 

 a garden line where the location of the fence is de- 

 signed ; the plants may then be inserted in a single 

 row, six inches apart, by the spade or dibble ; but 

 the former I would recommend. The work is done 

 by placing the spade parallel with the line, and 

 pressing it down with the foot and hand to the depth 

 required for the plant, when it is to be drawn three 

 or four inches forward to admit the plant to be put in 



