226 THE YOUNG FARMER'S MANUAL. 



Thomas' Fruit Culturist, and learn to prune according to the most 

 approved principles. 



305. As soon as a tree has been pruned the limbs having 

 been cut off smoothly a little kettle of liquid grafting cement 

 should be at hand, and with a brush every wound that is as large 

 as a man's thumb should be smeared, and a piece of coarse paper 

 put over it before it becomes hard, and pressed into the wax. 

 Have a little basket with square pieces of paper in it ; and if the 

 paper is a little larger than the wound, it will do no harm, for 

 the rain and wind will soon carry away all that does not adhere 

 to the wax. I have and do now practise these directions. 



THE HEDGE COMPLETE. 



306. " The following figure will give the young hedger the most 

 approved manner of pruning a hedge, which is made to assume 

 the form of a Gothic arch, as shown by the curved lines o n and 

 o m, the apex of the hedge. The dotted line c represents the 

 point where the hedge should be clipped the first season, if it is 

 large enough. The dotted line d shows the place for the second 

 clipping ; e is the third clipping, h the fourth clipping, and o the 

 hedge complete."* 



307. Since penning the preceding thoughts on hedges, I have 

 read " Warder's Hedges and Evergreens," a most useful treatise 

 for every one who ever contemplates raising ten rods of hedge. 

 "When I penned this article on hedges, I did not know that such 

 a book was in existence, and am much gratified to learn that our 

 views on the subjects connected with hedging should coincide so 

 well, especially in regard to the distance apart at which the quicks 

 should be set. I have to acknowledge, with gratitude, my in 

 debtedness to the Country Gentleman and Albany Cultivator, 

 published by Luther Tucker & Son, for some of the ideas in com 

 posing this Section. When anything has been copied, due credit 

 has been given. 



* Dr. Warder's Hedges and Evergreens, price one dollar. 



