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along recommended liedL\es, or trees traln'd 

 to a flat form. The cliief culture which 

 thefe will want is, now and then to dig 

 and ftir the ground all along over their 

 roots, and if the foil is poor, to help it 

 with fome very old dung mix'd with fand, 

 lime, marl, good mould, or other fuch 

 . manure as lies mofl convenient, and is 

 beft fuited to temper and improve what-, 

 ever natural defeft there is in the foils this 

 at leaft will be very ufeful for fuch a part 

 of your hedge as you defire fliould bud 

 foon in fpring for the new-hatch'd worms. 

 Thefe hedges fiiould be pruned by clip^ 

 ping of the ihoots from which you have 

 ftripped the leaves as foon as you conve- 

 niently can, for being done in lummer, 

 the cut will better heal, new branches 

 will be form'd for the enfuing year, and 

 the hedge will be kept flat and regular ; 

 underlland this when you do nut clip but 

 jftrip the leaves to feed your filkworms, 

 for if you clip them they will want no 

 other pruning. 



But if your trees are com^mon large 

 flandards, they may want pruning either 

 when the branches are grown fo old as not 

 (o bear good leaves, or Vvhen they have 



grown 



