FIRST STEPS TOWARDS AFFORESTATION 27 



Privet alone or mixed with Beech or Quick, Beech for 

 preference, as when they are trimmed annually they 

 retain their leaves throughout the winter and serve better 

 as a protection. It is a mistake to have too many hedges 

 in a nursery, and to allow them to grow too high and 

 wide, as they serve as a harbour for rats, mice, and other 

 vermin, which are often difficult to exterminate from these 

 places. Hedges serve as nesting- places for a few useful 

 birds, but also for destructive ones as well. 



