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plants out of the bed, I must make a remark or 

 two respecting- shelter for hot-beds ; and this leads 

 me back to the Plan of the. Garden. In that plan 

 (Plate I.) is the Hot-bed Ground, No. 1, which is 

 70 feet by 36. The fence to the North and West 

 is the hedge, and that to the South and East ought 

 to be made of Broom Corn Stalks, in this manner : 

 Put some Locust-Posts along at eight or ten feet 

 apart. Let these posts be ten feet high and 

 squared to three inches by three inches. Lay a 

 bed of bricks, or smooth stones, along the ground 

 from post to post, and let this bed be about 

 seven or eight inches wide. This bed is for the 

 bottoms of the Broom-Corn Stalks to stand on. 

 Go on one side of the row of posts, and nail three 

 rows of strips, or laths (best of Locust,) to the 

 posts. The first row at a foot and a half from the 

 ground ; the second row at six feet from the 

 ground ; and third row within six inches of the top 

 of the posts. Then do the same on the other side 

 of the posts. Thus you will have a space of three 

 inches wide, all the way along, between these op- 

 posite rows of strips. Then take fine, long, straight 

 Broom-Corn Stalks, and fill up this space with them, 

 full and tight, putting them, of course, bottoms 

 downwards, and placing these bottoms upon the 

 bricks. When the whole is nicely filled, strain a 

 line from top of post to top of post, and according 

 to that line, cut off the tops of the Broom-Corn 

 Stalks ; and, while the fence will look very hand- 

 some, it will be a shelter much more effectual than 

 pales or a wall ; and, in my opinion, will last as 

 long as the former, unless the former be made 

 wholly of Locust. Stalks, rushes, reeds, strvw, 

 twigs, bows, any thing of this kind, formed into a 

 fence, or put up as shelter, is preferable to any 



