496 THE PLEASURE, OR [SEPT. 



expeditious work. 'Let the sides of the full grown hedges be al- 

 ways clipped in, nearly to the former year's cut, and as even and 

 straight as possible ; for it looks awkward and not workman like, 

 to see the sides ot hedges, especially garden hedges, waved and 

 uneven ; and always observe to clip a hedge in such a way as to 

 slofic in a narrowing manner ufiwards, that the top may be a little 

 narrower than the bottom, and at the same tin.e as even and level 

 as possible. 



In clipping young hedges under training, be cautious not to cut 

 them too close above, but clip the top oft' regularly to retard the 

 luxuriant shoots, and cause them to branch out and thicken the 

 hedge, and also to give the moderate growths an equal advantage of 

 air and room to advance as equally as possible ; cut the sides with 

 similar care but closer, and always sloping inwards or narrowing 

 towards the top; for by thus exposing the sides and bottom of the 

 hedge to the influence of the air, rain, and dews, all parts are 

 equally encouraged in growth, and the whole becomes close and 

 well furnished, but when the top overhangs the bottom, the lower 

 branches, for want of those advantages, decay and the hedge be 

 comes thin below and, consequently, much more unfit to answer 

 the end than if judiciously trained. 



Grass and Gravel Walks, and Lawns. 



Continue to treat your grass and gravel walks and lawns as di- 

 rected in page 391, and let the rough edges of all grass lawns, &c. 

 adjoining gravel walks, and principal borders, be cut close and neat, 

 with a very sharp edging-iron, Sec. which will give an additional 

 neatness, and becoming appearance to the whole. 



Prepare for Planting. 



Prepare now, at all leisure hours, the different beds, borders, 

 and composts, for your plantations of choice tulips, hyacinths, ane- 

 mones, ranunculuses, and other flower-roots, which are to be plant- 

 ed next month ; also for the various flowering shrubs, Sic. that 

 the hurry of business may not press upon you too much at once, 

 and that you may be the better able to do every thing in its proper 

 season. 



Transplanting JEvergrecns. 



In the last week of this month, should necessity require, you may 

 transplant such evergreens, as seem to have ceased growing, pro- 

 vided you can remove them with balls of earth, or that they are to 

 be planted in shady places ; but in either case it will be necessary 

 to water them, occasionally, in dry weather, for three or four weeks 

 after planting ; however, if the season proves hot and dry, it will be 

 better to defer that work till October. 



