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ing the stems in the process as to bring the points almost or 

 quite upright. After the whole is planted, fill up the trench, 

 treading the earth lightly as it is filled in, and finish by a 

 firm but shuffling tread along with one foot on each side of the 

 newly-planted row, and close to it. It should then be dressed 

 with the shears to an even height, and if the season prove 

 very dry, water it until it is out of danger. If planted in the 

 fall, the dressing should be deferred until spring. 



FENCING. 



Having determined the size and form of your garden, inclose 

 it on the north and west sides with a high, close board fence, 

 and on the east and south sides either with close fence or 

 picket. 



Hedges combining ornament with additional protection may 

 be planted along the inside of these latter fences, and, if pre- 

 ferred, along the west fence also. They may be of arborvitse, 

 cedar, cypress, cydonia japonica, privet, pepperidge, the buck- 

 thorn, either European or American, the Washington thorn, or 

 the Osage orange ; to which list may be added, for the warmer 

 latitudes, the sweet bay, the euonymus japonica, the pomegran- 

 ate, and others. The common and honey locusts, though 

 beautiful, grow too strongly for this purpose ; and the haw- 

 thorn, though effective where security is the chief object, is 

 excluded by its scalded and unsightly appearance in the sum- 

 mer and fall. 



In making young hedges, the plants may be set either in a 

 single row at six inches apart, or a foot apart in a double row, 

 and alternated so that the actual intervals will still be only 

 six inches ; and if the plants are slightly sloped in the setting 

 out, the growth will probably thicken sooner. 



PROTECTION. 



Whether hedges are planted or not, if you would make the 

 thing perfect, unless hills or woods already protect it, plant a 

 belt consisting of a double or triple row, or more, of evergreens, 

 of such varieties as you may prefer, along the outside of the 

 fence on the east, north, and west sides. Let this belt over- 



