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Observations upon Mr. NeiWs Hedges,"^ and on the 

 7node of trimtnmg Thorn Hedges, by James Mease, 

 M.D. 



Read, August 10, 1813. 



Being desirous of knowing accurately the mode 

 adopted by Mr. Neill, in making his hedges, I paid 

 him a visit on the 26th of last month. I found his 

 hedges to consist of the following species of thorns. 



1. The American cockspur, {Crattcgus cms galli,) 

 which grows abundantly about Newcastle, in the state 

 of Delaware, and other places. 



2. The Virginia, Maryland, or Washington thorn, 

 {Crat^gus eordata,) which has been so highly praised, 

 and cultivated by Mr. Main, of George Town, district 

 of Columbia,! and called by him the American hedge 

 thorn. 



3. The great American hawthorn, {Cratagus coc- 



cinea,) 



4. A variety of this last species. 



5. The English white thorn, {Crataegus oxycantha,) 

 They are all planted in the manner described by 



Mr. Neill, in the present volume, but the first and se- 

 cond species well deserve the preference bestowed on 

 them, by those who have tried them. The second is 

 inferior to the first, only because the haws vegetate 

 sooner : that is, the first season they are sown ; where- 

 as the others w^ill not grow until the second year. 



* See page 1 1, of this volume. 



t See Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for promoting Agri- 

 culture, Vol. IL 



