19 Practical Forestry 



and lightly forked in the following spring, and before growth 

 has commenced. Should gaps occur by reason of deaths 

 in the old plants these should be removed, and others of 

 young growth substituted, the soil at the same time being 

 dug out and other fresh from a field or roadside used instead. 

 Great care should be exercised that the roots of living plants 

 are not injured whilst removing the dead and substituting 

 the live specimens. Specially-prepared plants and such as 

 are unusually stout and bushy should alone be used in 

 hedge-repairing . 



