24 AMERICAN GARDENER. 



At present I shall confine myself to the sort of 

 fence that I would recommend. 



37. I am aware of the difficulty of over- 

 coming long habit, and of introducing any thing 

 that is new. Yet, amongst a sensible people, 

 such as those, for whose use this work is intended, 

 one need not be afraid of ultimate success ; and 

 I, above all men, ought not to entertain such 

 fear, after what I have seen with regard to the 

 Ruta Baga. The people of this country listen 

 patiently; and, if they be not in haste to decide, 

 they generally decide wisely at last. Besides, it 

 is obvious to every one, that the lands, in the 

 populous parts of the country, must be provided 

 with a different sort of fence from that which is 

 now in use ; or, that they must be, in a few 

 years, suffered to lay waste. 



38. Yet, with all these circumstances b my 

 favour, I proceed with faultering accent tc pro- 

 pose, even fora garden, a live fence, especially 

 when I have to notice, that I know not how to 

 get the plants, unless I, in the outset, bring them, 

 or their seeds, from England! However, I 

 must suppose this difficulty surmounted; then 

 proceed to describe this fence that I would have, 

 if I could. 



39. In England it is called a Quick-Set Hedge. 

 The truth is, however, that it ought rather to be 

 called an Everlasting Hedge; for, it is not, as 

 will be seen by-and-by, so -very quickly set ; or, 

 at least, so very quickly raised. If I couid carry 

 my readers into Surrey, in England, aid show 

 them quick-set hedges, I might stop tore, and 

 only provide the seeds or plants. But not being 

 able to do that, I must, as well as lean, describe 



