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intolerable, that ic frequently becomes a question, 

 whether the garden shall be abandoned, or the 

 poultry destroyed. Fowls seldom, or never, 

 ffy over a fence. They, -from motives of pru- 

 dence, first fdight upon it, and then drop down 

 on the other side ; or, if they perceive danger, 

 turn short about, and drop back again, making 

 a noise expressive of their disappointment. Now, 

 Fowls will alight on wooden, brick, or stone 

 fences; but never on a quickset hedge, which 

 affords no steady lodgment for their feet, and 

 which wounds their legs and thighs and bodies 

 with its thorns. 



54. What has been said here of forming a 

 hedge applies to meadows and fields as well as 

 to gardens; observing, however, that, in all ca- 

 ses, the ground ought to be well prepared, and 

 cattle, sheep and pigs kept effectually off, until 

 tfte hedge arrive at its sixth year. 



55. If I am asked how the white-thorn plants 

 are to be had in America, I answer, that I saw 

 a Tree of Hawthorn at McAllister's Tavern^ 

 near Harrisburg, in Pennsylvania, loaded with 

 red berries. In short, one large tree, or bush, 

 would soon stock the whole country ; and they 

 maybe brought from England, either, in plant or 

 in berry. But, there are many here already.' 

 If more are wanted, they can be had any month 

 of December, being shipped from England, in 

 barrels, half sand and half berries, in November. 

 The berries, which are called haws, are ripe in 

 November. They are beaten down from the 

 tree, and cleared from leaves and bits of wood. 

 Then they are mixed with sand, or earth, four 

 bushels of sand, or of earth, to a bushel of 



