xxii Inst^iuctions for Pruning, Budding, &c. 



to keep your walks clear of weeds and mofs, turn tiiem 



up in the winter. 



Hedges. Their ufe and ornament to the garden are fo 

 great,, that we iTiali give fome neceflary direftions about 

 them ; for ip.clofu''cs the quick is moi'b frequently plant- 

 ed, wiuch Ibould not be bigger than geefe quills, to be 

 cut down to within four or five inches of the ground 

 when planted, and taken frefn from the nurfery, to be 

 fmooth, freight, and well rooted ; if to the hedge there 

 is to be a ditch, I would advife it to be fix feet wide at 

 top, four and half at bottom, and three icef, then there 

 will be a proper inclination given to the banks, to fup- 

 port themfelves againft frofts ; if without a ditch, the 

 quicks are to be planted in two rows, almoft perpendi- 

 cu-iar, at a foot diftance, in the quincunx order, (fee fig. 

 17) that is, four quicks are to be fet in the oppofite cor- 

 ners of a fquare, and one in the middle; the method of 

 planting on {loping banks in two rows one above the 

 other, is by no means right, as tbe moidure pjoes off 

 too quickly to afford the plantation nourilliment,; I ad- 

 vife the plantations to be made with the fets on the top 

 of the bank, where if they are kept clear from weeds, 

 thev will grow more in one year, than thofe on the fides 

 in three; when hedges come to the growth of eight and 

 nine years they (liould be plafhed, that is, laid down, a- 

 voiding the extreme of laying them too low or thkk ; 

 the feafon for this work is in O^ober and February. 



The Crab and blackThorji, both, make excellent hedges, 

 but are to be raifed from feed, and the firft from the 

 fmall wild Crab, to be fown early in Jnnuojj. The 

 Holly makes the mofi: beautiful hedge, but is flow in its 

 growth, and like the laft is bed: raifed from feed, which 

 muft be a year gathered before it is fit for ufe, to be iria- 

 naged thus: Th^ Berries which are to be gathered about 

 Cbrijlmas, are to be put into a large flower pot, mixing 

 fome fand with them, then dig holes in the ground, into 

 thefe the pots mufi: be funk, covering them 'to a foot 

 depth, where they are to remain until 0/7o//'fr, then the 

 Berries are to be taken out and fown where they are fo 

 ' {land, the ground being well trenched and cleared, l^c. 

 then two drills are to be made at about a foot diftance 

 from each other, and about two inches deep, into which 



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