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them re-planted, by which they could mostly be cur- 

 tailed, and at the same time opportunity may be taken 

 to get rid of some of them altogether, or to make 

 them in a more convenient direction. 



We are now in possession of a hedge composed of 

 everything but hawthorn, and somewhere about 

 twelve feet high. It is without gaps, but still preg- 

 nable at any point, by reason of the want of armature 

 in the shrubs of which it is composed. Still, as it 

 stands on the top of a bank five feet high, the mound 

 and hedge together is not so bad a fence as its mate- 

 rials might warrant. 



"VVe here give a list of the plants of which this fence 

 is composed, in order to the more clear explanation 

 of what is to follow : — 



PLANTS IN A HEDGE AT BRADFORD ABBAS, ON THE 

 INFERIOR OOLITE. 



Parts. 



Ash... 4^ 



Hazel 20 



Cornel 10 



Spindle-tree ...... 12 



Blackthorn , G 



Maple 20 ) 



Mealy Guelder Rose 5 



Clematis 2 



Elder 3 



Elm 3 



Whitethorn 2 



The whole inter- 

 mixed with long 

 climbing brambles 

 and straggling 

 briars, and the 

 bank covered with 

 the usual hedge- 

 row weeds, 



Now, here is a tall hedge on the north side of our 

 field, and so capable of affording no slight amount of 

 shelter to stock ; but how much southern sun does it 

 keep off our neighbour's field ! And yet we have 

 just succeeded to a lease which contains a clause 



