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nable Hedge of one hundred and sixty foot in length, 

 seven foot high, and five in diameter, which I can 

 shew in my poor Gardens at any time of the year, 

 glitt'ring with its arm'd and vernish'd leaves ? 

 the taller Standards at orderly distances blushing 

 with their natural Cor all: It mocks at the rudest 

 assaults of the Weather, Beasts, or Hedge-breaker. 

 . . . Et ilium nemo impune lacessit. 



' True it is, that time must bring this tree to 

 perfection; it does so to all things else, et 

 posteritate pangimus. But what if a little culture 

 about the Roots (not dunging which it abhorres) 

 and frequent stirring of the mould doubles its 

 growth ? We stay even years for a tolerable 

 Quick, it is worth staying it thrice for this, which 

 has no Competitor? 



Of all kinds of trees or shrubs, however, the 

 Hawthorn, May, or Quick (Cratxgus Oxyacantha) 

 makes the best live hedge for fields. Taken for 

 all in all, no other plant is so suitable. Growing 

 easily in a great variety of soils, it exhibits a 

 considerable degree of density, and can, if well 

 maintained, resist pressure; while its thorny 

 branches keep cattle and sheep from trying to 

 force their way through it. Limy and marly 



