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moderate Proportion j and if the 

 Soil be good, it may in time be 

 well furnifh'd with bearing Wood 

 in every Part, efpecially that Part 

 planted with Pears, notwithftand- 

 ing the Branches being train'd ho- 

 rizontally from the Bottom of the 

 "Walls. 



I would recommend the White 

 Thorn, the Holly, the Black Thorn 

 and Crab, for outward Fences to a 

 good Ground i but 1 do not ap- 

 prove of the intermixing them. 



The White Thorn is the beft 

 Quick to plant j becaufe it is the 

 moft common, and is efteem'd the 

 handfomefl. 



The Black Thorn and Crab make 

 very good Fences, and are to be 

 rais'd as the White Thorn. But if 

 the Kernels of Apples or Crabs be 

 Sown, it is befl to fow the Pom- 

 mace with them, and they will 

 come up the iboner, i. e. the firft 

 Year. 



If Crab Stocks be planted toge- 

 ther like Quick, they make ex- 

 cellent Hedges, and fo will fome 

 Sorts of Plumbs. 



The Black Thorn is not account- 

 ed fo good for Fences as the White 

 Thorn, becaufe it is apt to run 

 more into the Ground, and is not 

 certain as to the growing: But 

 then, on the other hand, the 

 Buflies are by much the better, and 

 are alio more lafting than the White 

 Thorn, or any other, for dead 

 Hedges, or to mend Gaps : nor 

 are they fubje£t to be cropt by 

 Cattle, as the others are. The 

 richer the Mould is, the better they 

 will profper ; but yet they will 

 grow on the fame Sort of Soil that 

 the White Thorn does. 



The Holly will make an excel- 

 lent Fence, and is preferable to all 

 the reft : but it is diflScult to be 

 made to grow at the firft, and is 



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a dow Grower ,• but when once it 

 does grow, it makes Amends by 

 its Height, Strength, and Thick- 

 nefs. 



It is raifed either of Sets or 

 Berries, as the White Thorn is, 

 and will lie as long in the Ground 

 before it comes up. It delights 

 moft in ftrong Grounds, but will 

 grow upon the drieft Gravel, a- 

 mongft Rocks or Stones. 



The Berries lie till the fecond 

 Spring before they come up, there- 

 fore they fnould be prepar'd before 

 they are fown. (For this, fee the 

 Article Holly.) It will be beft to 

 fow 'em in the Place where you 

 defign they fhonld grow i and they 

 Ihould be well weeded both before 

 they come up, and afterwards. 



French Furs will alfo do well 

 upon dry fandy Banks, where few 

 other Plants will growj- but they 

 muft be kept very clean at the 

 Bottom, and cut thin, and never 

 fuffer'd to grow too high : nor 

 ihould they be cut in dry Weather, 

 nor late in Autumn, nor early in 

 the Spring; the doing either of 

 which, is fubjed to make it die 

 in Patches, which is irrecoverable : 

 nor will it ever break out again 

 from old Wood, if cut clofe in, 

 after it has been fuffer'd long to 

 grow out. 



Fences may likewife be made of 

 Elder : If the Soil be any thing^ 

 good, you may ftick Sticks of 

 Elder, or Truncheons ten or twelve 

 Feet long, flopewife in your Bank, 

 £o as to make Chequer-work, and 

 they will make a Fence for a Gar- 

 den the quickeft of any thing, and 

 be a good Shelter. 



Elder planted on a Bank, the 

 Side of which is wafh'd with a 

 River or Stream, will moke an ex- 

 traordinary Fence, and will preferve 

 the Baak from being undermin'd 



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