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diflScult to get them to grow : As 

 for the Size, the Sets ought to be 

 about the Bign-iis of one's Thumb, 

 and cut within about four or Sve 

 Inches of the Ground i they ought 

 to be frelh gathered, llrait, fmooth, 

 and well rooted. 



idly, If the Hedge has a Ditch, 

 it (hould be made three Feet wide 

 at Top, and one at Bottom, and 

 two Feet deep, that each may have 

 a Slope i but if the Ditch be four 

 Feet wide, it ouglit to be two Feet 

 and an half deep ,• and if it be five 

 Feet wide, it fhould be three Feet, 

 and fo in Proportion. 



^dly, If the Bank be without a 

 Ditch, the Sets fliould be fet in two 

 Rows, almoft perpendicular, at the 

 Diftance of a Foot from each other. 



4thly, The Tuif is to be laid 

 with the Grafs Side downwards, 

 on that Side of the Ditch the Bank 

 is deiigned to be made, and fome 

 of the beft Mould fliould be laid 

 upon it to bed the Quick j then 

 the Quick is to be laid upon it, a 

 Foot afunder, Co that the End of it 

 may be inclining upvv^ards j and at 

 equal Diftances of thirty Feet, plant 

 a young Oak, AJJj, Cr;ib, or Elm^ to 

 grow with the ^uch. 



5-thly, When the firll Row of 

 Quick is laid, it mufl be covered 

 with Mould, and the Turf laid up- 

 on it as before, and fome Mould 

 upon that j ib that when the Bank 

 is a Foot high, you may lay ano- 

 ther Row of Sets againd the Spa- 

 ces of the lower Quick, and cover 

 them as the former was done, and 

 the Bank is to be topp'd with the 

 Bottom of the Ditch, and a dry or 

 dead Hedge laid to fhade and defend 

 the under Plantation. 



6thly, Then there i"hould be Stakes 

 driven into the loofe Earth, at about 

 two Feet and a half Diftance, fo 

 low as to reach the firm Ground. 



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Oak Stakes are accounted the 



bell, and Blackthorn and Sallow the 

 next : Let the fmall Bufhes be laid 

 below, but not too rhick, only a 

 little to cover the Quick from be- 

 ing bit by the Cattle, when it 

 fprings ; and alfo to lay long Buflies 

 at the Top, to bind the Stakes ill 

 with, by interweaving them. 



And in order to render the Hedg« 

 yet flronger, you may e^Uer it (as 

 it is cali'd) i, e. bind the Top of 

 the Stakes in v/irh fome fmali long 

 Poles or Sticks on each Side, and 

 when the Eddering is finifli'd, drive 

 the Stakes a new, becaule the Wa- 

 ving of the Hedge and Eddering 

 are apt to loofen the Stakes. 



The Quick mufl: be kept con- 

 ftanrly weeded, and fecur'd from 

 being cropp'd by Cattlcr, and in Fe- 

 6ruary it will be proper to cut its 

 v/ithin an Inch of the Ground, 

 which will caufe it to ftrike Root 

 afrefli, and help it much in the 

 Growth. 



When a Hedge is of about eight 

 or nine Years Growth, it will b« 

 proper to plafii it : The befi: Tmie 

 for this Work is either in February 

 or Ociooer. 



When a Hedge is grown old, i. e. 

 of about twenty or thirty Years 

 Growth, and there are in it old 

 Stubs as well as new Shoots, the 

 old Stubs Ihould be cut floping off 

 within two or three Inches of the 

 Ground, and the beft and longeft 

 of the middle Size fhould be left 

 to lay down, and iome of the 

 ftrongefl, at thj Height of five or 

 fix Feet, according as you defign 

 the Height of the Hedge to be, may- 

 be left to fevve inftead of Shakes ; 

 and frcfli Sjakes Ihould be put 

 in thole P'aces where they are 

 wanting j the Hedge fhould be 

 thir.n'di {o as to leave on the Stubs 

 only fuch Shoots as are deiign'd to 

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