30 THE CULTURE OF 



Forraation of the Wattle Hurdle. 



From the ready admission of air through 

 the wattle-work, to invigorate the plants 

 throughout the time they are applied, they, 

 are to be considered far superior to any close 

 shade whatever. 



To Form the Wattle Hurdle. 



Provide a sufficient number of light- 

 wooden hurdles, five to six feet in length, 

 and about three feet deep from the upper to 

 the lower rail, when with smooth branchy 

 boughs of willow, or other light, straight, 

 and pliable wood, six feet long, wattle each 

 hurdle to the bottom, by fixing these boughs 

 uniformly between the three rails of which 

 the hurdle is composed, spreading the small 

 branches in such manner as to admit be- 

 tween the wattle-work about one half the 

 mid-day sun regularly throughout the bed. 



On the south side the bed or border of 

 plants, place these hurdles in a direct line» 



