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ing that of any other hedge-plant with which I am acquainted. 

 For some seasons, in September, its beauty has been marred by 

 the slug- worm ; besides this, it is perfect ; cattle do not browse 

 or hook it. 



The buckthorn hedge was set out in the spring of 1839 ; the 

 plants were then two years old ; the mode of trimming has been 

 nearly the same as the other. A part of the soil is moist, the 

 rest somewhat dry. No plants have died. It appears hardy, 

 and holds green till late in the season. As a hedge-plant, it re- 

 quires a longer time than the hawthorn, having few thorns. 

 The cattle browse it in some measure, and also hook it. This 

 hedge is about seventeen rods in length. 



The above statement was made by me to the Society, and 

 published in its doings in 1842. Since then, both of the above 

 mentioned hedges have been trimmed twice a year, generally 

 in the months of June and August. At the present time, my 

 hawthorn hedge measures five and a half feet in height, and 

 three and a half feet in thickness. My buckthorn measures 

 four and three fourths feet in height, and three and a half feet 

 in thickness. The hawthorn has continued to flourish, and has 

 retained its foliage the present season longer than ever before. 

 The buckthorn has served as a fence to protect my garden for 

 the last two years. 



Hawthorn Place, Bradford, Sept. 23, 1845. 



Vegetables. 



The exhibition of vegetables has been gratifying to the com- 

 mittee, in the highest degree. This is partly owing to the fact, 

 that, while there was no deficiency in vegetables of uncommon 

 size, mere monster productions seem not to have been sought 

 for, but a larger proportion of the articles were of the useful and 

 indispensable kinds. The committee would particularly ap- 

 prove of every attempt to improve the potato, that valuable ar- 

 ticle, indispensable the world over. The efforts of Abel Burn- 

 ham, of Essex, by which he has been able to produce thirteen 

 kinds of seedling potatoes, apparently now full grown the sec- 

 ond year from the apple, must strike every one as meritorious. 



