On Hedgifig. 



A piece of ground about twenty- one yards square 

 will be sufficient for the transplantation of ten thousand 

 plants, set in rows about fourteen inches wide one row 

 from another, and three inches apart from plant to plant 

 in the row. 



The appropriate piece of ground being well secured 

 from the intrusion of cattle, the work of planting is to 

 be set about as early in the spring as possible, having 

 regard however to the state of the weather, and the 

 condition of the ground ; for it is much more injurious 

 to dig and dress the soil when too wet, than to have the 

 plants put in when the mould is rather inclining to 

 dry. The effects of a dry mould can in part be obvi- 

 ated by dipping the plants in water at the time of set- 

 ting ; but to spade, rake, plant and tread upon a 

 soil surcharged with moisture is often of very bad con- 

 sequences. But although the earliest season is to be 

 embraced for this business that the nature and situation 

 of things will admit of, yet so long as the hawthorn buds^ 

 in that part of the country where the work is to be 

 done, are not yet opened, the planting will be in good 

 time, and if the cions have been buried in a northern 

 exposure this will retard the sap a little, and afford more 

 time, to wait for a favourable opportunity. 



When the soil is in a suitable condition to work welt 

 with the spade, and break easily under the rake, the 

 opportunity of a mild calm day must be taken to be,^in 

 the work. The ground is then to be neatly spaded^ break -^ 

 ingthe clods and levelling it properly as the work- 

 men proceed. So soon as three or four feet in width is 

 digged, that portion is to be raked smooth, and the 

 planting immediatelv to commence, that the mould 



