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straight along the middle thereof, in the manner here- 

 after described, and plant the hedge. 



PLAXTIXG THE HEDGE. 



If the soil is naturally dry, the most eligible season 

 for planting a hedge thereon is immediately after the 

 fall of the leaf, but if inclining to moisture or subject 

 to be ovei-fiovved during the winter, the planting had 

 better be deferred until the spring, the plants having 

 been previously taken up and assorted, as hath already 

 been adverted to; the immediate preparation on the same 

 day that the planting is to commence must be conduct- 

 ed in the following manner. 



The hedge-course having formerly been laid off in 

 the intended direction, cultivated and prepared as hath 

 been already described, a deep furrow is to be run by the 

 plough in the centre thereof, returning therein as often 

 as may be found necessary, to form it deep enough and 

 render it clear of clods or other obstacles. This opera- 

 tion is to ht conducted in a straight direction, by ihc 

 assistance of a number of slender poles, placed in the 

 usual mode of running lines in land surveying, and 

 about thirty or forty yards apart from each other, but 

 their distance must be regulated by the length of the 

 garden line intended to be used in planting the hedge. 

 The poles having been thrown down by the plough, 

 are again to be set up in the trench, after it is made, to 

 see if it is exactly straight, and shew if any farther cor- 

 rection is necessary. The furrow, when evidently deep 

 enough and no crook or bend appears in its whole 

 length, is then ready for the reception of the plants. A 



