36 On Hedging. 



other simple contrivances — a mound of earth is to be 

 piled up in a sloping bank to support them — having 

 first ploughed a narrow stripe at a little distance from 

 the hedge course, the more easily to procure mould for 

 the purpose. 



This mould would rather be of benefit than detri- 

 ment to the hedge, although if both its sides were to be 

 banked up to any considerable height, it might kill it 

 entirely ; for there are few plants that can bear to be 

 set much deeper in the ground than they grow naturally,- 

 but when the earth is elevated on one side only, the 

 hedge will suffer no injury therefrom, and will thus ap- 

 pear planted on the side of a bank* without any ditch.* 



HOW NEAR TO A WOOD OR GROVE OF TALL 

 TIMBER TREES, MAY A HEDGE BE PLAN- 

 TED, SO AS NOT TO SUFFER INJURY OR 

 HAVE ITS GROWTH IMPEDED THEREBY? 



At the same proximity to such a wood as where In- 

 dian corn would thrive, a hedge also will do well, that is 

 about the length of the trees off, from where they stand, 

 or a litUc farther. There are some species of trees, how- 



=* As to the method of splashing ot hedges, it is not neces- 

 sary to describe it here, as it is only adapted for such as are 

 old, ill managed, or here and there derective of plants. Any 

 person who is curious may see a full description of splashing, 

 illustrated with a cut, in the American edition of the "Do- 

 mestic Encyclopedia," by Dr. Mease, of Philadelphia ; a book 

 that is or ought to be, in the hands of every husbandman 

 and house-keeper in America, 



