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twenty feet wide. No plant can be more suitable to fence 

 in a poultry yard, as not the smallest chicken will be able 

 to get through a fence of it properly trained. 



THE HONEY LOCUST. 



That horrid thorn, whose stem is armed with protrud- 

 ed clusters of spears pointing every way to guard an 

 orchard against the attempts of the lurking thief, is the 

 only other kind of plant on hand at present, fit for the 

 purpose of hedging. Although I have not yet made 

 much progress in experimenting its capacity for this end, 

 it has, 1 believe, been tried m other places, but how it 

 answers I have nothing but conjectures to inform me. 

 I have, however, no doubt of its eligibility to form 

 strong and handsome hedges. Its foliage is extremely 

 beautiful, and goes to sleep every evening, by folding 

 the lobes of the leaves together, like the clover and ma- 

 ny other plants related to that class, at which time the 

 change of its appearance so suddenly effected, is amu- 

 sing to the observer. Four or five thousand plants of the 

 honey locust are now on hand for sale. 



THE HOLLY 



Is a plant of the first rate estimate for hedges, but I 

 have unfortunately never been able to procure seeds of 

 it since I commenced the nursery business in this place. 

 It grows plentifully in many parts of the country, and 

 will probably thrive on a soil composed of an over pro- 

 portion of sand for the haw- thorn to thrive. 



