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do with the final appearance. In general 

 where slender members are used (as pick- 

 ets) the distance between or the void 

 should be somewhat larger than the width 

 of the vertical piece, while in the case of 

 boards, the void, if made less than the 

 board itself, gives a solidity appropriate 

 to this particular type. 



You will find occasionally in some coun- 

 try districts a peculiar type of fence, or 

 rather a giant hedge, which has been 

 formed by cutting and bending young 

 trees. This bending is done near the 

 ground and trees 'have been selected or 

 planted to form the line desired for the 

 boundary. As the trees grow the main 

 trunks a few feet above ground are hori- 

 zontal and the branches grow up vertically 

 from them while vines and bushes use the 

 trees thus deformed for supports, the 

 whole making an almost impenetrable 

 mass and an effective barrier. The in- 

 quisitive rambler has marveled when com- 

 ing across a pasture or field to see, stand- 

 ing out alone and grotesquely what might 

 have been a noble and upright member of 

 the forest, but now crippled and crushed, 



