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FENCES. 



ChncKSET, or Thorn fences, may ftill be made 

 with great propriety. The beft methods have 

 been treated of under this article for laft month. 



The work of plaftiing and cutting down ne 

 gle&ed hedges may ftill be carried on during this 

 month ; although it may not be advifable to carry 

 fuch operations much beyond it. It is extremely 

 prejudicial to all deciduous plants to be lifted af- 

 ter the fap begins to flow. The lifting of thorns 

 ought therefore to be fufpended from the mid- 

 dle of March till the autumn months. 



If any hedges have been neglected to be fwitch- 

 ed, it muft not be delayed any longer. This is 

 by no means the beft feafon for fuch work ; but, 

 were it left undone till autumn, the hedge would 

 fee much injured* 



MAKING AQUATIC HEDGES, 



We may here remark, that Aquatic Hedges are 

 often of very great utility in fencing and fubdi- 

 low wet grounds and moift meadows, and 

 S a for 



