JFENCES. 



FENCES. 



PLANTING EVERGREEN HEDGES. 



IT is now a fit feafon for planting out all Ever- 

 green Hedges. Where difagreeable obje&s exift 

 in any point or direction, they may, perhaps, be 

 covered from the view by Evergreen Hedges, e- 

 fpecially if fituated at a confiderable diftance. 

 Hedges fhould never, indeed, if it can poffibly be 

 avoided, be ufed near a refidence $ becaufe they 

 give a confined and formal air to the grounds. 

 In cafes where difagreeable objefts muft be co- 

 vered near the houfe, a neat fhrubbery, or perhaps 

 groups of trees, will anfwer better. But when 

 the end of a houfe, an old wall, or fimilar objeds 

 are required to be covered, common ivy, Ayrfhire 

 rofe, or evergreen thorn, may be ufed with good 

 effeft. 



Planting Holly Hedges. 



Hollies are the beft for making durable fences 

 to afford the greateft degree of fhelter, efpecially 

 during the winter months. No plant, as a hedge 

 plant, endures the fhears better than the Holly. 



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