362 FENCES. [April 



fhould be puddled, as recommended under the ar- 

 ticle Nursery, for- February ; which fee. 



Planting Yew Hedges.' 



Yew Hedges ought alfo now to be planted. 

 They are nioft properly adapted for divifion fences 

 in the nurfery or the garden, or for ornamental 

 evergreen hedges. While a Yew hedge makes an 

 excellent fhelter, it is far too inoffenfive for a fence 

 to divide or protect a field, where plants, well 

 armed with thorns, often prove ineffectual. Yew 

 bears the {hears as well as any plant known ; and, 

 in the character of a hedge, it may be conducted 

 to any height ; but its growth is very flow. It 

 will thrive in almofl any foil. 



The method, recommended for planting the 

 Holly on level ground, will alfo do for the Yew. 

 Plants which are twelve or fifteen inches high, 

 that have good roots, will anfwer well : Such 

 fhould (land twelve or fourteen inches apart in 

 the line of hedge. If dwarf hedges of Yew are 

 required, fuch plants as are raifed from cuttings 

 are to be preferred ; becaufe they grow more 

 dwarf than thofe which are raifed from feeds. 



Planting Evergreen-Privet Hedges. 



Like the yew, the Privet is fit only for dividing- 

 hedges in the nurfery, or for dwarf ornamental 



hedges. 



