FENCES. 



FENCES. 



ALL young hedges, together with thofe which 

 were cut and plaftied laft winter, mull be cleaned 

 of weeds this month. By being cleaned at this 

 feafon, they will be left in a proper (late for the 

 winter dreiling. 



Continue the dreiling of evergreen hedges, as 

 advifed laft month. 



Switch and clip thorn and other deciduous 

 hedges. Under this article for laft month, when 

 fpeaking of evergreen hedges, it was noticed, that 

 iquare-topped hedges are always neceffarily bare at 

 bottom. Let thorn and other deciduous hedges^ 

 therefore, be gradually moulded into the wedge 

 fhape, tapering from bottom to top on both fides 

 equally, till they meet in a point at the top. Two 

 feet at bottom is a fufficient breadth for a five feet 

 hedge: a greater or a lefs height mould have the 

 bottom wider or narrower accordingly. 



In dreffing young hedges, either of the decidu- 

 ous or evergreen kinds, the fides only fliould be 

 cut till the hedge arrive at the propofed height, 



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