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unlefs it be neceffary, for the fake of flicker, to 

 cut their tops oxer, in order to make the hedge 

 thicker of branches. Such cutting of the upright 

 ihoots, however, is not of any very great ufe in 

 this refpedt ; becaufe every hawthorn hedge fends 

 out a number of fide moots, which, if encouraged, 

 by keeping the top narrow as above, will make it 

 abundantly thick. 



Continue making of (lone fences, of every de- 

 fcription, as advifed in the preceding months. 



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