GORSE COVERTS. 



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generally found in coverts. Gorse and thorns mixed form 

 a capital covert. The great majority of coverts in the 

 Melton district consist of thorns, as for instance, Clawson 

 Thorns, Hose Gorse (so called in error), Sherbrook's covert, 

 and in nearly all the coverts of the Belvoir country, except 

 the ' heath ' coverts, which are of gorse. Cream Gorse, 

 Thrussington Gorse, Barkby Holt Gorse, Scraptoft Gorse, 

 Adam's Gorse, Mundy's Gorse, Grimston Gorse, Lord 



Fig. 229. Thin hedge, 5 ft. high. 



Morton's Gorse, John O'Gaunt, Thurcaston Gorse, and the 

 Coplow comprise almost all the gorses in the Quorn country 

 on the Melton side. Welby Holt is partly gorse and partly 

 thorns. Grimston Gorse should be called Brudenel's Gorse, 

 because the late Lord Cardigan, then Lord Brudenel, made it. 

 A stick (stakes and faggots) covert is often used as a make- 

 shift while the blackthorn is growing. There is, for example, 

 the Kilworth Sticks near North Kilworth. Sticks in a covert 

 will of course require to be renewed from time to time." 



" The Garden and Woodland " editor of The Field, in 



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