2d8 fences. ^; 



ance. The covering of mould, therefore^ 

 ought, perhaps, to be as fine, and laid on as 

 light as maj^ be, to prevent obltriiftions to 

 the tender (hoo:s in ri^ng *. 



The advantage of burying quick appears 

 to be the valuable one of giving the young 

 hedge an upright tendency, and thereby pre- 

 venting the ftrength of the roots from being 

 expended on ufclefs fide-flioots. Plants thus 

 raifcd take the growth, and probably the ha- 

 bit of SEEDLING plants. The roots, in this 

 cafe, may be confidered as artificial 

 SEEDS, furnifhed with a peculiar ftrength of 

 vegetation. 



3. Defending. Pofts and rails are the 

 common dead fence. Sometimes one, fome- 

 times two rows : a moft cxpenfive way of 

 defending a young hedge. 



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* On clofc examination, I find tl;c tallcft flrongcfl 

 flioots rile from fuch as vveic barely, or perhaps impar- 

 tially, covered with nu)uUl : fvich as were buried deeper 

 are, at prefent^ (in the month of Auguft, the firftyear of 

 planting) fliortcr and weaker ; owing, perhaps, to their 

 rifing later in the fpring. It is therefore probable that 

 the lighter and thinner the covering, piovidcd it be 

 fuiticicnt to prevent liJe Ihoois, the more eligible is 

 thii pradite. 



