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north or eafl: fide o(\x.fi''}edup with the exca- 

 vated mould. By thcle means the plants 

 were fupplied immediately with frefh pai- 

 turaee in made-earth ; and let loofe to feed 

 at large in the adjoining inclofure. The ef- 

 fedt is ftriking. The plants fhoot iinufually 

 ftrong i and, in three or four years, form an 

 invulnerable fence. 



Perhaps, reversing the ditch of an old 

 hedge (with a ^//o-/(? ditch) might invigo- 

 rate it in a fimilar manner, by giving the 

 plants a frefh field of paflurage. The ex- 

 periment, however, ought to be tried 

 with caution. Depriving old plants of all 

 their main roots (though they were at the 

 fame time cut off by the ground) might be 

 dangerous. 



General Observations. From'whathas 

 been faid on thcf ordinary treatment of hedges 

 in this neiehbourhood, it is evident that thcjr 

 fuperiority is not owing to an excellency of 

 management. The richncfs of the foil ; the 

 negled of the ditches ; the frequency of 

 cutting ; and, above all, the prefent age of 

 the hedges, account fufhciently for their tre- 



S5NT flourishing STATE. 



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