2l8 FENCE S. 9. 



If the plants, let their age and fize be 

 what they may, grow mojfy, or wear the ge- 

 neral appearance oi JluntednefSy they ought to 

 be removed, that a more healthy race may 

 be trained up in their ftead. 



The fame as to meadinc. No particular 

 gge can be pointed out for the firft cutting ; 

 nor can any certain interval of time between 

 the headings be prefcribed with ftrid pro- 

 priety. Soils and Ctuations influence the 

 growth of trees ; and, viewing the manage- 

 ment of hedges in a general light, the tops 

 pught to acquire a degree of usefulness be- 

 fore they be taken off. 



A bough fix or eight inches in circumference 

 is large enough for a fxake \ and when the 

 ilrongeft have got to this f,zc, the remainder 

 are generally fit for the fillings of dead 

 hedges: that therefore is the flare in which 

 they ought to be cut. 



It Vvould, in my opinion, be better manage- 

 fnent in n man irbo occupies bis oivn eft ate to 

 burn them and give their afhcs to the Vv-inds, 

 than to fuiTer them to remain on the ftcms 

 ^ftcr they have reached that fze. 



But 



