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A fine gorse covert is a thing by no means 

 so easily acquired as some people are inclined 

 to imagine. In the first place, great atten- 

 tion is necessary in the preparation of the 

 ground. Whatever portion you may think 

 of devoting to this purpose should be 

 trenched all over to a considerable depth 

 (say 18 inches, or at the very least 14.) 

 You should be exceedingly particular in 

 the choice of seed, as there is much sold of 

 a very inferior quality. 



I once remember a rather amusing cir- 

 cumstance occurring to a gentleman, who 

 took it into his head all at once to make a 

 chain of gorse coverts on his estates ; he 

 spared neither trouble or expense, the 

 ground was carefully dug and trenched, and 

 in every way properly cleaned, and the 

 tenacious roots of that odious weed, the 

 couch grass, having been eradicated, abun- 

 dance of gorse and broom seed was sown all 

 over it, but to the surprise of every one, 



