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Where land is exposed to sea air it is exceedingly difficult to 

 raise quick fences upon it, in all probability on account of the 

 enormous quantity of muriatic acid conveyed in the air, which is 

 very destructive to the Avhite thorn, and many other plants used 

 in the making of hedges. As beech is proof against sea air, per- 

 haps it might, in such situations, be used advantageously. The 

 growth of these plants is rapid, they therefore form, not a beauti- 

 ful fence only, but one that affords advantageous shelter, from 

 the fact that the leaves are not easily affected by fall winds, and 

 often hold on until winter is advanced. If they are planted in 

 three rows, fourteen inches apart, at maturity two rows may be 

 taken for other uses, and the other plashed and trimmed to make 

 a good substantial fence ; willows, likewise, and other aquatic 

 plants, might be used in such exposed places. 



When barren soils require to be fenced, the red cedar will 

 flourish on them, and forms one of the most, beautiful hedges 

 imaginable ; it may be cut into any fanciful form, not being 

 easily injured by the shears, and will live to a great age. 



THE OSAGE ORANGE, 



Which grows wild in Mississippi and other southern States, makes 

 an admirable hedge, when clipped two or three times a year; it 

 has numerous branches, each one of which is covered with small 

 sharp thorns ; the male and female are separate trees, and both 

 exceedingly strong and tough. When the seeds are collected, 

 expose them to a winter's frost, and sow them in seed beds well 

 prepared and disintegrated early in the spring. A quart measure 

 contains eight thousand five hundred seeds, which may be pur- 

 chased at any of the seedsmen for $4.50. 



THE BUCKTHORN 



Is probably one of the very best plants for hedges in the United 

 States, it will do well any where in the country, grows quick, is 

 remarkably hardy, never diseased or injured by insects, may be 

 trimmed without injury, and will last for an indefinite period of 

 time. The coldest winter has no apparent effect upon it; it 

 leaves out early in the spring, and retains its verdure until late 

 in the fall. The quicks should be taken up with great care, and 

 as the roots run deep, a sub-soil plow may be passed up and 

 down twice on each side of them, when the rest of the work can 

 be easily accomplished with the spade. They should be assorted 

 before. planted, they will then grow uniformly together, and pre- 



