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quite close ; it will make room for itself. Should any of our members 

 pass through St. Catharines they will have an opportunity of examining 

 a good Honey Locust hedge on the street leading to the Eailway Station, 

 near the Welland Canal. Here and there, it is true, there are gaps, 

 but care at first planting, and speedily renewing the decayed plant, 

 will amply provide for all necessities. To the question, then. What 

 is the best live fence ? we would answer unhesitp-tingly the Honey 

 Locust. 



We have had it affirmed regain and again that the fruit of this tree 

 is the husk which the prodigal of the gospel did eat, Its sheath-shaped 

 seed-pod no doubt giving coloring to the popiUar belief. Whether 

 this rumor be true or not, it is a fact that the Honey Locust resists the 

 swine, and in saying this we may affirm that it vfill prove impervioui? 

 |:o any domesticated animal, 



Tlie following article is so intimately connocteJ with the subject 

 treated by the President, that w^e copy it for the further information 

 pf our readers. 



THE HONEY LOCUST HEDGE. 



(From the American Agriculturist.) 



* * * We now consider the method of making a hedge. One can start with 

 the seeds, or purchase young trees from the nurseries. Of course it is cheapest, so 

 ^ar as outlay is concerned, to begin with seeds. If one can afford to buy the plants he 

 will gain a year, or perhaps two, in making the hedge. 



Sowing the Seeds. — In our own experience with them, the seeds had been kept 

 ^11 winter in the pods ; they were taken from the pods and sown at once, coming up 

 as readily as beans. Purchased seeds may have become too dry, and it will be safest 

 to soak them by pouring on warm water, and allowing them to remain in the water 

 for about twenty-four hours. A seed-bed of good light soil should be prppared, and 

 the seeds sown as if they were beans, dropping them about three inches apart in the 

 drill. The rows, if to be worked by hand, may be fifteen inches apart, and twice that 

 distance if a horse cultivator is to be used. During the season the young trees are to 

 be well cared for by working between the rows and pulling up the weeds that appear 

 in the rows. If any plants are crowded by too thick sowing, thin them while quite 

 young. 



Skttixg the Hedge. — Usually the plants will be large enough when one year 

 pld, but if they have not made a strong growth they may be allowed to grow another 

 year. Nurserymen furnish the plants at one or two years old as may be desired, 

 'The first thing to be done with the plants, whether home-raised or purchased, i^ to 



