S8 SOIL, MANURES, SITUA TIOM, AND ENCLOSURES. 



young shoots as starting from it at a. It should grow un- 

 touched at least one year — some prefer two years, in order 

 that the roots may become thoroughly established. Its ap- 

 pearance the beginning of the second year is shown in Fig. 88, 

 when it is cut down again near the line, b, to thicken it at the 



Fig. 89.— Beginning of Third Year. 



Fig. go.— Summer of Third Year. 



bottom. The result of this cutting down is shown, in Fig. 89, 

 which is the same plant after further growth, and which is 

 again to be cut down at the line c; this may be done in the 

 spring of the third year, if the hedge has been well managed 

 and kept vigorous. This shearing will not be more than four 

 or five inches high. Nervous people " cannot bear" thus to 

 cut down their beautiful growing hedges — and of course never 

 have a good one. But if the work has been unflinchingly 

 done, the hedge will present by early summer of the third 



Fig. 91.— Beginning of Fourth Year. 



Fig. 92.— End of Fourth Year or Begin- 

 ning of Fifth. 



year, the fine broad-based, thickened appearance at the bot- 

 tom, as represented by Fig. 90. The next pruning, to be 

 done at the beginning of the fourth year, is shown in Fig. 91, 

 as indicated by lines meeting at e, when the hedge for the first 

 time begins to assume the form of a roof. The previous 

 shearings (or rather mowings) are shown by the dotted lines 

 c and d. Fig. 92 shows the subsequent cuttings— first by the 

 lines meeting at h, and afterward at 0. The latter may be 



