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desired, it is not allowed to grow any larger. Two shearings or 

 clippings are necessary, every season, to keep it in neat order — one 

 ill June, and the other at the end of September. 



pounting the value of the plants at the commencement at five 

 dollars per thousand, the, entire cost of the hedge, at the end of the 

 sixth year, — including planting, cultiyatihg, and shearing in the best 

 manner, — would here be about seventy-five cents a rod ; which, for 

 an everlasting fence, and one of so much beauty, we think a very 

 moderate sum. 



We have, said nothing , about the temporary fencing which our 

 (hedge will need, till it is at least five years old— that is, if it is a 

 boundary hedge, or is bordered on one or both sides by fields where 

 animals run. It is evident enoiigh that for this purpose, in most 

 cases, the cheaper the fence the better. A very indifierent wooden 

 fence will last five y^ars, and _a light barrier of posts and rails will 

 best sui|t the taste of most farmers. A much more convenient, and very 

 excellent one for the purpose, is the movable hurdle fence, made of 

 light chestnut rails, which costs but little, and may be readily re- 

 moved from one place or field to another, as the case i:equires.' 



No better tail piece can be given to this long article, than the 

 following sketch, representing the remarkably fine specimen of the 

 buckthorn hedge in the grounds of John C. Lee, Esq. of Salem,, Mass. 



Fig. 6. Mr. Lee's Hedge. 



