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rica, in Middlcfcx county, New Jerfey ; fix miles N. of New 



Briinfwick. 



QUIBERON, a fortified town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of Morbilian, and chief place of a canton, in the diltricl 

 of L'Oricnt, fituated at the extremity of a peninfiila, to 

 which it gives name, oppofite to the ifland of Belle lile ; 

 remarkable for an unfortunate expedition of Englifh troops 

 and emigrants againil France, in the year 1795; 17 miles 

 S.E. of Port Louis. The place contains 1916, and the can- 

 ton 5618 inliabitants, on a territory of 95 kiliomctres, in 

 three communes. N. lat. 47° 30'. W. long. 3'' 2'. 



QUIBO, a fmall ifland on tlie outer part of the bay of 

 Panama ; it is uninhabited, but affords wood and water for 

 Ihippintr. 



QUIBONDO, a fmall ifland in the Indian fea, near the 

 coall of Africa. S. lat. 8° 8'. 



QUIBO R, a town of South America, in the govern- 

 ment of Caraccas ; 15 miles S.W. of Segovia Nuova. 



QUIBURI, a town of New Navarre ; 20 miles S.S.E. 

 of Cafa Grande. 



QUICAPOUX, a river of America, which runs into 

 the Millifippi, N. lat. 43° 4'. W. long. 92° 5'. 



QUICARO, a town of New Navarre ; 150 miles S.S.E. 

 of Cafa Grande. — Alfo, a fmall ifland in the Pacilic ocean, 

 near the coaft of Veragua. N. lat. 7- 54'. W. long. 

 82° 42'. 



QUICI, in Entomology, a fpccies of thecerambyx, men- 

 tioned by Marcgrave. 



QUICK, in Gardenhig, a term applied to fignify any fort 

 of young plant, but efpecially thole of the white-thorn 

 kind. By it is alfo often underftood a hve hedge, but more 

 properly the fhrubs of which fuch live liedge is formed. In 

 a ttridl fenfe it is, however, applied to the Crataegus oxyacan- 

 tha, or hawthorn, the young plants or fets of which are 

 commonly fold by the nurfery gardeners under the name of 

 quicks. 



In the choice of thefe fets, thofe which are raifed in the 

 nurfery are in general to be preferred to fuch as are drawn 

 eut of the woods, as the latter have feldcnn good roots : 

 many perfons, however, prefer them, as they are larger 

 plants than are commonly to be had in tlie nurfery. See 

 Crat^gus. 



Quick. See Medlar and Pynus. 



QviCVi-Beam. See Pyrun, and SERVICE-T^rfc. 



Quick- Av7w;, in Planting, a name given in fome places to 

 the tree ufuallv known by the title of mountain-a(h. It has 

 been recomn\cndi-d as ufefnl for forming fences, in fome cafes, 

 by Dr. Anderfon, and others. Where it is employed in 

 this way, the plants muft be kept down to the proper height, 

 by benig cut over as often as there may be occafion ; and 

 thus encouraging them to throw out lateral branches in a 

 gr -ater abundance, and, of courfe, induce the fence to be- 

 come more clofe and thick in its lower parts. By thefe 

 means a tolerably perfeft hedge may be railed, from plants 

 of this fort, in fituations where the white-thorn will not fuc- 

 ceed in any proper manner. 



QvKH.-Bi!tch, in Zoology. See Ursus Lufcus. 



Q^viCK-Halg.-s, in Agriculture, a name given to all fuch as 

 are raifed from quicks, or any other fort of living plants. 

 Theproper forming and planting of quick-hedges have hither- 

 to been much too Tittle attended to by the farmer, as it is a 

 matter of great importance, and which interelts him in a 

 very high degree. Whatever fort of plants may be employed 

 for this purpofe, the work (liould conftantly be well per- 

 formed m the firll inftance, and the hedges and plants be after- 

 wards kept in due order and regularity by fuitable pruning, 



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cutting in, and other proper management. There ii a great 

 number of different methods of raifing and making hedges of 

 this knid, as by planting the fets 011 the plam iurface, or the 

 mould a little railed above it, or on mounds, formed by tlic 

 fods and mould dug up in trie line of the hedge, elevated to 

 different conflderable heights ; by fetting the plants out in 

 one row only, in double ones, or fometimes in a Hill greater 

 number ; by putting thc-m in, in ilraight lines, in irregular 

 manners, in the triangular form, or in the quincunx method. 

 They are fometimes cut over at certain heights, at others 

 not cut down at all ; the fides are alfo in fome cafes clipped 

 or cut in, but in others tiiis is avoided altogether. When 

 planted on banks, they are moftly cleaned and moulded up 

 annually. 



A great variety of different forts of plants is employed 

 in forming and conflrufting thefe hedges, as thofe of the 

 hawthorn, the black-thorn, the crab-tree, . the hazel, the 

 willow, . the beech, the elder, the poplar, the alder, and 

 feveral other kinds, according to particular circumllances 

 and fituations. And on the expofed coatls or Ihores of the 

 fouthern parts of the kingdom, a new fort of Ihrub or plant 

 has lately been recommended for this ufe, which is that of 

 the tamarillv, or lamarix gallica, as it thrives rapidly, it is 

 faid, when planted m fituations mofl expofed to the blall or 

 Itroke of the fea ; forms an admirable (lielter, and being of 

 q\iick growth, foon comes to anfwer the end defigned. 

 The writer of the agricultural report of the county of Corn- 

 wall has known a hedge of it, which he has been told was 

 planted about feven years ago, and the buflies, apparently, 

 cannot be lefs now than from ten to twelve feet in height, 

 and are feathered to the very bottom. It thrives well about 

 the Lizard, bears cutting perfectly well, and in expofed fitu- 

 ations, where it might be injured if left to grow high, may 

 be kept clofe and low to much advantage. It unfortunately, 

 however, will not Hand the frofl, and fhould never be at- 

 tempted, of courfe, in fituations expofed to the fevere effefts 

 of it. The propagation of it is by cuttings, which take root 

 without any difficulty. It is fuppofed that this fhrub was 

 brought by the monks from Normandy to Mont St. Michael 

 in the above county, and thence fpread to other parts. See 

 Hedge, and Quickset Hedge. 



The quick-liedges of this country are in a very great degree 

 raifed from the white-thorn, which unquefUonably forms the 

 chcapell and moil durable kind, where the nature of the 

 foil, fituation, and other circuniflances are favourable for the 

 purpofe. It will not, however, flourifh in bad land, in ex- 

 poled fituations, where the bottom is wet and fpringy, or 

 where the growth of weeds is very abundant. In all fuch 

 cafes other kinds of plants are therefore had recourfe to in 

 the formation of them. 



In many upland diilrifts beech-hedges have been planted 

 to confiderable extents, and found, when kept under proper 

 management, to be very handfome, and of great fervice in fuch 

 expofures. Birch-hedges have likewife been tried in different 

 cafes, and found to grow remarkably fall, even in cold 

 bare tillv foils, but they require to be cut over at the time 

 they are about four feet in height and carefully plafhed. Both 

 thefe forts of hedges have this in their favour, that they will 

 grow in very poor foil as well as in very expofed fituations ; 

 and botli will flourifh and grow ftrongly where the white 

 tiiorn cannot live. Their want of prickles, however, is a 

 great objedlion to them in this view : but they afford good 

 flicker. 



Quick-hedges conftitute the ordinary fort of fences in 

 this country, and unlefs in particular fituations, and for par- 

 ticular purpofes, are the nioft proper and eligible. It has 



been 



