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parldi of Birdbrook, in the north-cad part of it, " fome ex- 

 cellent hawthorn lu'dgus have been lately raifed, by planting 

 one row only at fix inches afunder, rather than two rows 

 nine inches or a foot apart. The hedges have not been cut 

 down, nor do they require it, to thicken their bottoms, as 

 they are, at this time, a complete protedlion againlt hogs, 

 and in other refpeiSs form a beautiful and effedlual fence. 

 Nothing can be more evident, it is thought, than that a 



row of plants fet thus, fi>> inches dillant from 



each other, mull form a more complete and effeftual fence 

 at the bottom, than an equal number planted tluis, .•.•.••• 

 at a double diftance, and occupying the fame length, but a 

 greater depth of ground upon the hedge row." This reafon- 

 ing of Mr. Vancouver's, Mr. Young obferves, may, for 

 aught he certainly knows, be conclufive, but it ftrikes him 

 in a different ligiit. It is true, that the plants in each row 

 arc, in the latter mode, at double the diftance from each 

 other than they are in the former ; but it is to be obferved, 

 that in the double row, the plants are diagonally as near 

 each other as in the fingle row, and, confequently, there is 

 the fame vacant fpace for any animal to pals through in the 

 fingle row as in the double ; and what mult be a great ad- 

 vantage to the latter, the plants will fhoot out their branches 

 laterally on the outfides at leaft, juft as far as thofe in the 

 fingle row, and twice as far lengthwife, meeting with no 

 obftruflion in their progrefs. Of courfe, it is naturally to 

 be concluded, that the double-rowed plantation muft form 

 a fence, if not altogether twice as ftrong and fecure, yet 

 vaftly Itronger and fecurer than the fingle one. He does 

 not, however, prefume to fet fpeculation againft faft, as he 

 has not leen the hedge noticed above, while Mr. Vancouver 

 has. He has, however, himfelf planted one in a fingle row, 

 as above defcribed and recommended ; the plants have grown 

 ■well ; the hedge is a good one, but would, he thinks, have 

 been ftill better, if there had been two rows inftead of one, 

 as fome others are that he has of that defcription. 



In Sudex, the quickfet hedges at Goodwood are capital, 

 and deferving of every attention, being raifed and trained 

 in a moll mailerly manner. The duke of Richmond planted 

 them about eighteen or twenty years ago. They furround 

 a very confiderable farm, and are in a wonderful liate of pre- 

 fervation. They form an excellent fence, without the aifift- 

 ance of any ditch, bank, rail, or pale ; confift of three rows 

 of white -thorn plants, which fpread three or four feet at 

 bottom, but are clipped regularly and gradually to a thin 

 edge at top ; the (lioots are fo numerous, and trained with 

 fuch care, that even in winter, without a leaf, the thick- 

 nefs is uncommon. By the young hedges now in training, 

 it appears that one method purfued has been to plant the 

 centre row lirft, and when that is well ellablilhed, to add 

 another on each fide of it ; at leaft this is done in thefe new 

 hedges. They are kept in a ftate of garden cleannefs ; the 

 branches are drawn into the line defired, by being tied with 

 mat, or other lines, and the clipping done with the exadleft 

 attention ; the union of the hedges with the gate-pofts is 

 clofe and perfcft, and as to gap, &c. there is no fuch thing. 

 How they have been preferved from cattle, but efpecially 

 from ftieep, is marvellous, if either are ever allowed to enter 

 thefe clofes ; — an attention never ceafing, and a boundlefs 

 expence, fo far as neceflary, muft have been exerted. They 

 cannot be recommended to the imitation of farmers on ac- 

 count of the trouble and expence of them, but they are 

 beautiful as an objeiSt to the farming eye, and for their pcr- 

 feSion, they merit all that can be faid of them. 



On the Walburton farm in the fame diltrift, there are 

 fome very good quickfet hedges, which were planted about 

 twenty-three years ago ; the quick was fet about two inches 



afunder, and fingle ; they are cut twice in a year ; are four 

 and a half feet high, and two feet thick. There is very 

 little ground loft by the hedge, as it occupies only four feet. 

 T'le fame excellent fort ot quickfet hedges has alfo been 

 made in fome other places. 



Here two rows of white-thorn plants are common, which 

 are put on the bank of the ditch, care being taken not to 

 have them too near it, for fear of its draining them too much 

 and preventing their growth. 



In fome dillrifts, where the cultivation is principally of 

 the arable or tillage kind, and in cxpofed upland fit nations, 

 there is frequently a great prejudice and objection to the in- 

 troduftion and formation of any fort of live hedges, whether 

 of tiie quickfet or any other defcription, as they take up 

 much fpace, harbour birds and iiifeCts, greatly Ihade the 

 grain, and tend to promote blight, ruft, and mildew, by 

 preventing the free circulation of air. Alfo in bleak ex- 

 pofurcs they are not raifed without great difficul';y. Such ob- 

 jedlions, however, fpeedily vanifti where they are kept fuffi- 

 ciently low and well cUt in and trained on the fides. See 

 Hedge and Fence. 



QUICKSILVER, a very ponderous fluid mineral, by 

 the chemifts called mercury. For the method of gaining, 

 preparing it, &c. with its properties, ufes, &c. fee Mer- 

 cury. 



Quickfilver, when rubbed down and blended with uncluous 

 matters, forms a fort of ointment, which is ufeful in th» 

 curing of different difeafes of the cuticular kind, as well as 

 in deftroying lice and other vermin that infeft animals of dif- 

 ferent kinds, which form the live-ftock of the farmer. 



It has alfo been ftated on the authority of Mr. Bradford, 

 as communicated to the Society for the Encouragement of 

 Arts, &c. to have been found ufeful in its crude ftate in de- 

 ftroying infefts on fruit trees. On a plum-tree he made the 

 following trials : he took a fmall awl, and pierced. Hoping, 

 through the rind, and into part of the wood of the branch, 

 but not to the heart or pith of it ; and poured in a fmall drop 

 or two of the quickfilver, and ftopt it up with a fmall wooden 

 plug, made to fit the orifice : and the refult was, he fayf, 

 that the infcfts all dropt off from that very branch the next 

 day ; and in a day or two more, from oft the other branches 

 of the tree, without any other punfture : and the tree con- 

 tinued in full vigour, and throve well all the fummer after. 

 Encouraged by this fuccefs, he next tried it upon an honey- 

 fuckle, the leaves of which were quite covered with them : 

 and here he fcraped away the top of the ground with a 

 trowel, and run his awl, in the fame floping manner, into the 

 main ftem, juft above the roots ; but with the fame caution 

 as above, not quite to the inner pith ; and the fuccefs was 

 the fame as before. The infe&s all drbpt off dead the next 

 day after the experiment was made. 



Thefe trials are faid to have been confirmed by other ex- 

 periments ; but they are ilill in want of full and fatisfaftory 

 confirmation. 



Quicksilver, Virgin. See Virgin. 



Quicksilver Water. See Water. 



QUICKSTADT, in Geography, a town of Norway, in 

 the province of Aggerhuus ; 42 miles N. of Chriftiania. 



QUICK-WORK, m-ii sup, is a general name given to 

 all that part of a ftiip which is under the furface of the 

 water, when fhe is laden fit for a fea- voyage. The term is alfo 

 applied, occafionally, to that part of the fide which is above 

 the flieer-rail, and which is ufually painted with trophies, &c. 

 on theoutfide. Falconer. 



QuiCK-woKK is likewiie applied to the ftrakes that (hut in 

 the infide, between the foirkitting and clamps. 



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