HED 
. and the vivid hue-of its leaves give it one of the firft saces 
among plants of the ever-green kinds in fhrubbery grounds. 
There are varieties of ivy with filver-{triped leaves, and 
with yellowifh leaves on the tops of the branches, 
The latter fpecies has long flender fhrubby climbing ftems 
that rife upon fupport to a great height, by means of fixin 
ppor 
themfelves in the crevices of the walls as they advance in - 
ig 
This plant is admirably calculated to cover the naked 
walls of elevated buildings, which it effeéte in a very fhort 
of pets; nearly twenty feet in the 
courfe of a year, in confequen i 
off in the autumnal feafon, ‘sid Sei late before they appear 
~ in the f{pring, it is not held. in much eftimation by the gar- 
ener, But as it is but hittle affected b y fmoke or confined 
‘air, it may be found very convenient for covering Bulbine - x 
in age ge and fome other places. 
d of Culture.—Both thefe fpecies and varieties of 
bie are capable of being aie increafed by their Meer.) 
ranches, ee throw out numerous roots to their very ex- 
a by planting the cuttings of the you 
branches in the autumnal feafon ima fhady hee which, 
as foon as they have ftricken root, in the following autumn 
fhould be ort into the fituations where they are to re- 
main and gro 
5 
Pa 
And ee oa be raifed by fowing the feed in the early. 
{pring months in a mo oift fhady fituation, providing fuch as 
has been perfeétly r 
In regard to <& Seite of training € the Paes solis ng 
more is required than to direét ew cipal 
"branches again{t the walls or other places at fee Ww eet hey 
will {peedily attach themfelves to them, and advance in their 
ate growth. 
ployed either in a aha ides a ak or in the compofi- 
tion of ufeful boo 
principal 
1748. -His 
i€tio: 
editions, and has been aug- 
The 
Boe 
HED 
ie 2 province of oot 18 miles S. of Gefile. 
25. E. long 
"HED GE, in Agr a name applied to fueh fences 
N lat. 
e lat spiders 
-wood, thorn, hazel, if ave been cut 
idee at a proper feafon with ‘thiol ae 
Live hedges, properly formed of white-thorn, are confidered 
by many as not onl 2 mo{t common, ufe 
Fin ‘Ee 
In conftru&ting dead hedges, the moft fuitable materials 
thofe of the thorn kinds; whic uld be ie mann raid 
ore by hz aving: proper fupplies of good ftakes and edders. 
Hepner, in Gardening, a fort of fence employed occafion- 
ally both toe ufe and ornament in gardens, as for inclofing 
and dividing the internal parts of the ground and feveral 
other purpofes, 
Fences of this fort are of two kinds, dead and ff living 3 but 
it is only the latter kind that is made ufe of in gardens. The ey 
are the cheapeft and moft ornamental — that ean be em- 
ploy red where + ape &e. 
ringa, _and honey-fue le, 
the latter kind, ils yew, furze, aot lan 
rations, pes, alaternus, box, e —— favin, 
ofemary, pyracantha, and féa-purflain fhrub, & 
For outfide Hedges. —It is obvious that for this rie the 
"white or haw-thorn plant forms the bef material, which, 
trained, by trimming or ne ved annually, 
by being properly t 
is rendered a ear 86 hardy, and durable fen 
of this fort may y planting young 1 plats or fets. 
ratfec from feed in the anerst ad ich, w ear or two. 
old, or when as big as a goofe-quill, up to he fize of the- 
little finger, are proper for this purpofe. See: Cratz- 
GUS. 
Sead the black or floe-thorn - alfo proper for garden- 
> hed ges, and forms a very ftron ng durable Fence but by its. 
a pre ucing fuch Epo fod of fuckers from , itis 
{fs efteemed:; but as with ted ahd ae 
quick growth, it may Be ufefuk where the white-thora can- 
not be procured in fufficient quantity. 
With refpe& to hedges of this meats they ma 
railed by fowing or fetting the feed or floes in autumn, when. 
fully ripened, in one or two fmall quill or trenches in the- 
place where the hedge i is. to be, at the diftance of five or fix 
inches,. pier » from each other, and to the depth of twa. 
or three there are two rows, _ they may be: 
Where 
; es oe or eight inches et! fo as to have room laden: 
ing 
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