OSIER. 
plant ; 11,000 an acre is 
But the beft of all, con- 
] is, 4, the A 
Under this name the ground-fetter is, he fuppofes, frequently 
fold ; and he is informed, that it was fo called, f its ten- 
eglected, to i 
draw them through your fi 
the leaves will {nap off with 
fans, and other delicate articles. As it is 
by the planters in this kingdom, the bafket-makers, in times 
of peace, import vaft quantities from France, the {trian 
Netherlands, and Holland, where it is cultivated with great 
imported cheaper 
; the lands in France 
As an article 
of commerce, or a8 ar 
couragement that the public or individuals can give it; and 
rs it be not fo profitable to the grower, it is always of ready 
le 2? 
ale. 
He has alfo heard of another fort, which is well fpoken 
but he is doubtful whether 
he is poffeffed of it or not; they have in this neighbourhood 
e 
year, tn foot-fets, 
experiment is only in procefs, 
Planting. —The following is the method of planting prac- 
tifed in thefe cafes, on the banks of the Thames, as de- 
feribed in the TranfaGtions of the Society for the Encou- 
ragement of \rts, &c. 
«The ground is dug during the winter a full fpade’s 
depth, and left rough, to prevent the tides from running it 
. . 
h 
or a fetting-ftick ; but, 
for the hoe, a weeding hock may ve 
down + this is abfolutely neceffary to enfure a good pianta- 
tion. It is alfo equally neceflary to keep the ground well 
drained, to prevent the tides remaining upon it any confider- 
able time, for on that alfo depends the firmnefs and good 
quality of the rods. 
T illows are cut over the firft year with a bill-hook ; 
the fhoots are cut off clofe to the ock and bound up in 
bundles, or boults, as they are called, which meafure forty- 
two inches round, at fixteen inches above the butt ends. 
muft be purfued every fum- 
em. The next 
ut in regard to the moft advantageous modes of plant- 
ing, there is in the above volume of the Tranfactiens of the 
ciety 0 c. a diverfity of opinion ifferent 
qualities of foils are not fufficiently attended to. A fingle 
ar, ma 
fified feries of experiments to enable us to form a right 
ent. ade on 
y 
they had 
all the fens of the Ifle of Ely, and which was not removed 
i but in 
was manifeftly in favour of 
rad been made on banks or elevated beds. They 
this diftri& from ten to fourteen inches of vegetating foil on 
the furface ; immediately beneath it is a black or brown 
he 
when the peat is thrown upon the folid earth, it will prevent 
bottom ; and 
ufe of the 
f d air, an 
been comprefled, and become more adhefive, they will ftrike 
higher in the ftem, 
and produce good 
low, he cafts upo 
i 
moved farther from the 
but having had the command of the water laft f{ummer, by 
a mill or engine, 
