I.] THE AMERICAN GARDENER. *Z7 



into one place, and the weak ones into another: so 

 that, when they come to be used for a hedge, they 

 are already equalized. If you can get plants three 

 years old they are still better. They will make a 

 complete hedge sooner ; but, if they be two years 

 old, have been transplanted, and, are at the bottom, 

 as big as a large goose quill, they are every thing 

 that is required. 



47. The cost of the plants is, then, four dollars. 

 The pruning of the roots and the planting is done, 

 in England, for about three half pence a rod; that 

 is to say, about three cents. Let us allow twelve 

 cents here. I think I could earn two dollars a day 

 at this work; but, let us allow enough. In 900 

 feet there are 54 rod and a few feet over: and, 

 therefore, the planting of the hedge would cost 

 about seven dollars, To keep it clean from weeds 

 would require about two days work in a year for 

 five or six years : twelve dollars more. To do the 

 necessary clipping during the same time, would re- 

 quire about thirty dollars, if it were done in an ex- 

 traordinary good manner, and with a pair of Garden 

 Shears. So that the expenses to get a complete 

 hedge round the garden would be as follows : 



D. c. 



Plants .... 4 00 

 Planting ... 7 00 

 Cultivation . . 12 00 

 Clipping ... 30 00 



Total . . 53 00 

 48. And thus are a fence, shelter and shade, of 

 everlasting duration, for a garden, containing an 

 acre of land, to be obtained for this trifling sum ! 

 Of the beauty of such a hedge it is impossible for 

 any one, who has not seen it, to form an idea : con- 



