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they were too large to be moved easily, 

 their use for hedges, and their ready sale 

 for that purpose, is well known ; if left 

 longer, they are particularly useful for fill- 

 ing up gaps, where smaller plants would 

 be stifled ; and if they remained, they 

 would alwa} 7 s make excellent hedge-wood, 

 and answer all the common purposes of 

 underwood. For ornament, exotics of 

 different growths might be added; among 

 which the various species of thorns alone, 

 would furnish a considerable list. 



It is not meant that the largest growths 

 should never be planted near each other ; 

 some of the most beautiful groups are often 

 formed by such a close junction, but not 

 when they have all been planted at the 

 same time, and drawn up together. A 

 judicious improver Will know when, and 

 how to deviate from any method, however 

 generally good. 



There are few operations in improvement 

 more pleasant, than that of opening gra- 

 dually a scene, where the materials are 

 not unfit for use, but only too abundant : 



