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fafleft, after which the Hollies will annually gain ground, and at 

 laft totally extirpate the others, whence, by planting both, you 

 will foonefl have an appearance, and afterwards, by an agreeable 

 metamorphofis, have an entire Holly hedge. 



Having mentioned the Holly only for hedges, ,o£- w^lii.cjh itr 

 makes the ftrongeft, warmefl, mofh' lafhing, and beautiful, for 

 outward fences, of any plant this climate produces ; yet I am far 

 from meaning to confine it to that formal purpofe alone, as I 

 know none will more adorn, or be otherw^ays more ufeful, not 

 only in the garden and wildernefs, but the more extended woods 

 and forefts. For thefe purpofes, at the laft removal directed for 

 the hedge plants, let fuch a proportion as your deiigns require 

 be feledled from them, of the talleft and cleaneft fhoots, of 

 which cut away all but the leading one, and plant them in ano- 

 ther nurfery of frefh earth, in lines five feet afunder and two ■ 

 and a half in the line ; cultivate the ground about them by- 

 digging and dreffing it, and annually prune the trees to their 

 proper form ; in which fituation they may continue feven or 

 eight years, raifing part of them, from time to time as your plaii-- 

 • tations require.. 



The general negled of cultivating this beautiful plant, both 

 in the hedges and woods, is mofh amazing, when its many ufes 

 and good qualities are confidered ; and I can account for this 

 difregard in no way but one, which is, not attending to its pro- 

 per culture, from whence many of them ufualiy fail at planting- 

 out, and what remains makes little progrefs for a long time. 

 Their common treatment is removing them from the feed-bed 

 (where they are almofl univcrfally too thick) at two, thrce^ and: 



