Locust (Honey). 



hard ; which is pretty nearly as hard as a stone. It must 

 be had from America, for I have not the smallest idea of 

 its ripening in England : but it may be had at a reasonable 

 rate, and a comparatively small quantity will suffice for the 

 making of a very considerable hedge. 



396. The SEED is to be prepared for sowing by soaMngy 

 in precisely the same manner as is directed in the case of 

 the Locust. You must pay the same attention to prevent 

 the seed from bursting from over heat, and take all the 

 precautions about watering, shading, and every thing 

 else, just as pointed out in the case of the Locust, in para- 

 graph 384. When the young plants come up, they are 

 to be treated in just the same manner as is directed in the 

 case of the Locust. If sown in good ground, and kept 

 very clean, and managed properly throughout the summer, 

 they would be eight inches high in the fall of the year. 

 They need not be put into a nursery if your ground be 

 ready for planting them to form a hedge. They are ready 

 to go out at once, and therefore it would be useless to put 

 them into a nursery. 



397. As to the manner of planting the hedge, in the 

 first place the ground should be well trenched, and other- 

 wise prepared. The young trees should then be planted 

 in two rows, one row being about fifteen or eighteen inches 

 from the other. The plants should be about fifteen or 

 eighteen inches apart in the row, and the plants in one 

 row standing opposite the middle of the intervals of the 

 other row. 



398. This work of planting may be done either in 

 the fall or in the spring. The ground ought to be 

 kept quite clear from grass and weeds the first year 



