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ferred ; for compared with the other, it sends off Uttle or no evapo- 
ration. The holly, however, is as yet a high-priced plant, and this 
alone deters many persons from adopting it in preference to the 
hawthorn. In order to avoid this inconvenience, farmers are re- 
commended to raise the plants for themselves ; and with this view 
they are requested to refer to the mode of rearing the holly as de- 
tailed (35). 
Chap. II. — Varieties of Hedge Fences recommended; with refer- 
ence to soils and situations best suited for tlvem ; tfie moile and 
expense of forming them ; and after treatment. 
9. Many varieties of trees and shiubs have been recommended 
for hedge fencing, all of which are no doubt more or less suited for 
the purposes of inclosure ; but as there are some kinds so eminently 
adapted beyond others to be used in the dividing of fields, it be- 
comes necessary to distinguish which they are, and to insist upon 
their being adopted accordingly. Their adoption, howevei', must 
depend upon certain circumstances, viz., the character and situa- 
tion of the soil ; and it is on this head the wTiter hopes he will be 
allowed humbly to state that the most of planters ha\ e erred. As 
in all other things. Nature has observed a beautiful adaptation 
amongst trees and shrubs with reference to the food they imbibe, 
and the peculiar habitation they affect ; and it really requires no 
great discernment to follow her correctly throughout this interest- 
ing distribiition. For the sake of clearness, I shall divide the plants 
suitable for hedges into three classes, viz., I. Hedges for the gene- 
rality of arable and pasture districts. II. Hedges for exposed situa- 
tions where the soil is poor. III. Hedges for situations where the 
soil is wet and boggy. Under these heads I shall treat of every- 
thing connected with their formation and after-treatment. 
Sect. I. — Hedges for the generality of arable and pasture 
districts. 
10. In this section is comprehended the great proportion of all 
the arable and pasture lands in England, excluding such, oh the 
one hand, as are in elevated situations, affected by a rigorous cli- 
mate ; and on the other, all such as are in very low situations, 
overcharged with moisture, or of a loose boggy description. The 
plants applicable either to arable or pasture lands will be pointed 
out in treating of the different varieties recommended, and their 
qualifications for either state, or both, enforced according to their 
merits. It may be as well to observe here that the following 
directions are strictly practical, based as they are upon extensive 
experience botli in Scotland and England for the last twenty-five 
years. Whoever follows them is earnestly entreated by the writer 
