220 
On Fences. 
Under ordinary circumstances, the hoeing and raking would not 
be required ot'tener than three times during a season, viz., in May, 
July, and September : but during wet summers, favourable to the 
growth of weeds, an additional cleaning would be required. 
34. Expense. — This will vary a little according to circum- 
stances, but the following may be taken as the average per perch 
of six yards : — 
I- d. 
Trenching 3 feet wide and 3 feet deep . 0 3 
^Manure . . . . . .03 
Plants 18 inches high, 8 years old, at 6O5. 
per 1000, 12 to 15 inches apart . .10 
Planting the same . . . .02 s. d. 
1 8 
Fence on each side to protect the hedge as detailed (20) 4 7 
Cost of hedge with double fence complete, per perch 6 3 
Plants from nine to twelve inches high are sold in the nurseries at 
30s. per 1000; but as those would prolong the expense of fencing 
for several years, it is considered better to plant such as are eighteen 
inches high and of a greater age. As already observed, the latter, 
when once established in their final situation, w'ill shoot up more 
vigorously even than the hawthorn or any other fence plant. 
No. II. . 
s. d. 
Expense of hedge as above . . . . .18 
Digging out ditch on one side and forming bank on 
other, with the soil dug out . . . .38 
5 4 
Here there is an apparent saving of \ \d. per perch ; but it is to 
be reckoned that the space occupied by the ditch, added to that 
taken up by the bank, is much greater than would be required for 
a fence of wood on each side. There is also a difference in favour 
of the first plan with regard to the growth of the hedge, it being 
universally admitted that in the generality of soils the plane sur- 
face is to be preferred to any other site. 
35. Mode of grotoing the young plants. — I annex the nursery 
culture of this tree on account of its being comparatively an ex- 
pensive plant to procure of nurserymen. I do this in order that 
every person may rear the plants for himself, and thus save one of 
the chief items in the foregoing tables. It is known to every one 
that the holly is a most plentiful bearer of seed, being in most 
seasons literally clad with beautiful scarlet berries which, with the 
branch, are generally called " Christmas." Those berries are 
