504 THE PLEASURE, OR [Seit. 
expeditious work. Let the sides of the full grown hedges be al- 
ways clipped in, nearly to the former year's cut, and as even and 
straight as possible; for it looks awkward and not workman like, 
to see the sides of hedges, especially garden hedges, waved and 
uneven; and always observe to clip a hedge in such a way as to 
slope in a narroiving manner nfiivards, that the top may be a little 
narrower than the bottom, and at the same lime as even and level as 
possible. 
In clipping young hedges under training, be cautious not to cut 
them too close above, but clip the top off regularly to retard the 
luxuriant shoots, and cause them to branch out and thicken the 
hedge, and also to give the moderate growths an equal advantage of 
air and room to advance as equally as possible; cut the sides with 
similar cai'e but closer, and always sloping inwards or narrowing 
towards the top; for by thus exposing the sides and bottom of the 
hedge to the influence of the air, rain and dews, all parts are 
equally encouraged in growth, and the whole becomes close and 
well furnished, but when the top overhangs the bottom, the lower 
branches, for want of those advantages, decay, and the hedge be 
comes thin below and, consequently, much more unfit to answer the 
end than if judiciously trained. 
Grass and Gravel Walks, and Laivns. 
Continue to treat your grass and gravel walks, and lawns as di- 
rected in page 399, and let the rough edges of all grass lawns, &c. 
adjoining gravel walks, and principal borders, be cut close and neat, 
with a very sharp edging. iron, &c, which will give an additional 
neatness, and becoming appearance to the whole. 
Preparing for Planting. 
Prepare now, at all leisure hours, the different beds, borders, 
and composts, for your plantations of choice tulips, hyacinths, ane- 
mones, ranunculuses, and other flower-roots, which are to be plant- 
ed next month ; also for the various flowering shrubs, &c. that 
the hurry of business may not press upon you too much at once, 
and that you may be the better able to do every thing in its proper 
season. 
Transplanting Evergreens. 
In the last week of this month, should necessity require, you may 
transplant such evergreens, as seem to have ceased growing, pro- 
vided you can remove them with balls of earth, or that they are to 
be planted in shaded places; but in either case it will be necessary 
to water them, occasionally, in dry weather, for three or four weeks 
after planting; however, if the season proves hot and dry, it will be 
better to defer that work till October. 
