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THE PARK PINETUM. 
[Part V. 
From mice, the small enemies which I have 
mentioned below the soil, to the reach of a 
horse, seven feet above the soil, the pot park 
pinus has many enemies to contend with, in¬ 
cluding colts, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, hares, 
and rabbitsand it must be confessed that a 
park pinetum comes under the head of “ the 
acquisition of pinuses under difficulties.” 
The common horse-fence, seven feet high, be¬ 
sides being a great dis-sight, shuts your pet pot 
plant from your sight, perhaps, for a dozen 
years. Instead of this, I recommend an hex¬ 
agonal sheep-fence, four bars in height, round 
the pit, with a wire game-fence inside ; or, in¬ 
stead of these, a rabbit-proof circular wattle- 
fence : and, as an outside cattle-fence, eight iron 
hurdles, consisting only of an upper bar, four 
feet high, and an under bar, close to the ground. 
Between these bars the sheep will pass to graze, 
so that no pasture is wasted, and no mowing 
necessary. When the plant is large enough, 
the two inner fences may be taken away. The 
number of hurdles may be increased as the side- 
boughs increase ; and these side-boughs may for 
ever be let down to the sheep-browsing line, in¬ 
stead of being kept up to the horse-browsing 
line. More than this in the way of side-boughs 
