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Show aTee HE HE Top of the Bank1 > for if it be laid on the Side or Face of the Bank, it will fliip into the Bank is defigned to be made, and fome ofthe Ditch again when W et comes, and alfo takea beft Mould “fhould be laid upon it abe the great deal of the Bank along with ic. In planting Quicks, there are two Extreams Quick: then th € Quic k is to be laid upon it, 2 it too low and ‘ot afunder, fo that the End of it may be to be avoided ; thefirft i makes the Sap run all x upwards, and at equal Dift ances of too thick, becaufe it slant a young Oak, Aj, Crab or into the Shoots, and leaves the Plafhes without Nourffhment ; which with the Thicknef rowwith the Qa Ww henthe firft Rowof Quickislaid, of the Hedge, kills them. Secone ily, It muft not be covered with Mould, and the Turf tas before, and forme Mould upon caufe this draws all th ie Sap into the Plathes, anc when the Bankis a Foot high, fo caufes but {ma pots at the Bottor another Rowof Sets againft the makes the Hedge fo thin, that i and cover them hinder the peas from going Dp of it. . was done, and the Bankis to from cropping When ¢ Shoot that be|‘topp’d with the Bottom of the Ditch, and defigned to d Hedige laid to fhade and defend plathedis t bent, give it a {mall Cutwith ane half through, floping a little d al there fhould be Stakes driven then weaveit the {mall fuperfluous th, at about two Feet and low as to reach the firm too far out on both Sic Not to. cut the Plafhestoo much ; but 4thly, The Turfis to be laid with the Grafs Side downwards, onthat Side of the Ditch the If the Stubs are very Te dba id it th4 reantenpte S accounted the beft, and w the next: Let the {mall Buthes belaid below, but not toothick, ony a little to cover the Quick from being bit by Cattle, when it fprings; andalfo to Tay long Bufhesat the Topto bind the S:akes in with, byinterweaving them. And in order to render the H ftronger, you mayedder it (as it is call’d bind the Top of the Stakes in with fome ‘fea the Eddering is finifh’d, drive the Stakes anew, becaufe the waving of the Hed G are apt to loofen u The Quick mu ar urrd from beeing croptae al in February it will be properto cut it wi Inch of the Ground, which will caufe ftrike Root afrefh, and help it muchin the of about I ] be prope to pla is Workis either in F When aI ledge is grown old, i. e. of about 20 or 30 Years ‘Growth, nd there are init old Stubs as well as new Shoots, the old Stubs i t within two or three and the beft and wn, a fome of the ftrongeft, at the x Feet, according as you the ght of the Hedge to be, may be left to ferve inftead of Stakes; and freth fhouldbe put in thofe Places where they are wanting ; the Hedge fhould bethinn’d, fo as to leave on the Stubs only fuch Shoots as are defign’d to be of Ufe, that there may be Roomleft to put a Spade in between them; the Ditch alfo fhould1 be cleans ?d, and each Side of the Slope kepr’as in a new Ditch; and wher the Earth is wath’d from the Roots of the Quick, or is hollow, face it anew, with fo much of the firft Spit of Earth that is dug outof the Ditch, as thereis occafion for, and Jay gn what is dug out at the fecond Spit, on the latter End of March, or the Begin April, in an open Situation and a any bade where they may remain to flower a fe ear toa Level, and by fo doing, the they don’t care to be tranfplanted : Sap w ill the better break out at feveral Places, and not run fo much to the Ends, as it will when theylie much uponthe Slope. If you have much Wood to fpare, you may great Part of thofe that grow near the but then you ought to hang the Bank with Buthes, to prevent Cattle from cropping hem the firft Year; thefe will fhoot ftrong, and J ure the Hedge, keep up the Bank, and n the Bottom of the Hedge. y. Take care to lay the Hedge pretty , and turn the Beard on the Ditch Side ; you muft not let the Beard hang uncut it makes a good Shew at the firft and this will caufe it to fhoot Places, and make the Hedge » for it will foon gtow higher ; lower the Hedge is made, the better ck will grow, andalfo me picket a4t but Care muft be taken to pr t from Cattle on the Field Side, fort ar that it is made. If you would have a good H you fhould fell it often, andaat root out llers. by. prunin 1 Into one Gri all Bu in is one of the be fs Se much dead Wood is not to be left in f the Hedges, for that will che if there be a Gap, the dead e made at a Diftance. Di- ftance which thefe Plants hould be sou? d, muft not be lefs than a Foot ; and if the Soil be good, a Foot and an half afunderwill ittle enough, for they are very apt to f to a great Diftance, andtheir Branche: j ing upon the Ground, would occafion their rotting, were they to ftandtooclofe to each other. Thefe Plants produce their Flowersin June and July, and their Seeds are perfected in ae when they fhould be gather’d and preferv’d for the fucceeding Year. HEDYSAee lofndde fe Gr. onHerb 4 but you muit cut off all the ftragghs within half a Foot of the Hedge muchthe thicker. 5 If the Bankbe high, make the Hedge tit may but jut ferve for a Fence down, and fecure on bothSides, till tall enough to pls void Spaces. In making a ¥ or A i long Poles or Sticks on each Side, and when as they may bend down well, not to m too upright, as fome do; but to lay onaceous / Flow 0 a1 Hea 1 orS; comes Foints is lodg d a Kidney The Specie Hepy M ; ypeatum., b H. Eyft. French Honey elicate red Flower Hepysarum ; Tourn, French Honey Flower. 3. Hepysarum; clypeatum, minus, purpureo. Raii Hift, Smaller French fuckle, with a purple F lower. 4. Hepysa Three cleay *d Canada French Honey- | Tf the ftand 1 good Cyder Fruit but then are not grafted, will be ] bear; ar ] ; you do graft, you may be certain of your nd; but if you find NOIS, [of savavets, of fav's b, Re ‘i Trailing > crooked-feeded very natural Stock, which by Leaf, § Bud appears likely, y you may may try have a new fine Fruit, do not Ji > you may graft it pleafe. : As for the reft of the Hed fhot three or four YearUrs, make a Fence with, for take the following Directions 5 ft, Atevery Layi are other led Hawk-weed, or common He- the large Borders of i ed edypnois, Vv maximo a lar fo orddered. Bottom of the Hedge, of the Bank. 2dly, To heighten youla2y Earth onit fo a all but the Ends; this Earlh will vel helo the oe and deepning the Ditch, you will Fencethebetter. There are feveral other Species of this Pla which are preferv’d in fome curious Gardens Abroad; -but thefe here mention’dare the chicf of what I have obfe rv’dinthe £ Gardens The two firft Species are very commonin E l, being propagat ed by the Gardene London, mie fupply the Markets wit Plants and Flowers in the Springof the Year. Theyare all propagated by fowing their Seeds in April, in a Bed oflightfrefl ‘Earth ;3 and whenthe Plants come up, they fhoul 1 be ran {planted into other Bedsof the like E andin an open Situ n, to about fix or.eis Inches Diftance from each other, leaving Path between every four Rows, feo twe themto hoe, and clear them from Weeds thefe Beds they may rema Micha: imas : at which Tis a fe Plants are feldom p ropa « Gardens, for tk > of Variety, : autyor Ufe. The found wild Garden, allowing them, at Diftance from other Plants, they fhould be Cpa. tc Succeffion of Flowers, sher a very fine Appt the rec rt, Flowers. Thefe are tolerably hardy, and are feldom hurt but vid extreme ae or great Rai Moifture, efpecially in the Winter S$ very apt to rot their Roots, the fhould beplanted in a dry Soil and in a warm Situation ; and in the S they may be re- mov’d |