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20 OF INGE LOSURES) in general, hedges muft be confidered a¢ feed of much greater value, and, therefore, ther with juftice, demand a more particular|° sm {hare of our attention and care. cales Many plants have been fuccefsfully Qf employed for hedging 5 but, among thefe, pat the common white-thorn is juftly efteem- Be: ed the moft valuable in this country, as and it pofleffes, in a more emment degree than dife any other plant common with us, the re- ntl uifite qualities of quicknefs of growth, di ftrength, pricklinefs, durability, and beau- it ty. It will, therefore, be proper to make e fome remarks upon the‘method of training this valuable plant, before| take notice ii of any other. in ing ent § V. wee allo Of the moft eligible Methe dof planting thorns. bel Ir may,.1n ceneral, be remarked, that on a hedge of thorns which has been planted F in the face of a ditch, thrives better tham al wlien planted in any other way; and that, m on the contrary, this plant feldom thrives u fo ill, as when put upon the top of a bank st faced a]

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