. unskilful clipping,iDut will bear the knife to any degree. During the last winter, I found one ofmy hedges had grown too high, casting too much shadow over a portion of mygarden, and wishing to try how much it would endure, I directed my gardenerto cut it down within four feet of the ground. This was done in mid-winter,and not without some misgivings on my own part, and much discouragingadvice from others: but it leaved out as early in the spring as other hedges, andis now a mass of verdure. I have been applied to for young plants
. unskilful clipping,iDut will bear the knife to any degree. During the last winter, I found one ofmy hedges had grown too high, casting too much shadow over a portion of mygarden, and wishing to try how much it would endure, I directed my gardenerto cut it down within four feet of the ground. This was done in mid-winter,and not without some misgivings on my own part, and much discouragingadvice from others: but it leaved out as early in the spring as other hedges, andis now a mass of verdure. I have been applied to for young plants by personswho have seen and admired my hedges, and have sent them to various states inthe union, and I have never, in any instance, heard of their failure. My method of forming a hedge is to set the young plants in a single row,about nine inches apart, either in the spring or autumn; if the latter, I shouldclip it in the following spring, within six inches of the ground; this will cause ? The writer believing it to be a native plant. PURGING BUCKTHORN. 177. the hedge to be thick at the bottom, which I regard as a great point of excel-lence ; after this, all that remains to be done is to keep it from weeds, and clip itonce a year. I consider June as the best time to trim it, as it soonest recoversits beauty at that season. The clipping may be done either with the garden-shears, a hedge-knife, or even with a common scythe. The adjoining figure will show a pleasing mode of growing a hedge of thisspecies in front of a dwelling, or inenclosing ornamental grounds. Asthe plants will attain a considerableheight, they may be trained over anarch or trellis, and form a beautiful,densely-shaded arbour or walk. It appears from the above that this species is very eligible for forming hedges,in consequence of its robust and rigid habit of growth. Although it does notmake much show, when in flower, yet in autuimi and early winter, when pro-fusely covered with black berries, it becomes higlily
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