In this country, where the beech-trees are not
so plentiful as in Holland, it will be necessary to
transplant them from the nursery garden when
they have attained the height of five or six feet,
and the same mode should be adopted in forming
the hedge as described above. When growing in
luxuriance, this is the neatest hedge with which I
am acquainted. As the stems become thicker,
the meshes decrease, and, in time, the whole
hedge assumes the consistence of a solid mass. It
sprouts out on each side without occupying much
room, and, being easily trimmed, will always look
extremely neat and regular.
REFERENCE K.
[For plan and dimensions see Plate IV., p. 180.]

The cottages in the district will all be in an
exact line with each other, and the ground be-
longing to each occupant parallel, with one acre

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before the otheri and the cottage nearly iu the
centre of the garden.
