Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-02-06
Written for "a Adre rtiger



In the last weeks paper We unintentionalIy
omitted stating the distance We would advocate
between plant and plant. They should not be less
than twelve inches apart AID We believe bet
ter hedge could be made when elephants are double
that distance, than can be made By planting four,
Eve, or six inches, as is Otter recommended. The
permanent being considered. the Usage plant be-
ing tree an not g shrub, that we nse for making
hedges, requiring space for its roots to ramify in
the ground in order to obtain the necessary food
for its substance. Now, it is evident that if We
crowd two three plants into the space of ground
which tains scarcely food enough support the
one, we must naturally conclude that the vitality
Of the so planted trees must eventually be some
what impaired, and consequently its permananey
be materially injured. We cannot see that there
is anything gained by close planting; but on the
contrary, all to loose. Hence &c is we advocate
planting further apart than Rasusually done when
hedging in its infancy.
Whilst cultivating the first eason, it would be
advisable to strip of or stop the side shoots as
early stage Of their growth, it win not need doing
but the once, the natural tendency of the sap is
upward and there being no latter branches to OBJ
truct its course thereby leaving the whole for the
better developement of the main shoot, which
forms the basis Of the future hedge, the forming
of which is the all important work which alone
rend ers our endeavOrs successful. As yet we have
mutitudes Of opinions resulting from the unsettled
state Of the general knowledge on this particular
subjects and in all these opinions there is but one
common object sought for, and this is the entire
cOntrole of the growth of the plant, and proper
density at the bottom of the hedge, and uniform
distribution of wood throughout. If the proper
means for the attainment of this object weEs prop
erlY understood and that knowledge carried out in
practice, the hedges would present beautiful ap-
pearance-WOulj be an eHectual barrier to both
man and beast. and would fully answer the par
pose they were intended for.
! Now, the means to accomplish this must be by
udiciOus pruning. The time to do this must be
governed By the condition Of the gfo owth of the
plants. For instance, if they have made good,
strong and uniform growth, from the frst year
that is the following spring after they planted
If they have pade an indiFe rent growth delay the
pruning one season, by which time they will have
! gained strength and vigOr. Then take knife or
hook, and cut the first plants within, say three
inches Of tue ground the ext say six inches, and
so with every alternate plant. The object being
an even distribution of shoots to form the basis Of
the hedge.
The basis of the hedge having been formed, and
whilst cultivating during summer it should be con-
stantly watched so as to check the upward tenden-
cy of all or any centre shoots that may have as
sumed too strong growth at the expense Of their
diveTging in an horizontal direction. If one or two
Of these are suffered to grow on the same parent
stem, they make supurhuOus growth, VIII Ie their
neighbOrs of a smaller size below them, will die
out from want OF nourishment. This should be
attended to as soon as they assume that tendency
and be fore the evil has shown its elect, and not
wait until spring, or until the plants around de-
maDu, 30 tnaEAs cut prune al EUgetEer. II Il
is done at the proper time it viii take bnt i; sls
time as the wood is SOFT and it can be stopped By
pnching the end Of. And as soon as the Wiatel
is over or when she frost is out Of the wood, eu
it back within twelve inches or so Of where it Wa
cut the previous year. Thiscan best be done with
long bladed hedge-hoOk. cutting one side at 4
time and the same operation proceeded with eVerl
successive season until the hedge is Eve feet high
which should be the ultimatum. This process viii
Lease the hedge dense mass, impenetrable to an
an imnl that might destroy crops or trees.
When We have arrived at this, the time for pru,
ming may be changed, and instead Of prunini
whilst it is in dormant state, do it when it ha
made its first growth, say middle of June, and aft
it has made its second growth in the faH tn,
reason for this is that pruning tree WhiIst in
dormant state, calls into action several latent ol
dormant buas, lying below where the cut has beer
lads, causing an eqnal distribution Of the sap fo
the time being, and envigOrating the whole.
SUNNI q pruning, on the sOntraEy, partially de-
nudiBg the t1ss Of its yoang shoots, and necessa
rally part Of its foliage, which are the respiratOr,
organs, thereby interfering with its growth b,
extension, limiting its vital power, hardening th,
WOOD contracting the sap vessels and iransiornins
its habit intO that Of shrub. E.H.B.
Written for the Adssrtissr
Fencing