Year: 1862




The cultivation in after seasons
must be as efficient as during the first
one. We have seen it recommended
to SOW grass. seed along the hedge,
after the lapse Of a few years. We
have never tried it, but think it
quite practicable. We would not
seed it until after the fifth year. As
to implements for trimming, we desire
nothing better than a good brush
scgthe fer the first three Seasons
After that length of time it will be
necessary 70 have a knifelrhat is man
ufactured especially for trimming
hedges. IF the hedge gets two sea
sons growth before commencing to
trim, as We think it should have, cut
down to within three inches of the
ground. By the fifteenth or twentieth
of June, the plant should make a Wig
orous growth. Again cut to within
four inches Of the previous cutting -
Choose a moist and clSOdy day for this,
if practicable; bat = i -7TsiIl not be nee
essary TO let It 60 und0ne, if the
weather is fine, as there is but little
difference between the two conditions.
About the middle Of August, cut down
to within four inches of that done in
June. After frost has killed the foil
age, and vegetation ceased, again cut
TO within four inches of the previous
August cutting. This will leave the
hedge about one foot high, and viii
have formed a fine base of lateral
branches. No more trimming will be
necessary until the following June,
| when the same course is to be pursued
during the season. and each following
lone, as recommended for the first. II
it is desirable to cut back at the end
of the fFst. season, cut as close to the
ground as possible in the spring, and
do not cut again until the following
fall or spring, when it may be cut to
within three inches of the previous
cutting; and then pursue the same
course as recommended for the other.
'flhs course, carefully followed up,
will place the hedge one foot in height
The fall Of the third season; and each
succeeding year an additional foot to
the height of the hedge. It may ap
pear tedious, but we feel satisfied it is
the most proper way. After it has
attained the height necessary to form
a good barrier, it need not be cut but
once a year, and that in the fall. The
reason for cutting it in early fall is,
that il can be done with half the labor
it otherwise would require. if deferred
until spring, and the wood becUme
hardened.


We have said nothing about trim
ming the sile of the hedge. The
growth of Usage Orange tends so
strongly upward, that the hedge re :
quires but very little trimming at the
sides, unless it is desirable to keep
the hedge within limited space. If
this is the case, the laferals will re-
qulre some thinning out. If the ends
of the laterals are merely trimmed, il
will cause too dense a growth, shading
the interior Of the hedge too much.-
There viii likewise be laterals that
will require cutting out entirely, bnt
not very many and again others that
have tendency to grow more viGor.
ously than some below them. These
must be shortened in, TO prevent shad-
ing those below them. These direc-
tions, carefully followed up. can not
HotherSise than insure success. Many
persons will doubtless think these rec
OmmendatiOnsT radical +; but such Is the
Vigor of the Usage Orange, if allowed
to become well established, thet it Aill
not suffer in diminution of growth for
several years. s


We shall have to state briefly orr
objections TO methods generally ad>
opted. Some persons practice cutting
off the tops of the plants one foot from
the ground the first season. THAT
we may not appear ambiguous, We will
state that IN speaking of cutting the
plants the first season, We mean IN the
fall after vegetation has ceased. OF the
following spring. Others let the
plants grow two seasons, and then cut
off the plants two feet from the ground,
and the following season add two more
feet to it and more likely than 9TH
erwise, i will be the last. The same
objection will apply to both of these
methods. Those who have seen the
0shge Orange growing, can not have
failed to notice its tendency to grow
upward; no matter whether it is cut
of at two inches or two feet from the
ground, there viii be only two or three
vigorous shoots at the top, with few
laterals ar the side. Therefore, BY
adopting the plan of cutting off at one
foot or two feet, as the case may be,
there will be a space of several inches
(more or less, according to the height
the canes are cut) that viii be entirely
bare of laterals. Besides looking nm
slightly, the litheness Of the wood in
its growing state viii allow It to be


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