A gentleman of Skaneateles, N. Y., writes to the Country Gentleman as follows:

"In the Country Gentleman of the first instant you state ' there is no thorn, properly so called, that can be relied on for hedges,' because 'it is occasionally liable to a sort of disease or blight, that may destroy it after it is grown to a hedge.' This is an old prejudice revived, I fear. In Onondaga, we are practical men - we like proof; and think it preferable to mere theory; accordingly our attention has been for years directed to find the best plant for hedges, and from experiment pronounced the White Hawthorn most suitable. More than thirty years test ought to be conclusive. The Buckthorn has been tried and proved a failure, notwithstanding the puffing of agricultural writers. The Osage Orange is strongly recommended by theorists, but let us see a hedge that will answer the purpose, taking double the time that the White Thorn does, and we may be convinced. In its formidable Thorns the Osage Orange, we are candid to acknowledge, has few competitors; but it is unsuited for farm or country use, being too tender for our rigorous climate.

This we state from experience - dearly bought experience.

"There are White Thorn hedges in this section, more than thirty years old, and as sound and good as ever - the older they get, the better fence do they make. The main cause that White Thorn hedges do no better generally, is because improperly managed. We can not state the course we pursue in this respect, as we are guided by circumstances and soil; but we never dig deep for planting".