German hedge planting

397. Hedges, though not general in Germany, are used on the Rhine and in Holstein: the plants are generally hawthorn, but sometimes hornbeam, or a mixture of native shrubs. Hungary is the most backward province in respect to planting and hedges, as well as to every thing else. A hedge there is rare; and there are scarcely any public avenues beyond Presburg. Existing woods are subjected to a sort of management, for the sake of the fuel they afford, and for their produce in timber and charcoal for the mines.