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earth and sand may be added to it in March, 

 when wanted to fresh pot the plants for bloom : 

 the whole should then be well mixed and incor- 

 porated together, and passed through a coarse 

 screen or sieve, to reduce its parts and take out 

 stones, or any other extraneous substances which 

 it may contain. In country places where the air 

 is more pure, experience has pointed out the pro^ 

 priety of using less dung and more loam; the 

 proportions of which, for such situations, may be 

 reserved, viz., one-half loamy earth and one-third 

 dung, with the sand as before specified: the pre- 

 paration of the compost, in other respects, is to 

 be exactly the same in all situations.'' 



Mr. Hogg recommends the following compost : 

 " Three barrows full of loam, one and a half ditto 

 of garden mould, ten ditto of horse-dung, one 

 ditto of coarse sand, to be mixed and thrown to- 

 gether in a heap or ridge, and turned two or three 

 times in the winter, particularly in frosty wea- 

 ther, that it may be well incorporated. On a 

 dry day towards the end of November take a 

 barrow full of fresh Hme, which, as soon as it is 

 slacked, strew it over while hot in turning the 

 heap ; this accelerates the rotting of the fibrous 

 particles in the loam, lightens the soil, and de- 

 stroys the grubs, worms, and slugs.'* 



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