i Anfivei's to !^/eries 07i Vegetation. Feb, 



of infinite advar.rnge to a verv te'^acirus tilly clay Eighthly >, I 

 have always found fea-wecds (^c wire) a ^ood 'nanure, either as 

 v.fi^nple, or being compounded with dunp and earlii. Ninthly, I 

 havefeen a very cold, wet, back-lying, clave> field, much fertilized 

 by one dreffing with the rubbifli of fonie brick-kilns, which was 

 freely applied, and of which coal-alhes made a confiderablcr part. 



3. Much muft depend on circuniilances ; fometimes in tallow- 

 inn-, but more jzenerally at the lime of fowing or plantin;^ ; and 

 always when the ground is in a moderately moift ilate. 



4. All thefe modes ai-e proper, according to exifting circum- 

 flances, and the nature of the crop to be manured. 



5. By all thefe means, in conjunction with thofe of retaining 

 moillure in dry, and expelling it in wet foils ; alfo, by correcting 

 crudity in, and adding fertility to llerile ones. 



6. Certainly, 



7. Compolt manure is moft generally to be preferred, particu- 

 larly if any calcareous matter is to be applied, as lime, marl, &c. 



8. A very proper mode of application. 



9. B}'- throwing the leaves and haulm of all vegetables into a 

 common heap, and letting them remain till well rotted, then mix- 

 ing them with lime, allies, foot, dung, &.c. or in the procefs of 

 collecting them, and watering the whole frequently with the drain= 

 ings of a dunghill: By mixing the fcourings of ditches, pond- 

 mud, fcrapings of roads and pavements, &c. as above : And, by 

 cleaning out the furrows of all palture-lands every fecond or third 

 year, mixing it with lime, &c. and applying it as a top-drefTing. 



10. Thofe of a cool moift nature, as vegetable earth, pond-n\ud, 

 cow-dunp-, £^c. anfwer beft for dry and abforbent foils ; and thofe 

 of a hot, and more generous nature, as ftablcrdung, pigeon-dung, 

 foot, alhes, &.c. for cold wet foils. 



11. If they have not undergone a proper fermentation, their ef- 

 fects arc, giving a rank and difagreeable flavour to fruits and herb- 

 age ; and, if an immoderate quar.tity is applied, of producing a con- 

 fiderablc degree of unwholefomcnefs, and tainting the juices of 

 many plants. 



VI. Concerning Culiure, 



Anf. to Qucf. f . or producing health and vigour, in a very con^ 

 •picuons de.^ree, both on root and branch. 



2. Oi courfe, yes. 



3. Certainly. 



4. It is more beneficial for the trees, that an under crop be cul- 

 tivated amongft tliem, than that the ground lie in grafs, wceds^ 

 &c. ;-but, were the ground properly cultivated, ivithout an under- 



crop^ 



