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as we find many of the village-gardens, lying on 

 sloping banks, by the sides of streams, that water 

 and render them both pleasant and productive. He 

 who is to pay a high rent should consider well, be- 

 fore putting down and improving a garden, whe- 

 ther the situation be eligible, the distance from town 

 convenient, and such as to enable him to carry 

 his goods to market on a footing with his neigh- 

 bours. 



SECT. II. 



ON SOILS, AND HOW TO IMPROVE THEM. 



It is a happy circumstance, that in many instan- 

 ces we meet with different soils in the same acre. 

 In the same garden they should never be wanting ; 

 and where nature (or natural causes) has been defi- 

 cient, recourse must be had to art, in as much as 

 the variety of fruits and vegetables to be cultivated, 

 require different soils to produce them in perfec- 

 tion. 



It would be absurd, however, to imagine, that for 

 every particular vegetable there is to be a particular 

 soil prepared. The varieties of soil in any garden 

 may, with propriety, be confined to the following : 

 Strong clayey loam ; light sandy loam, (which are 

 the tv/o grand objects); a composition of one-fourth 

 strong, with three-fourths light loam ; half strong 

 and half light ; and one-fourth light, and three- 

 fourths strong. These, by a proper treatment, aTid 



