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he, year after year, cropped with the same sort of 

 plant, the produce will be small, and the quality 

 inferior to what it was at first. Mr. TULL has 

 most satisfactorily proved, both by fact and argu- 

 ment, that this is not true. And I will add this 

 fact, that Mr. MISSING, a Barrister, living in the 

 Parish of Titchneld, in Hampshire, in England, 

 and who was a most excellent and kind neighbour 

 of mine, has a border under a south wall, on which 

 he and his father before him, have grown early 

 peas, every year, for more than forty years ; and, 

 if, at any time, they had been finer than they were 

 every one year of the four or five years that I saw 

 them, they must have been something very extra- 

 ordinary ; for, in those years (the last four or five 

 of the more than forty) they were as fine, and as 

 full bearing, as any that I ever saw in England. 



189. Before I entirely quitted the subject of 

 Cultivation, there would be a few remarks to be 

 made upon the means of preventing the depreda 

 tions of vermin, some of which make their attack* 

 on the seed, others on the roots, others on the stem, 

 others on the leaves and blossoms, and others on 

 the fruit ; but, as I shall have to be very particular 

 on this subject in speaking of fruits, I defer it till 

 I come to the Chapter on Fruits. 



190. Having now treated of the Situation, Soil, 

 Fencing, and Laying out of Gardens ; on the mak- 

 ing and managing of Hot-Beds and Green-Houses ; 

 and having given some directions as to Propagation 

 and Cultivation in general ; I next proceed to give 

 Alphabetical Lists of the several sorts of plants, 

 and to speak of the proper treatment for each, 

 under the three heads, Vegetables and Herbs, 

 Fruits; and Flowers. 



