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fped: of the contrary, that, if it lies low, 

 damp, and flat, it will b$ advifable to raife 

 an artificial hill, to the height of three feet 

 above the common level, (allowing the fur- 

 face to be one foot deep of tolerably good 

 foil), compofed of the above-mentioned 

 materials, which may be mixed with the 

 natural earth, and of the full breadth, as 

 aforefaid : , pave # the bottom in a Hoping 

 manner all round, and, if neceflary, run 

 drains to carry off the wet; and here ere& 

 the Grape-houfe. 



As the plants are to be planted within 

 the houfe, it is obvious, that both the front 

 wall and flues mufl ftand on pillars ; whofe 

 foundations muft be to the depth of the 

 pavement in the one cafe, and fix inches 

 deeper than the foil in the other. 



The compoft muft be well prepared, by 

 trenching and jnixing it, three or four fe- 

 veral times during the Summer preceding 

 the planting; and the building maybe go- 

 ing on at the fame time. 



Let the furface of the border, both with- 

 out and within the houfe, be forked up 



annually, 



* For a more economical method of making a bot~ 

 torn, fee Book II. Chap. i. Seft, 2 



