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ufing, be well reduced, by expofmg it a 

 whole year to the acSioii of the weather. 



Pigeon-dung alfo, that has lain at leaft 

 two whole years in an heap^ and has been 

 frequently turned, and well expofed to the 

 weather, is to be ufed. Alfo, fhell-marl. 

 And laftly, fea or river gravel, which 

 fliould be fifted and kept in a dry place ; 

 fuch part of it as is about the fize of mar- 

 row-fat peas is to be employed. 



This is the --proportion : For crowns 

 and fuckers, entire vegetable mould, with 

 a little gravel at bottom, to ftrike in; af- 

 terwards, three -fourths vegetable mould, 

 one-fourth loam, mixed with about a twen- 

 tieth part gravel, and a little entire gravel 

 at bottom, till about a year old. For year 

 olds, and till fhifted into fruiting pots, 

 one-half vegetable mould, one-half loam , 

 to which add about a twentieth part gra- 

 vel, and .as much fhell-marl, with a little 

 gravel at bottom, as above. For fruiting 

 in, one-half loam, a fourth vegetable mould 7 

 a fourth pigeon-dung, to which add gravel 

 and marl as above, and lay two inches of 



entire gravel at bottom. 



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