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Of this compofition has been the mould 

 I have ufed for years, with, perhaps, as ge- 

 neral fuccefs as moft gardeners. But my 

 ideas are not fo contracted as to prefume, 

 that this may not be deviated from, in 

 any cafe, or that it cannot be improved. 

 It is given as what I confider to be a good 

 medium foil for the production of the 

 Pine ; and with the hope that the candid 

 will apply, improve, or partly reject, ac- 

 cording to circumftances and practical ob- 

 fervation. 



SECTION V. 



On tie 'Treatment of the Plants the Firjl Tear *. 



IF the plants were ftruck (as is directed 

 in Section III.) about the firft of Sep- 

 tember, the bed will continue of a kindly 

 heat till the firft or middle of November, 

 and muft then be worked over, and about 

 an eighth part of new tan trenched in. 



The 



* I reckon the year from the ift of September, fup- 

 pofing^ the crop to be all cut, and the crowns and fuck- 

 ers to be ftruck at that time. 



