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grateful will it be in return; and prudence, 

 as well as iritereft, fhew the neceffity of 

 fldlful induflry, whether in gardening of 

 in agriculture, and fpur on to improve- 

 ment. 



A juft knowledge of the value and effect 

 of manures, their application, the quality, 

 nature, and pulverization of the foil, is the 

 grand bafis of agricultural improvement, 

 and lead to all fubfequent difcoveries. 

 Thefe can be more minutely followed in 

 gardening than in agriculture, and alio 

 with lefs rifk of difappointment. Hence 

 have the difcoveries and improvements in 

 gardening generally been the forerunners 

 of thofe in agriculture. 



Inafmuch as not only garden vegetables, 

 but grain, produce moft abundantly on 

 what is termed new land, effectual plow- 

 ing, digging, trenching, &c. would appear 

 to be of the utmoft importance. This mat- 

 ter is fufceptible of being more effectually 

 performed in gardening than in agriculture, 

 and is another reafon why the garden is 

 more productive than the field. 



A third reafon, in fome inftances, may 



be local- fituation, flicker, &c. But this 



U 4 does 



