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CHAPTER II. 



ON THE NATURE AND VARIETY OF GARDEN LAND; 

 WITH THE MEANS OF IMPROVEMENT. 



IT is a happy circumftance, that in many 

 inftances we meet with different foils in 

 the fame acre. In the fame garden they 

 fhould never be wanting ; and where na- 

 ture (or natural caufes) hath been deficient, 

 recourfe muft be had to art ; inafmuch as 

 the variety of fruits and vegetables to be 

 cultivated, require a variety of foils to pro- 

 duce tfiem in perfedion. 



It would be abfurd, however, to imagine, 

 that for every particular vegetable there is 

 to be a particular foil prepared. The va- 

 riety of foil in any garden may with pro- 

 priety be confined to the following : 

 Strong clayey loam; light fandy loam} 

 (which are the two grand objects) : a com- 

 pofition of one-fourth ftrong, with three- 

 fourths light loam 3 half ftrong, and half 

 light ; and one -fourth light, and three- 

 fourths ftrong. Which, by a proper treat- 

 X 3 ment, 



