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hard frofts is it fo apt to throw or fpew 

 tender plants or feeds out. 



If foils be too ftrong, the tender roots of 

 plants pufh weakly in them, fie ken, canker, 

 and perifh ; and if a foil be too light, and 

 if it be poor withal, plants depofited in it 

 will pufti their roots far, and in vain, in 

 queft of that {lability and nutriment which 

 is neceflary and efiential to their fupport. 

 So that, if the butt of our aim be perfec- 

 tion in the production of wholefome and 

 well-matured vegetables, we muft put afide 

 carelefs indifference in the formation of a 

 proper foil ; nor truft entirely to the force 

 of dungs, were they even to be had in the 

 greateft plenty ; for thefe, by too free an 

 application, have an effecS on the quality 

 of efbulents, not altogether falutary. 



Wherefore, that our efforts may be at- 

 tended with fuccefs throughout, let us be- 

 ftow a moderate and prudent expence in 

 the firft outfet, on compofing or fo impro- 

 ving the foil to be appropriated to this pur- 

 pofe, as that, in our beft judgment, it may 

 fully anfwer the intention. For, 



Forming and compofing the foil of a 



garden, is certainly more eafily accom- 



X 4 plifhed 



