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and vegetable earth 5 or ftable-dung and 

 vegetable earth ; or, fea-weed and any of 

 the above. 



Strong loam does not anfwer well for 

 Afparagus ; but it may be much improved 

 by the addition of gravely loam, light 

 fandy loam, fea gravel, brick-bats pounded 

 and mixed with the kiln-afhes, &c f In this 

 cafe, the befl manures are a compoft of 

 vegetable earth, foot, pigeon- dung, and any 

 of the kinds of afhes ; or, ftable-dung, fea^ 

 weed, and fhell-marl ; or, fheep-dung, fea- 

 weed, and marl ; or, fea-weed, ftable-dung, 

 or fhell-marl, as fimples. 



As Afparagus does not come to maturity 

 for feveral years ; and as there is no poffi- 

 bility of effectually manuring it after fow- 

 ing or planting, without hurting its roots, 

 which are very brittle, the greateft care is 

 neceflary in preparing the ground for its 

 reception, which fhould be trenched at 

 leaft two feet deep, and the manure well 

 mixed with the foil in the operation, 



It is common to raife Afparagus on 

 a feed-bed; and tranfplant it into beds 

 four feet wide, with alleys of two feet be- 

 t^een them. la fome inftances, the beds 



are 



