20 AMERICAN GARDENER. 



scarcely ever be convenient to any one to ma- 

 nure the -whole garden at one time; and this is 

 not of so much importance. Clay, or any earth, 

 burnt, is excellent manure for a garden. It has 

 no seeds of weeds or grass in it. A compost, 

 made of such ashes, some wood-ashes, a small 

 . portion of horse-dung, rotten leaves, and mould 

 shovelled up under trees, round buildings, or on 

 the sides of roads. All these together, put into 

 a heap, and turned over several times, make the 

 best manure for a garden. 



29. A great deal more is done by the fermen- 

 tation of manures than people generally ima- 

 gine. In the month of June take twenty cart 

 loads of earth, which has been shovelled off the 

 siu-face of a grassy lane, or by a road side, or 

 round about barns, stables, and the like. Lay 

 these twenty loads about a foot thick on some 

 convenient spot. Go and cut up twenty good 

 cart-loads of weeds of any sort, and lay these 

 ivell shaken up, on the earth. Then cover the 

 weeds with twenty more cart-loads of earth like 

 the former, throwing the earth on lightly. In 

 three days you will see the heap smoke as if on 

 fire. If you put your hand into the earth, you 

 will find it too hot to be endured. In a lew 

 days the heat will decline, and you will perceive 

 the heap sink. Let it remain a week after this, 

 and then turn it very carefully. This will mix 

 the whole well together. You will find the 

 weeds and grass in a fiutrid state. Another 

 heating will take place, but less furious than the 

 former. Turn it a second time in seven days; 

 and a third time in seven days more. And 

 by this time you will have forty cart loads of 



