O NT VINES. 



level ; leave the laft trench open, and iii 

 about three weeks work it back again ; 

 only when within four inches of the dung 

 that is lain in the bottom, it mould be dug 

 over, and the dung and the foil well 

 mixed. The dung that is laid in the 

 middle will mix in the courfe of work- 

 ing, but none of it fhould be brought 

 to the top. This laft trenching fliould be 

 at leaft "fix weeks before the border is plant- 

 ed, in order that the ground may be well 

 fettled, 



HALF a year at leaft before planting 

 make "up the following cornpofition, the 

 quantity according to the number of vines 

 that are to be planted : Two loads of good 

 frefh loam from a pafture, two loads of 

 rotten wood that is become earth, one 

 load of .(harp fand, and one load of very 

 rotten dung ; lay it in a long ridge four 

 feet broad at bottom, and quite narrow 

 at top : this muft be turned often, un- 

 til it is fo well mixed that none of the 

 ingredients can be diftinguifhed. If this 



was 



