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black earth, (harp fand, and coal or wood 

 aihes (if coal ames, they mufl: be fifted 

 through a fine riddle, as any pieces of 

 coal would canker) and it will make the 

 border in good order. 



IF the ground is in grafs, and a ftrong 

 loam, open a trench two feet deep, pare off 

 the grafs two inches thick, and lay it in the 

 bottom of the open trench ; then two 

 inches of rotten dung ; then fix inches of 

 the natural earth, two inches of the com- 

 pofition, four inches of natural earth, two 

 Inches of dung, two inches of natural earth, 

 and four inches of the compoiition ; let 

 all be well mixed (only the turf at the 

 bottom mould not be difhirhed) to incor- 

 porate the different ftrata, and they will 

 then be fit for planting, 



IF- the ground is fandy, or a light black 



earth (the fame materials will anfwer for 



both) a good quantity of a ftrong loam and 



rotten dung, the dung and loam equal to 



P 2 a third 



