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kt it lay all the winter. In the fpnng, 

 plow and harrow it, and it will be fit for ufe, 



IF the ground allotted fhould be full of 

 weeds and roots of bufhes, trench it early 

 in the fpring, and pick all the roots as 

 clean as poinble. As foon as it is finimed 

 low it with peale in rows, that the weeds 

 may be kept clean, for in fuch ground 

 there will many annual weeds come up. 

 As for docks, nettles, and quickers they muit 

 be taken up with a dung-fork, for they can* 

 not be deftroyed by hoeing. As foon as 

 the peafe are in bloom plow them in, and 

 when they are quite deftroyed plow the 

 whole again, and harrow it well to get 

 out the weeds, if any remain, and let it 

 lay rough all the winter. Plow it in the 

 ipring, and then it will be in good order. 



IF a convenient fpot cannot be found 

 that is of a proper temperature, it mutt be 

 made fo by art : a {tiff loam, or a light 

 black earth, are the only foils that can be 

 made into a good nurfery. When better 



cannot 



