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70 prepare the Borders for Figs. 



FIGS thrive only in a fine light rich earth ; 

 their large roots are long and fmooth, 

 and pufh out many fmall fibrous roots 

 which are too tender -to make their way 

 into a {tiff mould ; on this account there 

 are little hopes of fuccefs, unlefs they are 

 planted in light rich mould. 



IF the ground is gravelly or fandy, the 

 cleaning of a pond that lias not been 

 drained for fonie years, and rotten wood 

 earth might be added, until there is furfi-' 

 cient to make it light and rich. 



THE diftance a fig- tree will ipread on a 

 wall in proper foil is very great : there were 

 fome old fig-trees of a large fize which co- 

 vered a great length of wall in many 

 parts of England that were greatly hurt 

 in the year 1 739. 



FIGS mould be always planted at the 



diftance of twenty feet from each other ; 



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