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and the fmall to the outfide, that it may 

 get the benefit of the froft and air to mel- 

 low it ; then make it into ridges of four 

 or fix feet broad at bottom, as there is 

 room, and bring them to a (harp point at 

 top to throw off the rain, which, like the 

 ihow, is very detrimental to all compoii- 

 tions. In that form it is alfo more conve- 

 nient for turning, and at every turning, 

 the bottom mould be thrown uppermost. 



HAVING allthefe moulds, tan, dung, and 

 fand prepared, a proper composition may 

 be made of them for pine-apple plants of 

 all ages. It mould be made up fome time 

 before it is ufed, and turned feveral times, 

 ib that the different kinds may be well 

 mixed and incorporated. 



MOULD for crowns and fuckers at their 

 being potted when taken from the tan-bed, 

 where they were planted to flrike roots. 

 Three wheel-barrows of light wood- 

 earth, one barrow full of lifted tan, one 

 barrow of loam, half a barrow of fand, 



and 



