ON ASPARAGUS. 20? 



added, mix the dung and mould well by 

 pricking it over three or four times with a 

 fpade. 







THE proper time to do this work is the 

 beginning of February, that the mould 

 which is laid in the trench may be well 

 fettled before the middle of March, which 



is the proper time to fow the Afparagus. 







THE fummer before this is intended to 

 be done, .the compofition for filling the 

 trenches mould be prepared, and turned 

 feveral times, that it may be well mixed 

 and incorporated before it is tifed. 



THE materials of which I have made 

 the competition, with the greateft fucceis, 

 are as follow : Sludge from a river that 

 runs flow and is muddy ; but the heft is 

 where the tides flow and ebb ; though if 



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neither of thefe can be got, the fludge 

 from the bottom of an old pond that has 

 not been cleaned for a long time will an- 



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Iwer very well. 



LIGHT 



