OF THE INVESTIGATIONS OP 



PROFESSOR LIEBIG, SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, 



THE AMERICAN GARDENER. 



BY WM. COBBITT, M. P. 



SITUATION OF A GARDEN. 



The ground should be as Hearly on a level as possi- 

 ble ; because, if the slope be considerable, the heavy 

 rains do great injury, by washing away the soil. How- 

 ever, it is not always in our power to choose a level spot ; 

 but, if there be a slope in the ground, it ought, if possi- 

 ble, to be towards the South. For, though such a di- 

 rection adds to the heat in summer, this is more tlian 

 counterbalanced by the earliness which it. causes in the 

 spring. By all means avoid an inclination towards the 

 North, or West, and towards any of the points between 

 North and West. After all, it may not be in our power 

 to have a level spot, nor even a spot nearly level ; and 

 then we must do our best with what we have. 



I am speaking here solely of a kitchen-garden. All 

 large trees ought to be kept at a distance of thirty or 

 forty yards. For, the shade of them is injurious, and 

 their roots a great deal more injurious, to every plant 

 growing within the influence of those roots. It is a com- 

 mon but very erroneous notion, that the trees, which 



