A Treatise on Vegetation, l^c. xi 



turning it up every three weeks; but fliould it heat when 

 in an heap, do not ftir it until the heating is over, and 

 fhould you perceive any mouldinefs on opening tlie heap, 

 rpread it out for the advantage of the fun and air, which 

 will foon recover it, (obferving always to keep your 

 Comport free from weeds) tlien it mull be again made 

 up into an heap, and the September following i)ut it into 

 your Hyacintb beds, whofe culture you will find treated 

 of under their refpe6tive heads. 



Compojl for Tulips, fee their Culture, p. 324 tind 335, 

 Ranunculus, Ikis, and AKEMoKiEs,y^c' p. 340. 



The Compoft for your Hyacinths fnould be changed 

 every year, whicii will not be attended with any lofs, as 

 it will anfwer very well for your Tulip beds, adding to 

 it a fourth more of fand, efpecially if you plant your 

 Tulips the next year after your FJyaiinths, obferving to 

 lay your compoft in ridges for the advantage of the fun 

 and air, a fortnight before planting; and the fuliowing 

 year you may plant your Ranunculus, Jnemonies, and /r/'/, 

 efpecially that fort well known in the Dutch Catalogue, 

 by the name of Iris ^nglica Bulbofa, of which the Dutch 

 have railed many uncommon beauties, and tins compoft 

 after it has anfv\ered the purpofe of raifm.g your moft 

 curious flowers, let it be again laid in the Compofl-yard, 

 to fweeten and meliorate tor more ordinary uies. 



Compojl for the Carnations, fee their Culture, p. 424 

 and 426. 



Dire^ ions for > the Culture of the Kitchen Garden, ac- 

 cordifig to its Soil. 



In laying out your Kitchen Garden, the following in- 

 ftruclions will be necefTary to be attended to, according 

 to the foils with which you engage; if your Garden is 

 rocky or gravelly, you are to bring from a rich pailure 

 good loamy earth, laying it in heaps from five to three 

 feet deep. The foil which you take from the pafture 

 ground, fhould not be taken deeper than nine inches, or 

 afoot, and to be laid in heaps for a twelvemonth to rot, 



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