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before laid on the ground. If your foil isclayifh, ftrong 

 and flifF, it will be necefTary to plow or dig it three or 

 four times, giving it a crofs-plovving with a good deep 

 furrow, and fliould you be under a necefTity of having 

 lome fummer crops in the quarters, lay up tlieir foil in 

 ridges tiie preceding v\'inter to be meliorated by the frofl 

 and fnow. The beft manure for fuch a foil is fea-coal 

 afhes, the cleaning oi ftreets, and horfe-dung ; but 

 where thefe are wantiiig, fea-fand may be ufed with 

 great advantage, obfcrving that your crops will be pro- 

 portioned to your quantity of fand, as it divides the clayey 

 particles and the ialt inriches the foil; but on the con- 

 trary lliouid your fuuation be on a hot, fandy foil, not 

 any manure more proper than the dung of cows and 

 oxen. Marie, when fuffered to lie a twelvemonth on the 

 furface, and afterwards plowed or dug into the foil, 

 ■will be of great fervice. Thus I have given what know- 

 ledge I have obtained from experience, (my only guide) 

 of the difTerent foils and comports for the Gardener's ufe, 

 and if properly attended to, with the other dire£tions in 

 the following Piece, I flatter myfelf I fhall be remem- 

 bered with efleem, and confidered by the Florid: and 

 every Lover of the Art of Gardening, as an ufeful 

 Member of Society. 



The order I would recommend for the crops of the 

 Kitchen Garden are as follows, as it anfwers befl: in re« 

 gard to time, and the faving of dung: Let the beds in 

 which your Cabbages and Coiliflowers were the laft fea- 

 fon, be fucceeded by the Parfnip and Carrot, as the 

 ground will not only be well dunged but well prepared 

 for them, and as foon as they are taken off, let Cellery be 

 put doun ; by this management th.e beds will be cleared 

 of every crop by the -aoth oi March, the feafon for lowing 

 the Imall feeds. Others, as foon as their Peafe and Bean 

 ground is cleared, plant Cabbages, Brocoli, &c. in rows, 

 but at fuch dilLmccs, as to admit rows of Peafe and Beans 

 to be foun between them, by which they are much fnel- 

 tered and protected when firll: coming up, and by the time 

 t'.i.ey are ready for landing, the others are removed. 



In winter, let fuch beds as are not employed, be turned 

 np in ridges, for the advantage of the froft, and the better 

 tn leceive the influence of the atmofohere, wiiich will 

 grc/ii.ly reitilize your ground, and deftroy vermin and 

 weeds. Z^''? 



