i66 The Gardener's New Director. 



Having now dire£ted every thing necefTary in regard 

 to the pit, except the coinpoft, the following is that 

 I recommend, of which you fhould jiave a provifion 

 for years, as age much improves it. 



Take one load of mould from under the tuif of a good 

 pafture, to which, ihould it be very light, add a fourth 

 of good yellow loam: but, if it is fufficiently loamy, 

 mix with it two or three bufhels of fea-fand. Then 

 take a fourth of dung .from a cov/-yard ; but, if not to 

 be had, take the fame quantity of good rotten dung 

 from an old Cucumber or iVIelon-bed. Mix thefe well 

 together, turning the whole three or four times, that it 

 may thoroughly imbibe the air. Let all the large 

 clods be well broken, but not lifted or fcreened, as is 

 the pra£tice with fome. 



The particular next to be confidercd in this article, 

 is, the preparation of the crowns and luckers tor plant- 

 ing, which has already been given fo fully by Sir James 

 Jujlice^ and Mr. Miller, in pages (48, and 159, that 

 Me fnall not repeat it here, but proceed to the care 

 of the Pine in thefe new fram.es. 



The crowns and fuckers are to be planted in fmall pots 

 of a halfpenny a-piece : but if any of them are larger 

 than common, they will require pots fomewhat larger ; 

 which, being filled with the compoll:, previoufly place 

 an oyfter-fhell over the hole at the bottom of each pot, 

 that the water pafs off freely; for without this pre- 

 caution the plants would rot. They mulT: not be plant- 

 ed too deep, left the earth fliould get between their 

 leaves, which would be detrimental to them : neither 

 fhould they be phmted too fhallow ; as they would be 

 liable to be difplaced by watering; fo that difcretion 

 muft be your guide. 



The plants being potted, they muil: be plunged up 

 to the rim in the bed of your nurfery-frame, obferving 

 that the heat is moderate. The inftrument for this pur- 

 polis fhould be a crooked fork fixed in a fliort handle. 

 The pots fhould be arranged according to their heights, 

 placing the fmalleft in front ; for, in this pofition, the 

 v.hole will the more eafily receive the benefit of the 

 f'-.n. You fliould then give them a gentle watering, 



and. 



