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^pon the Ground, the Plant may 

 be increas'd faft enough in Sum- 

 mer by cutting theie on, and tranf- 

 planting them out into a frefli Spot 

 of Ground, where they v/ill great- 

 ly increafe. The Seeds of thefe 

 Plants fhould be fown as loon as 

 they are ripe, for if they are kept 

 till Spring, they feldom come up 

 well, nor will the Plants rais'd in 

 the Spring be forward enough to 

 produce ripe Seeds. 



COMPARTIMENTS, are Beds, 

 Plats, Borders, and Walks, laid out 

 according to the Form of the 

 Ground and Ingenuity of the Artill, 

 and depend more on a good Fancy 

 than any Rules : Or, are Diveriities, 

 or Knots of Flower-Gardens, or 

 Parterres, of which there is great 

 Variety, and may be diveriify'd in- 

 finitely, according to the Fancy of 

 the Deligner. 



Plain CoMPARTiMENTS, are Pieces 

 of Ground divided into equal Squares 

 and Flower-Beds, mark'd out by 

 the Line, of equal Length and 

 Breadth, 



Some Perfons allow to thefe 

 Squares Borders of two Feet in 

 Breadth, and not more if the Plat 

 of Ground be f mall i but if they be 

 reafonably large, three Feetj and 

 they edge the Borders with Box, 

 or upright hardy Thyme, or fome 

 other Aromatick Herbs or Flovpers, . 

 for the Sake of the greater Neat- 

 nefs. 



And in order to prefer ve the 

 Paths and Allies of Compartiments 

 firm, even and durable, rhey lay 

 them with a Coat of Sand or Gra- 

 vel two or three Inches thick, 

 keeping them hoed and weeded 

 as often as there fhall be Deca- 

 gon. 

 - COMPOSTS. 



Comfojis are various, and ought 

 to be different according to the 



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diflTerent Nature or Quality of the 

 Soils which they are dclign'd to 

 meliorate, and according as the 

 Land is either light, Jandy, or Icofe-, 

 or heavy, clayey and cloddy. A 

 light, loofe Land requires a Corrh- 

 foji of a heavy Narure, as the 

 Scouring of deep Ditches, Ponds, 



So, on the other hand, a Land 

 that is heavy, clayey, or cloddy, re- 

 qunes a Compofi of a more ipright- 

 ly and fiery Nature, that wih in- 

 Imuateiticif into thelumpifh Clods; 

 which, if they were not thus ma- 

 naged, would very much ooilruit 

 the Work of Vegetation. 



As a good Compojl ror cold clay^ 

 Land, ibme adviie to take one 

 Load Of Sea fand, (if it can be 

 conveniently had), or if not, other 

 Sand, or fandy Ground, or fharp 

 Sand, and two Loads of good lot- 

 ted Dung, and three Loads of na- 

 tural Mould, two Loads of the 

 top Spit Turf from off the Mea- 

 dows, or any other Kind of rich 

 Turf Land, and half a Load of 

 Coal-Aihes, or the Sweepings of 

 Streets, a fmall Sprinkling of Pi- 

 geons, Sheep, or other hot Dungs. 

 Thefe are to be laid down in dif- 

 ferent Heaps in a Circle, having a 

 large Space in the Centre, fo that 

 they may all be thrown up toge- 

 ther in one Heap, which is to be 

 done by as many Perfons at each 

 Heap, as there are different Loads 

 in each, viz,, one to that of one 

 Load, two to that of two Loads, 

 and three to that of three Loads, 

 and fo on ; thefe muff caif and 

 fpread at the fame time every Par- 

 cel with Care, and not aU together 

 in Lumps. 



The fittefl: Time for the doing 



of this, is when the Weather is 



dry, and alfo in the Month of M^j, 



This Mixture ihouid be turn'd once 



a Moatk 



