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For the Earth confider'd iimply, 

 and abftrafted from the before 

 mention'd nitrous and prolifick 

 Salts, is a lifelefs, dead and inani- 

 mate Mafs j but by the Co-opera- 

 tion of Water, Sun and Air, is put 

 into Motion, and promotes the 

 Work of Vegetation : But if it 

 were ftrip'd of thofe prolifick Salts 

 and fpirituous Particles, would pro- 

 duce no manner of Plant, Herb, 

 <&c, that Ihould be planted or ibwn 

 in it. 



All thefe Sorts of Earths have a 

 little Tendency to Vegetation, and 

 have their Salts proper for it, but 

 in a different Proportion j as a 

 Peck of Clay may probably have 

 double the Quantity of Salts in it 

 that a Peck of Loam hasj and a 

 Peck of Loam may have twice the 

 Quantity of Saks that a Peck of 

 Sand has. 



Lonm. Some call the luperficial 

 ILftyth that we meet with in Enghnd 

 by this Name, without having Re- 

 gard to what Proportions of Sand 

 and Clay it contains : Others again 

 call that Enrth Loam that inclines 

 more to Clay than Sand : Some by 

 Loam mean that Sort of Earth 

 that equally partakes of Sand and 

 Clay, being a Medium between 

 Sand and Clay, which they call 

 Mother-Earth . 



This Mother-Earth, they fay,, 

 may be in Colour either black or 

 yellow, and of which of thefe 

 Colours foever it be, Plants of all 

 Sorts will grow in it. 



Sand and Clay likewife produce 

 certain Plants which are natural to 

 each of them, and confequently 

 will thrive better in them than in 

 any other Soil. 



But Sand is apt to precipitate 

 thofe Plants that are fet in it, 

 earlier than Clay, and will cauie 

 them to germinate near a Month 



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fboner than thofe that grow m 

 Clay, and that for this Reafon, 

 that the Salts which are in the 

 Sand are liable to be put in Motion 

 by the lead Approach of the 

 Warmth of the Sunj but as Sand 

 is quick in the Operation, fo the 

 Salts are fbon exhal'd and fpent. 



Clay, The Parts of Clay are 

 more clofely compared together, 

 and do not lb ealily give out thole 

 Salts that are contained in it ; nor 

 can the Fibres of every tender 

 Plant make their Way through it 

 in quefl of their proper Nutri- 

 ment. 



But if the Parts of the Clay be 

 open'd, by digging and breaking it 

 into fmali Particles, and thofe Parts 

 be kept open by a Mixture of fome 

 fliarp Sand, or Ibme other Body of 

 the like Quality, the Effeds of its 

 Vigour will plainly appear. 



A light, fandy, o^r looQz Earth 

 requires a proper Ligature, and 

 fliould have a Compolf of a hea- 

 vier Nature j and thofe that are 

 heavy, clayey, and cloddy, fliould 

 have a Compoit of a more iiery, 

 fprightly Nature, that will inli- 

 nuate itfelf into the heavy, lumpy, 

 ingefted Clods, which would other^ 

 wife very much obflrud the Buli- 

 nefs of Vegetation. 



EARWIGS. 



Thefe are very troublelbme Ver- 

 min in a Garden, efpecially where 

 Carnations are preferved j for tliev 

 are fo fond of thefe Flowers^ that 

 if care is not taken to prevent 

 them, they will intirely deflrroy 

 them, by eating off the fweet Part 

 at the Boctom of the Leaves. To 

 prevent which, mofl People have 

 Stands credfed, which have a Ba- 

 fon of Earth or Lead round each 

 Supporter, which is conftantly kept 

 fiird with Water. See the Article 

 Carnation. 



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