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Afhes, and the Cleanfing of Streets 

 or Ditches, which will render it 

 light much fooner than any other 

 Dung or Manure, and the greater 

 the Quantity of Afhes, the better, 

 efpecially if the Ground be cold 5 

 and where theie Allies are not to 

 be obtain'd in Plenty, Sca-fand is 

 very proper, or rotten Wood ,• or 

 the Parts of Vegetables rotted is 

 very good ; all which will greatly 

 loofen the Soil, and caufe it to be 

 not only eafier to work, but alio 

 more advantageous for the Growth 

 of Plants. 



But, on the contrary, if your 

 Soil be light and warm, you fliould 

 manure it with rotten Neats-Dung, 

 w^hich is much preferable to any 

 other for hot Soils j but if you ufe 

 Horfe-Dung, it muft be well rot- 

 ted, otherwife it will burn up the 

 Crops upon the firft hot dry Wea- 

 ther. 



The Soil of this Garden fhould 

 be at leaft two Feet deep (but if 

 deeper, it will be ftill better) o- 

 therwiie there will not be Depth 

 enough for many Sorts ot efculent 

 Roots, as Carrots, Farfnips, Beets, 

 £cc. which run down pretty deep 

 in the Ground, and moll: other 

 Sorts ot efculent Plants delight in 

 a deep Soil. 



You fliould alfo endeavour to 

 have a Supply of Water in the 

 different Parts of this Garden, 

 which, if poiTible, fhould be con- 

 tain'd in large Bafons or Refervoirs, 

 where it may be expos'd to the 

 open Air and Sun, that it may be 

 Ibften'd thereby; for fuch Water 

 as is taken out of Wells, O'c, juft 

 as it is ufed, is by no means pro- 

 per for any Sort of Plants. 



In the Diftribution of this Gar= 

 den, after having built the Walls, 

 you fhould lay out Banks or Bor- 

 ders under them, which . fliould 



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be at lea ft ten Feet broad, wkere- 

 by the Roots of the Fruit-Trees 

 will have greater Liberty than in 

 fuch Places where the Borders are 

 not above three or four Feet wide; 

 and upon thefe Banks you may 

 fbw many Sorts of early Crops, if 

 expos'd to the South j and upon 

 thofe expos'd to the North, you 

 may have ibme late Crops j but 

 I would by no means advife 

 the planting any Sort of deep- 

 rooting Plants too near the Fruit- 

 Trees ; but rather to have fbme 

 Reed Hedges lix'd in fbme of the 

 warm.efi: Quarters, under which 

 you Ihould fow and plant early 

 Peas, Beans, 8cc. where they will 

 thrive as well as if planted under 

 a Wall, and hereby your Fruit- 

 Trees will be Entirely freed from 

 fuch troublefome Plants. 



Then you fhould proceed to di* 

 viding the Ground out into Quar- 

 ters, which mufl: be proportioned 

 to the Largenefs of the Garden} 

 but I would advile never to make 

 them too fmall, whereby your 

 Ground will be loft in Walks, and 

 the Quarters being inclos'd by Ef^ 

 paliers of Fruit-Trees, the Plants 

 therein will draw up flender, and 

 never arrive to half the Size as 

 they would do in a more open 

 Expofure. 



The Walks of this Garden ftiould 

 be alfo proportioned to the Size ot 

 the Ground, which in a fmall Gar- 

 den fhould be fix Feet, but in a 

 large one ten ; and on each Side 

 of the W^alk (hould be allow'd a 

 Border three or tour Feet wide 

 between the Efpalier and the Walk, 

 whereby the Diftance between the 

 Efpaliers will be greater, and the 

 Borders being kept conftantly work'd 

 and manur'd, will be of great Ad- 

 vantage to the Roots of the Trees: 

 And in thefe Borders may be fown 

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