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Jbme fmall Sallet, or any other 

 Herbs, which do not continue long, 

 or root too deep, io that the 

 Ground will not be loft. 



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Gardemrs near London, where Land 

 is dear, are often oblig'd to put 

 the fame Crop upon the Ground 

 for two or three Years together ; 



But the Walks of rhefe Gardens but then they dig and manure their 



fhould not be gravell'd j for as Land fo well every Year, as to ren- 



there will conftantly be occaiion der it almoft new ; tho' notwith- 



to wheel Manure, Water, O'C. up- ftanding all this, it is conftantly 



on them, fo they would foon be obferv'd, that frefti Land always 



defac'd and render'd uniightly 5 nor produces the beft Crops. 



fhould they be laid with Turf, for In one of thefe Qiaarters, which 



Green -VX alks would ablorb the 

 Rays of Light too much, and 

 thereby caufe the Fruit to be ill- 

 tafted: But on the contrary, only 

 level the Surface of the Walks j 

 and if you have either Lime-Rub- 

 bifh, or Sand juft to cover over 

 the Tops of them, to render them 

 drier or fitter to walk on than the 

 natural Soil, they will be much 

 preferable to any other Sort of 

 Walks. 



The beft Figure for the Quarters 



is lituated neareft to the Stables, 

 and beft defended from the cold 

 Winds, Ihould be the Place where 

 you raife your early Cucumbers and 

 Melons j for which Purpofe 'twill 

 be very proper to furround that 

 Part with a Reed-Hedge, which 

 will hide the Beds from Sight, and 

 preierve them from Winds: The 

 Size of this Place ftiould alfo be 

 proportion'd to the Quantity of 

 Beds intended, but it ftiouid be 

 arge enough to contain two Years 



to be difpos'd into, is a Square or Beas, or elle you fhould have two 

 an Oblong, where the Ground is of thefe Places, that you may eve- 

 adapted to fuch a Figure i other- ry Year change them, which will 

 wife they may be triangular, or be found of great Advantage to 



of any other Shape which will be 

 nioft advantageous to the Ground. 



Thefe Quarters ftiotild be con- 

 ftantly kept clear from Weeds; 

 and when any P^rt of the Ground 

 is unoccupied, it fliould always be 

 trenchd up into Ridges, that it 

 may fweeten and imbibe the ni- 

 trous Particles of the Air, which 

 is of great Advantage to all Sorts 

 of Land, and the Ground will then 

 be ready to lay down whenever it 

 is wanted. 



The Ground in thefe Quarters 

 fhould not be fbwn or planted 

 with the fame Crop two Years are permitted to grow until their 

 together, but the Crops fhould be Seeds are ripe, they will ftied upon 

 annually chang'd, whereby they the Ground, and hi] it ib as not to 

 will prove much better than v/hen be gotten oat again m feycral 

 they conftantly grow upon the Years : You ftiould alfo obferve to 

 £me Spot: Indeed the Kitchert- keep your Dung-hills always clear 



from 



your Plants: But if your Garden 

 be too fmall to admit of this, 

 then you ftiou'.d always prepare a 

 fiifficient Quantity of frefti Earth 

 for thefe Beds, other wile they will 

 not fuccced well. 



The moft important Points of 

 general Culture conlift in well dig- 

 ging and manuring the Soil, and 

 givmg a proper Diftance to each 

 Plant according to their diff^erent 

 Growths (which is conftantly ex- 

 hibited in their feveral Articles in 

 this Book) as alio to keep them 

 clear from Weeds; for if Weeds 



