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-{he Place where they arc Iituated j 

 •which in dry Ground fhould be 

 eight Inches below the Surface, 

 ami the Beds rais'd four Inches a- 

 bove^ but in a moift Place, they 

 ^ould be fix Inches below, and hx 

 above the Ground 4 and in this 

 Cafe it will be very proper to lay 

 fome Rubbifh and Stones in the 

 Bottom of each Bed, to ^rain off 

 the Moifture. This Earth 1 would 

 by no means have icrcened very 

 Bne, but only in turning it ov.er 

 each Time, you fliould be careful 

 to break the Clods, and throw out 

 all large Stones, which will be fuf- 

 ficient, for if it is made very fine, 

 v/hen the great Rains in Winter 

 come on, it will cauie the Earth 

 to bind into one folid Lump, 

 v/hereby the Moiflure will be de- 

 tain'd, and the Roots not being a- 

 ble to extend their tender Fibres, 

 will rot : Ot this 1 have feen ma- 

 ny Examples, but one particularly 

 to my Cod ■■> v/hen 1 had procured 

 a /ine Parcel of thefe Roots fri)m 

 abroad, and being delirous of ha- 

 ving them thrive very well, I took 

 great Pains to fcreen the Earth of 

 my Beds very fine, which I laid 

 near two Feet deep, and planted a 

 good Part of my Roots therein i 

 but the Scafon advancing, and ha- 

 ving a great deal of other Buiinels 

 upon my Hands, I did not fcreen 

 the Earth of all my Beds, but plan- 

 ted ibmc of them without doing 

 any thing more than raking them ; 

 and the Succefs vjzs, that the Roots 

 in thofe Beds which were fcreen- 

 led, did, great Part of them, en- 

 tirely rot, and the remaining Part 

 were fo vreak, as not to produce 

 jmy good Frowers ; whereas thoic 

 wliich were planted in the Beds 

 v/hich were not fcreened, did 

 thrive land fiov/er very well, and 

 iti;arcc any cf the Roo;5 fail'd, tho' 



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the Earth of all the Beds was the 

 iame, and were m the fame Situa- 

 tion, both with regard to Wind 

 and Sun j fo that the Damage 

 which thofe Roots fuibin'd, was 

 owing entirely to the Fincnefs of 

 the Earth j and this i have feveral 

 times iince obferved in other Gar- 

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Tlie Bed^ being thus prepared, 

 Ihould lie a Foi might to fettle, be- 

 fore the Roots are planted, that 

 there may he no Danger of the 

 Earth fettling unequally after they 

 are planted, which would prejudice 

 the Roots, by having hollow Places 

 in fome Parts of the Bed, to 

 which the Water v/ould run and 

 lodge, and Co rot the Roots in 

 fuch Places. Then haying levelled 

 the Earth, laying the Surface a lit- 

 tle rounding, you fl-sould ma^rk put 

 the Rows by a Line, at about fovir 

 Inches Diftance each Way, fp that 

 the Roots may be planted every 

 Way in ftrait Lines ^ then you 

 fhould open the Earth with your 

 Fingers^ at each Crofsj v/here the 

 Roots are to be planted, about two 

 Inches deep, placing the Roots exr 

 adly in the Middle, with their 

 Crowns upright, then with the 

 Head of a Rake you Ihould drav\^ 

 the Earth upon the Surface of the 

 Bed level, whereby the Top of the 

 Roots will be about an Inch co- 

 vered with Earth, which will b« 

 fufficient at iir.il : This Wgrk (hpuld 

 be done in dry Weather, bccaule 

 the Earth will then work better 

 than if it were weti but the foon- 

 cr after Plantmg thexje happens to 

 be Rain, the better it will be for 

 the Roots i for if it /hould prove 

 dry Weather long after, and the 

 Earth of the Beds be very dry, the 

 Roots will be fubjecl to mould and 

 decay; therefore in fuch a Cafe it 

 will be proper to ^ive a little Wa- 



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