10 THE CULTURE OF 



Cool Soils most beneficial 



and ends of the bed, to form the necessary 

 emhankment. On the soil becoming settled, 

 smooth the surface with a rake, and plant 

 them by a line at the same distance as in 

 the other beds. 



Those who have attended to the growth 

 of these plants in fenny countries, where 

 the soil is generally light, loose, deep, and 

 of black complexion, without that silvery 

 grit essential to the culture of American 

 plants, heaths, &c. and subject to standing 

 wet in winter, proceeding from what is com- 

 monly denominated the sock, or soake, or 

 what may be considered the humidity aris- 

 ing from the very low situation of these 

 countries, which standing water, or soake, is 

 always found in proportion to the depth of 

 water contained in the dykes by which the 

 several parcels of lands are intersected or 

 divided, will have observed the astonishing 

 progress and constant vigour of Strawber- 



