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Rotten Tree Mould good Soil. 



as black and soft as can be obtained, with or 

 without silvery grit, with which such soil 

 sometimes abounds; but such as is obtained 

 from low situations will generally be found 

 the most cool and friendly; taking care that 

 it be soft, and as much as possible free from 

 large lumps, which are frequently too hard 

 to pulverize ; and where the ground intended 

 to be planted is not thus boggy, ^ the soil re- 

 commended may frequently be found in ad- 

 jacent meadows, or other low situations; 

 but in default of this, and where proper bog 

 soil cannot be obtained, rotten tree mould 

 of willow, or any other wood, will form an 

 admirable soil for the plants; sifting out 

 only the more coarse and larger pieces of 

 decayed woodv 



Where an opportunity does not offer to 

 procure tree mould in sufficient quantity, 

 rotten and decayed leaf soil may be applied 

 with at least equal promise of success ; the 



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