5Q THE CULTURE OF 



Soft Bog Earth the most preferable. 



one or other are to be obtained in most 

 situations; and especially the latter, where 

 there are plantations of large trees affording 

 abundant foliage; which, on being laid in 

 heaps twelve months to rot, will afford an 

 admirably cool and soft compost. As such 

 will always prove more or less useful in the 

 various branches of horticulture, it will ge- 

 nerally be found advantageous to preserve 

 them every autumn, which can be effected 

 without further trouble or expence than 

 barely collecting them together by rakes, 

 &c. on their falling from the trees. 



Plants of shade, as the Raspberry and 

 Strawberry, will always be found to succeed 

 freely in soft bog earth, and all fruits the pro- 

 duction of such plants must find great advan- 

 tage from temporary shade connected with 

 a cool soil, as tending to promote growth, 

 and increase the size of their fruits ; especi- 

 ally in situations where soft sun and air can 



