THE CULTURE OF PLANTS 



spread the ashes. But if moss and heath, set fire 

 through, without turfing it; this destroys the noxi- 

 ous sour nature, and the salt remains in the ashes, 

 for the strengthening the spirit of the earth. 



Draining the wet, bogie or dropsical ground, is, 

 by trenches a little deeper than the spring, (how 

 deep soever), and then apply lyme, soot, ashes, 

 pigeon manure, &c. As for the abounding of super- 

 ficial water, that is easily helped by common water- 

 sowers, or in some grounds by sinking holes down 

 to the channel. 



As the husbandman should have his land layed 

 out or divided into several closes, some for corn, 

 some for meadow, and others for pasture ; so when 

 he has taken five, six, or seven crops of corn, he 

 should lay it out for pasture, otherwayes it will 

 wear out of heart; and likewayes the pasture must 

 be plowed up for corn, especially when it begins to 

 grow mossie. 



The way that the gard'ner turns his ground to 

 rest, is by trenching and re-trenching, whereby it 

 can never wear out, albeit, he must also observe to 

 change the crops as well as the husbandman. 



How to enclose and plant your land see Chap. IV. 



Among all the varieties of soils, that next the sur- 

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