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the beginning of March the holes de** 

 figned to receive the plants, fhould be 

 made, at the diftance of fix feet and a 

 half apart ; and 1 300 of thefe holes may- 

 be contained in an .acre. They fhould 

 be fo ranged, or difpofed, as to form 

 flreight lines every way. Fach hole is 

 to be a foot deep, and eighteen inches 

 diameter, and to be filled quite full of 

 fomc good compoft, made of rotten 

 muck, and frefh maiden earth well mix- 

 ed, and incorporated together, at leaffc 

 nine months before it is appropriated to 

 this ufe. After the holes are thus filled^ 

 and the plants introduced, the compofl 

 fhould be a little trodden by men's feet, 

 efpecially round the plant, fo that it may- 

 be prelTed down, about two inches be- 

 low the common furface of the ground* 

 The original price of the plants is fi^ 

 pence a hundred, which is reckoned at 



fix 



