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foot, they muft be made very fine, other-.^ 

 wife they will open this fort of land too 

 much ', befides, the finer they are made, 

 the more falts they add to it. 



But where fandy lands are dry, the 

 draining part muft be omitted 3 and the 

 other ingredients only are to be made ufe 

 of. 



It may be faid, that trees will grow well 

 upon fandy land, without any improve- 

 ment : I grant they will : but they are not 

 fo long lived, being more fubjeft to blights, 

 and the fruit is both fmaller, and of a 

 worfe tafte, than thofe upon ftronger 

 ground inclining to clay. 



If land defigned for a garden is either 

 hard rock or creach, and lies within the 

 depth ^vhich the borders ought to be, let 

 it be picked up and fkreened to take out the 

 ftones 3 which will be of fervice when laid 

 under grafs or gravel walks 5 as they will 

 be drier and lefs fubjeft to worm fprouts. 

 Then as you find the land, after fkreening, 

 either light or ftrong, add to it one of the 

 ]piixtures v\'hich you fee it wants, according 

 (o the former directions, to bring it to a 

 proper depth, and a foil more inclining 



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