5 A TREATISE OF 



borders, either for wall-trees, dwarfs, or 

 cfpaliers, a mixture of earth ought to be 

 made for them, no lefs than two feet deep. 



CHAP. III. 



Making of Borders for Peaches, Nectarines, 

 Pears, Plums, Cherries, &c. 



IF the land be a ftrong clay, take fea 

 fand, if it may be eafily had, if not, any 

 other fand that is neareft, and about one 

 iixth of the quantity of coal afhes, that 

 have been kept very dry ; riddle them, but 

 not too fine : for if fome of the larger parts 

 be left, they will difunite the tough body 

 of clay, and make it more open and tender, 

 and the finer parts that are more burnt 

 will add more falts to it. 



But if allies cannot be had, take about 

 a twelfth part as much lime as fand. 

 About a third part of the depth of the bor- 

 ders ought to be of thefe ingredients ; and 

 in trenching the borders, there mull be a 

 layer of thefe, and a layer of the natural 

 foil, from the bottom to their furfacq, in 

 the ^bove proportion i but they ought to 



be 



