FRUIT-TREES. ^ 



To prevent water from ftanding In the 

 trenches or drains, they ought to be made 

 with as much defcent as poffible towards 

 that part of the ground which is loweft : 

 and if a garden be walled in and levelled, 

 before this is thought on, the lands on the 

 out-fide muft be examined, to find which 

 is loweft, and if there be any commion 

 water-courfe, the drains muft point to- 

 wards it, and if the ganrden be not levelled, 

 it muft be fo laid out as to be above it, 

 other wife the drains will be of no fer- 

 yice. 



In gardens, upon land of this fort, it 

 will be proper to have feveral of the firft 

 mentioned drains, whether they are plea- 

 fure grounds, kitchen gardens, or orchards j 

 for all lands that are very wet in the win- 

 ter, are not fit to walk upon, neither for plea- 

 fure nor bufinefs 3 befides they lofe much of 

 •their faline juices 3 and if they be clay, are 

 fubjeft (if the feafon is dry in the fpring) 

 to fet very hard, v/hereby the ground be- 

 comes unfit for the reception of feeds and 

 plants. 



After land Is drained in the manner be- 

 fore direSledj at the time of making the 

 B 3 borders. 



