II. ENCLOSING, LAYING OUT. 



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turned frequently during the year, having ashes (of wood) 

 lime, rags, salt in a small proportion, mixed with the rest 

 of the heap, make excellent manure. Provision of ma- 

 nure like this ought to be made, one heap being always 

 ready to succeed another. As to salt, however, which is 

 now so easy to be obtained, and which is, perhaps, the 

 cheapest manure of all, care must be taken that the pro- 

 portion of it be not too great. About thirty bushels, 

 perhaps, would be enough for the whole extent of the gar- 

 den at one time j and the best way would be, at the outset, 

 to put this thirty bushels into a heap of stuff consisting 

 of about a hundred cart-loads, mix the whole well toge- 

 ther by turning it several times, and manure the ground 

 all over before the planting or sowing is begun. After- 

 wards new heaps would be formed, and the same pro- 

 portion of salt might be used. Any other general ma- 

 nuring might not be wanted : the hot-beds would pro- 

 duce a great deal; and even with this hot-bed dung, 

 some salt might be mixed j not, however, with a view 

 of destroying worms, as some people imagine it to 

 do ; for it will destroy worms only when it is used in 

 sufficient quantities to destroy plants, which it will do 

 most effectually and most speedily, if, in its unmixed 

 state, it come at their roots. I shall, hereafter, have to 

 speak about manuring for different plants : and having 

 made these general observations on the subject, I now 

 proceed to speak of the form and extent of the garden. 



