FO: M:Orn- ALY Oy, 
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the Support of one Kind of Plants, others for other Kinds, which Na- 
ture. can diftinguifh and make proper Choice of; but we cannot; for 
when we {mell or tafte, tis all the Juices mixt together. Extream Drought, 
or extream Wet, caufes Barrennefs in all Kinds of Soils; Sand, and Clay, 
moderately moiftened, will produce divers Vegetables, as well Timber 
as Fruit-Trees: The Englifb Elm, Cherry, Peach, dc. will grow in a 
moift Sand, and the Oak, Pear, Apple, dc. in a ftrong Clay. 
BUT when thefe Trees are planted in a moderate moift Loam, their 
Growths are much greater in the fame Time; and the like of almoft 
every other Plant in the Garden. Therefore when Nature has not fo 
well prepared our Soil,. as the Natures of our Trees require, we muft 
endeavour to make good fuch Defeéts by Art. 
LANDS that are very light and fandy, are beft manured with Clay, 
Mud of Rivers, Ponds, 5c. and thofe that are clayey, tiff, wet, cove. 
with Sand, Sea-coal-afhes, Street-dirt, and Horfe-dung, well mixt together. 
Pigeon’s-dung is alfo a good Manure for cold Lands, being ufed wich 
Difcretion. | — 
Comp ood. moderate Loam, is Horfe-dung, Cow- 
dung, anc Sea-coal-afhes, well mixt with the up- 
permoft Spit of a fre w, ina Leftal, for Six Months before. 
Rotten. Leaves and the Bottom of Wood-piles, are alfo good Manures 
- for ftron& Loams. 
ALL Kinds of Soils are greatly improved by early Ridging, for light. 
and fandy Lands are made thereby capable of receiving the whole Bene- 
fits of Rains, Snow, ¢c. that fall in the Winter, and clayey ftrong Lands 
are made mellow, and fit for the Reception of Seed and Plants in the 
Spring. And Loams in general, are not only meliorated and {weetned, 
by having their Crudities exhaled away by the Sun, Winds, gc. butare 
enabled to imbibe freely the great Benefits of Moifture, throushout the 
whole Winter, as well as the genial Heat of the Sun, in che: Seiler 
which are the yery Life and Support of thofe Vegetables that we defire 
to propagate, | #1 
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