Vd 
a BT ag sea ttle ta ida)! ent ia ll AEE len a ell ak” Oak Ti end ae ha 
Gardening. 
The’ FruiT-Ga RveEN> Iuftrated. 
* 
? 
- WHEN by frenching the aforefaid Depth, a hacemeta raw, or fund 
Bottom comes up, ‘tis belt toleave off, and go no. deeper.than the 
‘Goodnefs of the Land will allow. Arid if at lat the whole Depth ap- 
pears to be too fhallow, that is to fay,’ lefs then. 18 Inches in Depth, the 
only Method i is to raife ic Wich the firft Spit of a green Sward, or Meadow, 
which has not been broke!up: by Spade or Plough within the Knowledge 
of Man, and where Cattle has ‘continually been fed.. But for, want of 
fuch Virgin Earth, as Mr. Ewelyn calls. it, we ‘niuft itiake ule-afcthe very 
heft and frefheft we can ger, and iil make the ‘a8 ‘Land. about 
two Feet i in aoe: ; a aoa 08 az qa Pay 
Bk ee | wbHAY do iS bb ae fae 
WHEN Tad in etal ate < ety ‘unkind Rotini finches as {harp 
dry Lands, fliff cold Clays, Gravel, Cc. then we muft, at. proper 
_ Diftances, fink Holes of fix or eight Feet Square, and two Feet Depth, 
if the Land is dry; but if cold, ’tis much the beft Way to raile a 
Quantity of Earth, of the aforefaid Dimenfion, upon the Surface of the 
natural Soil ; which Earth fhould be prepared in a Leftal, as directed 
in the fife Seétion of the irae = of my New Principles of 
AN > that-Frei ir Be “lead are = to fhoot 
down Tap- Root fr ae{ where the Moifture being 
crude and unprepared, fenders thei Fruits x inti and Greet luxurious ; 
"tis much the belt Way,*3vhen owe plant our Trees, for not only to 
prune away every Root that feems © tend downwards, but to pave the 
‘Bottom with Tile-fheds, Brick-Bats, yc. alfo to prevent others, which 
Nature may afterwards produce, from entering therein. 
WHEN Lands are prepared fit for the Reception of Seeds, Plants, 
Trees, Cc. they fhould continually be kept mellow, by frequent Dig- 
gings, Houghings, Manures, Coc. OF otherwife our firft Labours will be 
in vain: For fince that the Moifture which fupports the Roots of 
‘Plants i in diy Seafons, is, in great Pare, attracted up by the kindly In- 
fluence of the Sun ; “tis therefore abfolutely neceflary to keep the Surface 
mellow, that the Heat may have a free Penetration ; And this is not 
| | 3 eo : the 
