New Principles of Gardening. 
Expofitions more than thofe of the Weft. The Accidents at- 
tending this Expofition are 4igh and turbulent Winds, gene- 
rally happening at the End of the Summer, as I obferved 
before. 
The North A/pect is of all others the mof cold, and expofed 
to the North-Weft, North, and North-Eaft Winds, which 
are deftrucfive to Fruit; and although this Expofition is fo 
openly expofed, yet it produces Morella-Cherries, divers 
Kinds of common Plumbs, and even Duke-Cherries alfo, at a 
Seafon when all others are gone, and in very great Perfeétion. 
Thefe Expofitions being thus explained, it now remains 
to fpeak fomething of the Nature of Soils, proper for Plan- 
tations of Fruits; for the diftinguifhing whereof there are 
many Rules; but for fuch that cannot change their Situation 
or Dwelling, muft be fatisfied with their own Soil, which, if 
bad, may be improved, as hereafter directed. i 
I fhall not here affign certain Depths of Soils, wherein w 
are to plant, {eeing that oftentimes we are obliged to ufe what 
we can find. ’Tis certain that the deeper Land is in Good- 
nefs, the better it is for the Trees planted therein. 
Some Soils hold #wo foot, and two Foot and half, and 
others one foot, or nine Inches inDepth. When Land is very 
fboallow, that is, when its Depth is lefs than twenty Inches, 
which is a fufficient. Depth for Fruit-Trees, it muft be raifed 
with good Earth brought from other Parts. There are divers 
Kinds of Land, wherein Trees thrive: As, Firft, alight Sandy 
Land: Secondly, a fandy Loamy Soil, with Brick-Earth at 
Bottom: And, laftly, //2ff, cold, and wet Clay. And befides all 
thefe, there are many other Kinds of Lands, as Marfh Lands, 
Heaths, Boggy Grounds, &c. wonderfully different in their 
Qualities and Compofition; fome being a perfeét Rock of 
Gravel, others Clay, Chalk, Quagmires, &c. and fome of all 
Kinds mix’d together : But above all, for our Purpofe, the fe- 
cond Kind mention’d, namely, the /audy Loamy Soil, of a 
brown Colour, with a ftrong holding Bottom, is of all others. 
the very beft for Fruzt and Foreff-Trees. Of this Sort of Land 
are the molt Parts of Twickenham, Ifleworth, Brentford, and 
other Parts adjacent thereunto. 
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