New Principles of Gardening. 
When cold or Clay Lands are troubled with Water, . dig 
Drains to convey it away, with:a Defcent, that the Wa- 
ter may pafs; and inftead of Arches, Se. of Brick Work, fill 
them up fix or eight Inches with /arge Stoves, and over them 
lay {mall Brufh Green-wood, and thereon the Mold. Thole 
Drains fo made will convey away the Water, and drain the 
Lands as defired. 
Of all Sorts of Land for Plantations, none is fo bad as the 
Clay, efpecially the rong Blue, ftrong White, or ftrong Red ; 
but when naturally mix’d with Stones, not fo bad. 
Befides the preceding Soils, viz. Sand, Loam, and Clay, 
there are in many Parts two Sorts of Land, called Ruffet-Grays, 
whofe Temper is between Sawd, Loam, and Clay; of which 
One Sort is very /frong and heavy, and the other more 4ghter, 
coming near to the Nature of Saud. The ftrong and heavy 
may be melorated, as the C/ays, and the /ghter by the fol- 
- lowing Compofition. To one Load of rotten “Dung add one 
Load of Street Cleanings, one Load of Lime, and half a 
Load of Coal Afhes, or Drift Sand, with a fmall Quantity, 
or Sprinkling of Pigeons Dung, which being well ‘mix’d, is 
a very good Compoft; and if to it you add old Rags, Pot- 
Afhes, rotten Leaves, §c..twill greatly improve it. This 
Compoft being turned once a Month, for four Months, will 
be an excellent Manure. 
NB. That the belt Time to make Compotts is in Sep- 
“tember, to be ufed in~ Tab tey © to thereby there is but 
little of the volatile Parts exhaufted away by the Sun’s 
Fleat, or Growth of Weeds, which Compofts naturally pro- 
uce. 
This laft Sort of light Gray-Rufet Land hath two different 
Situations; the firft is, when it. lies high, (for which the 
foregoing Compoft is to be ufed,) and the other, when it 
lies 4w. and wet, which requires a Manureof a more Lively 
Nature than that as lies high: Therefore, for fuch /andy wer 
Lands, take the following Manure, (vzz.) To one Load 
and ahalf of Sea-Coal Afbes or Sea Sand add one Load of ror- 
ten Horfe-Dung, one Load of Street Dung, with half a 
Load of Sheep and Pigeons Dung; mix thele well a; 
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