34 
New Principles of Gardening. 
and they will make an excellent Compoft for fuch Lands. 
About eighty Loads is a good Allowance for one Acre. ; 
Thefe Diretions being fufficient for the manuring any 
Sort of Lands, “twill not be amifs to fay fomething in rela- 
tion to their Bottoms, which are either advantageous or pre- 
judicial to the Roots of Trees. Firft, Advantageous, and 
fuch are Gravel, Chalk, and {belly Rock, mixed with Earth, 
which always abounds with wstrous Particles, as nourifhes 
and improves their Roots. Secondly, Prejudicial; as a bar- 
ren Sand or Clay; the one drinking the Nourifhment away 
from the Roots, and the other vetazuzmg it too long. Chalk 
Bottoms are very good; they produce Fruit wonderful /weet, 
and in great Plenty. 
I fhall now conclude this Sec?zon with fome ufeful Obferva- 
tions on good and bad Lands, known by their natural Pro- 
dudtions. Fir/ff, then, fuch Lands as.naturally produce Ma/- 
lows, Docks, Hemlock, andother Weeds of the like Nature, are 
generally good and fruitful; for fuch Weeds love fat deep Land. 
For ’tis ever to be obferved that fuch Land as produce Weeds, 
or Grafs, naturally ftrong, is undoubtedly very rich and 
fruitful. Sai ven | | 
Land, as naturally produces Weeds, &c. ofa fmaller Growth, 
as Dazies, Plantane, Clover, Sc. is often very good; but 
feldom fo good as the preceding. : 
Barren Earth is to be known divers Ways: As, Firft, 
when inftead of good green Grafs, and a plentiful Crop; be 
a pale fimall Grafs, inclinable to a d/ewifb Colour: Second- 
ly, Broom, Furze, Heath, Mofs, Gc. denotes barren Land, 
efpecially if they be fmall. Lands fituated near the Sea Coat, 
is Often barren, being poifoned and ftarved by the #// Va- 
pours and Storms proceeding from thence, which is alfo de-. 
{tructive to. Trees and Plants. | | 
Mountanous and rocky Lands, extream hot and dry, are 
generally darren; {0 alfo is extream cold and moift Lands, 
as firong Clays, whofe tough and Binding Nature in the Win- 
ter will not admit the Razz or Sxow to foak into it, and in 
the Summer locks up the Graiw or Roots within itfelf, that 
they have not Liberty to fhoot or fprout forth. 
Sands 
