PEODtrCTIONS OF THE SOIL. 113 



off, or be destroyed by burning. In the last case, 

 their ashes afford earthy ingredients, fitted to improve 

 the texture of the peat. 



The labour of improving the texture or consti- 

 tution of the soil is repaid by a great permanent advan- 

 tage ; less manure is required, and its fertility insured. 

 Capital laid out in this way secures for ever the pro- 

 ductiveness, and, consequently, the value of the land. 



The author deems it important to give the fol- 

 lowing practical directions in agriculture and horti- 

 culture, with a calendar, showing the work necessary 

 to be done every month throughout the year, for 

 the cultivation of vegetables and fruit-trees, &c. — 

 the whole adapted to the climate of Bermuda. 



MONTHLY DIRECTIONS. 



WOEK FOR JaNUAET. 



Sow most kinds of European seeds, which will 

 thrive in this latitude — the white Dutch or red-top 

 turnip, cabbage, lettuce and salad, onions, Windsor 

 beans, leeks, garlic, celery, parsley, thyme and 

 herbs, wheat, barley, oats, millet, broom corn, endive, 

 spinach, galba seeds for hedges, the seaside grape, 

 yellow lucerne, melilot, clover in pond land, and 

 all grass seeds ; a crop of thin com in sheltered 

 places for grain ; carrots, 



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