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of Holland is alone favourable to the culture of the hyacinth. 

 But we trust we shall be able to undeceive him, by the ob- 

 servations and rules we shall lay down ; and we beg leave to 

 assure him, that if he will implicidy follow these directions, 

 he will be able to bring them to such perfection, as not only 

 to equal, but even vie with those raised in Holland, both as 

 to strength and beauty, nay, perhaps, surpass them. 



The disease incident to the hyacinth, we have already ob- 

 served, is a putrefaction of the juices, and the occasion of it 

 may be attributed to the three following causes. 



1. Want of good compost. 



2. Too great moisture. 



3. A want of due perspiration. 



Of the Compost or Soil. — We shall first lay down a rule 

 for preparing the proper soil or compost, most adapted to the 

 hyacinth, not with an idea of its being the only proper one, 

 and no other ; but to give the amateur a rule, by which he 

 may make the soil of his garden approach as near as possible 

 to the compost we are about to describe, in which the hy- 

 acinth thrives best. 



| White river sand, or such as the hills about Highgate 

 and Hampstead abound with, seemed to us might well 

 answer to our sand in Holland. 

 \ Manure made of leaves well rotted. 



Cow-dung thoroughly rotted. 



\ Old tanners-bark. 



The bark must be that which has been used by the tan- 

 ners, and laid in a heap at least for one year, that all the heat 

 may have been exhausted. 



These materials should be well mixed together, and fre- 

 quently turned, during one year before they are used. 



By what has been said, it may be observed, that it is only 

 meant to insinuate, that the soil must be light, fresh, and 

 well turned. The consequences thereof will point out its 

 utility. 



Those who have only a heavy soil, and cannot,'with ease, pro- 

 cure such materials as sand and rotted leaves, may supply the 

 deficiency, by mixing with \ of their soil, with \ of thoroughly 

 rotted tan; and those who want tan, may increase the propor- 



