EERIE TES 
a 
Sept. 
omens and half a Load of rotted Cow-Dung: ftir up all 
runs off clear. 
SERGE SS RSE ORES ACESS APTN) vs 
ea eee : 
pores GARDENING 
Saad of Sea-Sand, taken wet from the Shore; 
thefe. together, fprinkle..a—little Water -over the 
Surface, and lay them up in a Heap. 
Break this Heap once ‘in four Days, and in 4 
Fortnight’s Time it will be fit for Ute. 
This Quantity will make a moderate Bed ‘for 
Hyacinths ; and we fhall give the Method of 
ufing it; but firft it may be neceflary to fpeak.of — 
the Particulars: When Receipts are brought from 
Abroad, they are often of little Ufe, unlefs ac- 
commodated to the Country where they are to be 
~ufed. 
The Gardener muft know two Things; the 
‘firft what he may occafionally vary, and the other 
wherein he mutt be ftrictly punétual to the Receipt. | 
Our Fiorifts know the worth of Willow Earth ; 
but this is not .a Country where it can be got by - 
Loads. With us a Peck or two of this, from 
the. hollow Stump of a decay’d Tree, is a Trea- 
fure; but in Hollarid, where Willows are planted — 
every where; and, from the Rottennefs of the 
Soil, decay foon; it is abundant. 
All that is meant by this Ingredient is a light | 
_ Earth, produced partly from rotted Wood. 
We have often recommended the Earth from 
the Bottom of an old Wood Pile: ‘this may be 
had in Plenty, and it is of the fame Nature with 
Willow Earth, and may be ufed in its Place. 
The Gardener may take this Liberty with the 
Materials : but there is another he muft not take, 
which yet would appear, to thofe unus’d to the 
Doétrine of Manures, lefs effential. 
If he be fituated in an inland Place, he will be 
Jed to ufe Pit-Sand inftead of Sea-Sand: but this 
he muft not do. Pit-Sand is ufually foul on the 
Surface, every Grain of it; and this Foulnefs is 
from Clay. 
Clay is deftru&tive of the Hyacinth Root, 
therefore this muft.not be us’d. If there be a River 
near, let him take the Sand from its ‘Bottom, 
where he will find it clean. If there be no River 
in the Neighbourhood, let him chufe large coarfe 
Pit-Sand, and putting it into a Tub, pump upon 
it a great deal of Water, ftirring it with a Birch- | 
broom, and repeating the Wafhing till the Water 
~The Sand will then be clean: but 
it will want its Saltnefs. This is a material Article: 
Salt properly us’d is a very rich Manure, and it 
agrees particularly well with the Hyacinth. 
_gredients; and, for this Quant, a Pound-and 
a Quarter of Salt will be fufficient. 
Having thus made up his Hill, we will fuppofé 
in the Beginning of the prefent Week, it will be 
ready by the End of the next for Ufe; and we 
fhall, in our SaPal Number, tell him how to 
difpofe it, 
All we fhall add, on this Head, is, that the 
Mud of Ponds and Ditches is comimon enough | 
here, but is neglected: it is a Kind of Virgin 
Earth, and it exceeds all other Mould in Fine- 
nefs, 3 
The Week’s Bufinefs in the common Ground, 
refpecting hardy Plants, being thus compleated, 
let him turn his Eye upon thofe Exotics which he 
has placed for the Summer out of Doors. Sum- 
mer is over; the Seafon now approaches when the 
cold Nights will be injurious to them; and they 
mutt be defended againft the Hurt. 
This is to be done sd taking them into the 
Green-houfe. 
As they are brought i in let them be carefully 
| examined. Let all dead Leaves be taken off; for 
| the Vapour from them is infectious when confined 
within Doors. When they are thus clear’d of 
decay’d Parts, the Earth fhould be carefully dug 
up about their Roots, with a fmall {trong Trowel ; 
and a flight Covering of frefh Mould put over 
them. They are then to be plac’d handfomely — 
on the Benches He ON, she Floor; and that Care 
1S. OWE zi¥ 
There are a aa Kind of Plants which be- 
long to this Confideration, and require a particular 
Direétion on this Head; thefe are the CEREUS’S, 
and that large Clafs known by the common Name 
of fucculent Plants. 
- None receive fo witch Benefit a the free Air — 
as thefe; therefore they fhould be fuffer’d to remain 
in it as long as they can with Safety, This is to 
be determin’d by the Weather. 
They cannot bear Wet; and much lefs F rofte : 
therefore the Seafon muft guide the Gardener 
when to take them in; not the particular Days of 
the Month. 
They may fometimes Be left out till the Begin- 
ning of Ofober, and it is greatly to their Advan- 
tage ; but if the Days be very wet, or the Nights — 
frofty, they muft be taken i in fooner. 
