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| Of the Apt of « CARDEN. 
: Y h TE ave told the Reader that tind he has 
fettled in his Mind what Piece of Ground — 
is from its Situation beft for a Garden, there yet 
Wet, North, and South; 
remain many Things to be confidered. 
We have recommended to him the Side of a 
Hill where the Afcent is gentle, and where the 
Country has Fertility and Variety ; but he is to 
obferve, that every Part of England affords him 
Choice of many fuch Spots, and he is to fix him- 
felf according to the other Advantages. 
The firft of thefe is the Afpect, or Expofure; 
by this the Gardener means the Quarter of the 
Heavens toward which the Ground is open. 
There are floping Grounds facing the Eaft, 
and every Subdiftinc- 
tion of the Compafs, but of them all a South 
Fait is the fittett for a Garden. 
This will be very well underftood from the 
Condué of the Work laid down in the preceding 
Pages under various Articles. 
~All Plants love the Morning Sun, but very 
CH A P. 
Of the SOTL. 
HE two great Confiderations of Situation 
and Afpeét thus fettled; the Defigner of 
7 Ziakey underftanding that he is to sal a 
| Spot of eafy Afcent, and open to the South Eaft, 
Ground ; 
appear vigorous in wild Nature, it is a Promife 
it remains that he examine the Soil. 
We have obferved that a good Growth of 
Trees in the adjoining Hedges, is one excellent 
Rule of judging; and to this may be added the 
Afpeét and Appearance of the Crops upon the 
and even of the Weeds. If every Thing 
that culturing it will anfwer yet better. 
This external Obfervation favouring, the next 
Thing is to examine the Soil by digging. 
For this Purpofe let a: Hole be opened four 
Spades deep, and obferve what is the Condition 
~ and Depth of the Vegetable Mould. The beft 
for a Garden is a free, loofe, hazel Earth: this 
is what we find under the Turf in the richeft 
Paftures. 
happy if Nature afford it as the original Soil. 
If the Mould be of this Kind, and neither 
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We introduce it into the Compofts of 
moft Kinds in our Gardens, and it will be very Grounds, 
day. | 
We advife under the various Articles of raifing 
! tender Plants, that they be placed in a Situation 
where they may have the Morning Sun; and in 
the Directions for keeping the fineft Flowers in 
Bloom; the great Rule univerfally is to keep off 
the full mid-day Sun. 
Such a Choice in point of Afpedt as we have 
here direéted, will give the whole Ground that 
Advantage, and bp a juft Plantation, of which 
we fhall fpeak in a fucceeding Chapter, all the 
{ Advantages of this Afpect will be perfectly en- 
joyed. 
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few of them can bear the full Blaze of Noon: | 
If the Spot thus ay have a Defence of 
Trees, and rifing Grounds to the North, it will 
be a farther Advantage ; but the want of this is 
not to be confidered as an unfurmountable Ob- 
jection, becaufe Trees may be foon planted, and 
there are Kinds that grow very quick, to a due 
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very dry, nor too moift, and continue fuch to 
the Depth of the fourth Spade, it is the moft per- 
feét that can be wifhed; if it be good for three 
Spades it will do very well: but if there be much 
lefs than this it is a reafonable Objeétion. — 
The Addition of Manure will encreafe the 
Quantity as well as improve the Quality, but 
there muft be a juit Foundation in Nature for 
both. 
If the Soil be ceed in its Kind, but ‘Galidw, 
and have a bad Bottom underneath, the deep 
rooted Growths will all fade and grow poor as 
foon as they have reached through the upper 
Coat. of Mould. 
To know with Certainty the Condition of the 
Ground in this refpeét, two or three other Holes 
muft be opened as the firft, but in different 
Places, fo that the genera! Condition of the 
Ground may be known; for there are in the 
Difpofitions of Soils, and efpecially on rifing 
Uncertainties and Variations beyond 
what could be fuppofed. 
This Care and Examination muft not be fup- 
pofed 
