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A COMPLEAT ‘BODY, | 
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If there be a gentle Afcent from one Part of Sept. 
this Uk, iS: ef no Importance, but its Situation 
the Ground to another, it is fo much the better, --——= 
= Sept. 
— is of a great deal. Dung will be required for 
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the Hot-beds, and other Ufes, in great Quantity ; 
and that it may be at hand, the Kitchen Garden 
fhould be at no great Diftance from the Sta- | 
‘les: 
A. free mellow Soil 1s alfo effential to. this 
Purpofe: f it be too poor, that is eafily mend- 
- ed; but if gravelly, or of the Nature of a tough 
Clay, there will be too much Labour in the 
working it, and a great deal of Legge in ob- 
taining any good Produce. 
_ Therefore when a Piece of Ground of due Ex- 
tent, and of a free Soil, neither parched up with 
Drought, nor drenched with Wet is chofen; 
the Management of it is eafy. - 
we have named are Faults not to be remedied: 
the Conveniencies to be fought, befide thofe we 
have named, are Depth of Soil, and the Conve- 
nience of Water. > ie ne 
There is a Neceffity that the Soil be in fome 
Parts. two Spades deep ; and if Nature have not 
afforded this, Art and Induftry muft do it by 
digging out the Bottom, and throwing in good 
Mould. Thefe Places are afterwards to be re- 
ferved for deep rooted Plants, Carrots, ae 
large rooted Parfley, Horfe-radifh, and the like. 
As foon as the Ground is thus fixed upon, it 
fhould be dug up two Spades Depth wherever 
the Soil allows; and as deep as may be elfe- 
where.. 
the Quarters Jaid out in fuch manner as hide the 
natural Irregularities of its Form, and fuit the 
feveral Parts to their intended Growths. 
- Neareft the Place wHiere the Water is, fhould 
be marked out the Beds for thofe Crops which 
Garden, 
Thefe which | 
Thea the Surface mutt be levelled; and 
upon the Borders under the Walls ; 
for there will be dry Spots for fome Services, and 
thofe which have rhore Moifture for others. 
It fhould be open to the Sun, but well defend- 
ed from the North Winds; and the beft Fence 
is walling all round. This anfwers many Pur- 
pofes. It conceals the Kitchen Ground from 
View ; it defends the whole from Cold, and there 
will be fpace about thefe Walls for Fruit Trees, 
which never thrive better than in a Kitchen | 
Of this” the intelligent Gardener will 
eafily conceive the Reafon. 
We have told him that the Roots of Fruit 
Trees fpread very far; and that it is ferviceable 
in the higheft degree to dig and enrich the 
Ground at fome Diftance. - When they have 
broad Borders, and well cultivated Ground be- 
yond, they v will be in 1 the — poffible Condition - 
for bearing. 
Ata Diftance beyond the Wall, it will be very 
proper on the North Eaft to plant fome large 
erowing Trees: they will break the Power of 
‘thofe Winds which are moft hurtful to the Spring. — 
Crops, and prevent a great deal of Mifchief, For 
the reft, the Ground fhould be open: all fhadow- 
es from Trees or Buildings is bad. | 
The Height of the Walls fhould “ twelve 
Feet, and the Borders for the Fruit Trees fhould' 
equal thefe in Breadth: this is properly the firft 
Article in the Diftribution of the Ground. An 
Alley of three Foot fhould be marked out juft 
within thefe; and thus the Quantity will be 
reduced to a much fmaller Compafs. 
It is the Cuftom to fow flight rooting Crops 
but we have 
will require the mott of it: for the Labour of | before obferved that this is wrong, for more is loft 
carrying a great deal of Water to a Diftance, 
muft always be faved as’ much as poffible. 
‘For the fame Reafon the Hot-beds for Melons 
and Cucumbers muft be placed near the Stables, ’ 
that there may. be as little Carriage as — 
Cow Dung, Wood-pile Earth, Pond Mud, and 
for the Dung. 
in the Fruit than is gained in the Herbage. They 
thould always be kept clear, and often turned. 
The reft of the Ground mutt be laid out into 
long Beds; with narrow Alleys for the feveral 
Kinds ‘of Kitchen Prodt@s ; and where there is a - 
good Extent, the whole fhould be laid out into 
Tt will be very proper when the picid: is firft feveral large Quarters, planted with: Efpaliers : : 
dug, to fpread over it a good Quantity of old 
Coal Afhes: thefe will be mixed in when the 
Ground is dug up for the feveral Crops, and they _| 
will enrich it in a very proper Manner. 
but in fmall Kitchen Gardens, thefe: and the 
Crops fpoil one another. 
pofition of a Kitchen Garden, the Management 
we have siveft under the former Heads. — 
This is the right Dif 
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