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fit for use in three or four months, when, with a 

 sharp spade, it must be cut through the heap per- 

 pendicularly, and the largest pieces again chopped. 

 {Glendinning on Pine Apple, 20). 



The soil Mr. Mills uses for pot culture is three- 

 fourths strong loam and heath soil in equal quantities, 

 and one-fourth fresh droppings of horses, kept dry in 

 a shed, and mixed wdth the soil when required for 

 use. The heath soil and loam are also used fresh 

 and in a rough state, the grass only being picked out 

 of them during the process of chopping ; and about 

 two inches thick of the surface of each. {Mills on 

 Pine Apple, 45). 



Mr. Hamilton says, let the turf be stripped off an 

 old pasture to the depth of two or three inches, and 

 add one-third of well decomposed dung from the 

 stable yard, or from an old hotbed ; to this may be 

 added one tenth part of wood ashes. Let the whole 

 be piled up in a ridge, and in a few weeks it will be 

 fit for use. To those who have not these at hand, 

 and are in immediate want of soil, the following may 

 be used with great success : — Prepare a tank of liquid 

 manure, into which throw your turf, and let it steep 

 a few days or weeks if not wanted ; then take it out 

 and dry it under a shed, after which chop it with a 

 spade, and it will be fit for use. {Hamilton on Pine 

 Apple, 58). 



Mr. Bodemeade says that the soil he uses for fruit - 



