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the oozing from the dang, to a cistern, or tank, made on 

 purpose to receive it. I'his moisture, which is the strength 

 of the dung, may be used for watering cabbage-plants, cauli- 

 flowers, &c, or it m.iy be thrown on the ground for manure, 

 I have experienced it to be much better than dung. 



When a garden is planted and finished, it will be found 

 very convenient to have a plan of it, with the name of each 

 tree inserted in its proper place. This I had done when the 

 new slips were laid out in Kensington-Gardens about ten or 

 eleven years ago, and have found it of great service. 



Walls of kitchen gardens should be from ten to fourteen 

 feet high ; the foundation should be two bricks or two bricks 

 and a half thick ; the off-set should not be above one course 

 higher than the level of the border ; and the wall should then 

 setoff a brick and a half thick. If the walls are long, it will 

 be necessary to strengthen them with piers from forty to sixty 

 feet apart ; and these piers should not project above half a 

 brick beyond the wall. I do not approve of fixed copings, 

 especially when they project so far as they are generally made 

 to do ; I would rather advise to have a moveable wooden cop- 

 ing, fixed on with iron hooks fastened to pieces of wood built 

 into the top of the wall : These copings would also be found 

 very convenient to fasten the nettings, &c, to in spring, for 

 sheltering the fruit-trees. If, however, any should prefer fix- 

 ed copings, they should not project above an inch on each 

 side of the wall ; this small projection will be sufficient to pre- 

 serve the wall, and will not prevent the dew and rain from 

 falling on the upper parts of the trees, which is of great ser- 

 vice to them. Some copings are made of bricks convex on the 

 upper side ; but I have lately seen a very good coping at 

 Ashted-Park, near Epsom : It is made of a sort of Welch 

 slate, to be had, of different sizes, at Mr. Samuel Wyatt's 

 slate-yard, Christ-church, near Blackfriar's Bridge. This is 

 made to project about one inch, and answers exceedingly well. 

 Flat copings should have a little slope towards the North or 

 East, according to the aspect of the wall ; this will carry the 

 wet from the South and West sides, which otherwise would 

 be apt to injure the early blossoms and fruit on the South and 

 West walls in cold nights. 



When bricks can be had, I would advise never to build 

 garden walls of stone ; as it is by no means so favourable to 

 the ripening of fruit as brick. When a kitchen garden con- 

 tains four acres, or upwards, it may be intersected by two or 

 more cross walls, which will greatly augment the quantity of 



