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them. You are then to cover the laft roots 

 with flraw, and to throw upon that ftraw 

 three feet of that earth which has been dug 

 out of the ditches. You fhould beat this 

 earth well, and form it into fuch a fhape, 

 with (helving fides, that the water may run 

 from it the more eafily. 



I XIV. 



<Tbe Dimenfions of the Ditches, or Trenches. 



The dimenfions of thefe ditches fhould be 

 proportioned to the height of the ground, or 

 to its declivity. They may be made from 

 two to four feet in depth; their length is 

 indifferent, and depends upon the quantity 

 of roots to be depofited in them; their 

 breadth is generally about three feet and a 

 half. 



As thefe roots have the very beneficial pro- 

 perty of keeping without alteration to the 

 month of June, it will be advantageous to 

 multiply the ditches, and to make one for 



every 



