The VraBical Kitchen Gardiner. 



more experiments were, that it was ow- 

 ing to tine greater or leffer quantity of 

 terrcftrial matter in water, that all plants 

 profpered either more or lefs 5 but that 

 river water, cfpecialJy fuch as it is a- 

 bout Londonj or any great city, where 

 it is continually difturb'd and made thick 

 by its own motion, and th^ foil of the 

 wafhings of the ftreets and uplancl 

 grounds, is much better for watering 

 than either fpring or rain water, how 

 good foever the laft, when catch'd and 

 prefcrv'd in tubs, may be efteenVd 5 and 

 is a clear demonftration that the planter 

 and gardiner can t enrich his water too 

 much, efpecially that which comes out 

 pf a cold well, or gentle running fpring^ 

 And as I have in my Tra^iical Fruit 

 Gardiner given fome diredions about 

 the preparing of earth, in fuch a man- 

 lier as that it may accelerate the growth 

 pf all fruits and vegetables to a greater 

 degree of perfeftion than has ufually 

 been done 5 fo I fhall now fct down 

 fome other compofitions, fuch as will 

 fitft ferve for the impregnation of corn 

 that you fow in the open field, which 

 water will, after fuch impregnation, be 

 of excellent ufe in the watering not 



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