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it be put into a fhed, which ought to 

 be adjoining to the melonry for that 

 purpofe, and there kept during the rains 

 of the winter, which will caufe it other- 

 wife to be clammy and wet, and confe- 

 qucntly dull and fluggifh, and too heavy 

 and inadiye for the purpofe it is de- 

 Jign'd for. And this earth is in general 

 good for melons when they are put to 

 ridge 5 but as you are to ufe it firft of 

 all in raifing frames and beds for plants 

 in the fced-lcavcs, it ought to be a lit- 

 tle lighter, and fo confequently to have 

 half a load more of the old melon earth 

 to one load of the abovefaid preparation. 

 0/ rcaicr The ncxt rcquifitc for your melonry, 

 i/Tmefol. §^^^ water, for that is fo clTential a 

 point, tho' I believe not very much 

 minded, that there are fome kinds of 

 water that will impoverifh the beft and 

 richefl: earths to fuch a degree that the 

 plants that grow therein do in a little 

 time grow fick, and dwindle away, and 

 come to nothing. I have already given 

 an account of the feveral properties of 

 water, and how conducive all or mofl: 

 pf them are to the bufinefs of vegeta- 

 tion s but what I v/ould more particu^ 

 iarly recommend in this place, is that 

 ^ ^ which 



