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which is afllgiVd for the melonry, which 

 ought to be ftrip'd of its crudity, and 

 that corroding quality whicii is fo in- 

 jurious and deftrudive to herbs and 

 plants. The water that proceeds from 

 a horfe-mixen is reckon'd feme of the 

 befl: that can be ufed for watering a me- 

 lonry^ but then it muft be when they 

 are ridged, and then (as indeed muft all 

 meliorated and compound waters) it muft 

 be ufed carefully, and put under the 

 vines and leaves, or the water pour'd on 

 at fome diftan^e from the roots ; for all 

 thofe fort of waters have a kind of fire 

 and heat in them which proceeds from 

 the dung, that will burn up and deftroy 

 the verdure of the vines and leaves, and 

 damage the fruit too. For plants that 

 are fmall, and in their feed-leaves, it 

 "fiiould be only clear water that has 

 " Hood a day or two in the fun to warm 

 ' and foften its and if it has any ill qua- 

 lity, put thereinto a bag of barley 5 or 

 ''^iet it be the water that is drawn off' 

 from the malfter*s fat, which is of great 

 "tjenefit to correft the coldnefs and cru- 

 dity thereof. 



The next preparation for the melon- of framti 

 rv is good slafles, without which thef^"?^'* 

 ^^r, ^ E 4 ' nielon 



