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tanner's bark, either mix'd well toge- 

 ther with the long dung, or laid in 

 layers, about three or four layers in the 

 height of the ridge, in order to make 

 the dung heat with more gentlenefs, and 

 retain its heat the longer 5 and on the 

 top of all, there lliould be laid about 

 five or fix inches thick of the old dung 

 of laft year a little rotten, to deprefs 

 the fury of the heat. 



And as it fometimes happens that new 

 dung is fcarce to be had, new-mow'd 

 grafs out of the garden- walks is very 

 good, when mix'd with old long dung, 

 which when mix'd alfo with fonie cole- 

 alhes, or tanner's bark, will retain its 

 heat as long as new dung will 5 in the 

 mean time, if wet weather, or any o- 

 ther accident fhould happen, the ridge is 

 to be lin'd with dung, or clean wheat- 

 ftraw 5 but this is not often wanted till 

 the fruit is knitting. 



To proceed. The ridge being ready, of the 

 the plants are to be fee out at qquA^'^-^^^'T^' 

 dillances, three in a hole, according toimo tht 

 the fizes of your frames 5 I mean, fo as''"^^^^* 

 that the middle of every iiole fhould be 

 juft in the middle of every light of glafs. 

 Pegs or fticks m^de of wood, are to be 



fet. 



