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where there are hot-houses, I have, in this treatise, 

 considered every part, and adapted it as if tan 

 only were used : it therefore becomes necessary 

 for me to add, that the stated times already laid 

 down for renewing the tan, together with the 

 renewal of it as often as it becomes cold, should be 

 carefully and diligently attended to. However, 

 the goodness or badness of the tan and the season 

 will ever make those times uncertain. 



On Compost Mould proper for the Fine-apple Plant 



Proper compost mould for the Pine-plant is a 

 very important article, and in the course of my 

 practice I have long endeavoured to discover in 

 what kind of compost it will grow with the greatest 

 vigour; and after numerous experiments made 

 with mixtures, of cows, deer, sheep, pigeons, hens, 

 and rotten stable-dung, with soot, and other 

 manures, in various proportions, with fresh pasture 

 soil of different qualities, L can venture to recom- 

 mend the following : 



In the month of April or May, let the swarth or 

 turf of a pasture, where the soil is a "strong rich 

 loam, and of a reddish colour, be pared off, not 

 more than two inches thick: let it then be carried 

 to the pens in sheep -pastures, where sheep are 

 frequently put for the purpose of dressing, which 

 places should be cleared of stones, &c. and made 

 smooth ; then let the turf be laid, with the grass 

 side downwards, and only one course thick j here 



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