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Ames, the better, efpecially if the 

 Ground be cold ; and where thtff 

 Ames are not to be obtained in plen- 

 ty, Sea (and is very proper, or rotten 

 Wood ; or the Parts of Vegetables 

 rotted are very good , all which will 

 greatly loofen tne Soil, and caufe it 

 to be not only eafier to work, but 

 alfo more advantageous for the 

 Growth of Plants. f '\ 



But, on the contrary, if your Soil 

 be light and warm, you mould ma- 

 pure it with rotten Keats -dung, 

 which is much preferable to any 

 Other, for hot Soils ; but if you ufe 

 Horfe-dung, it mutt be well roited, 

 Otherwife it will burn up the Crops, 

 upon the firfl: hoc dry Weather. 



The Soil of this Garden fliou!4 be 

 at leaf! two Feet deep ; but if deep- 

 er, it will be ftill better, otherwife 

 there will not be Depth enough for 

 many Sorts of elculent Roots, as 

 Carrots, Parfneps, Beets, C5V. which 

 run down pretty deep in the Ground ; 

 and molt otner Sorts of efculent 

 Plants delight in a deep Soil : and 

 many Plants, whole Roots appear 

 fhort, yet if their Fibres, by wnich 

 they receive their Nounfoment, are 

 traced, they will be found to extend 

 to a considerable Depth in the 

 Ground ; to that when thefe are flop- 

 ped by meeting with Gnvel, Chalk, 

 Clay, &C. the Plants will foon (hew 

 it, by their Colour, and ft in ted 

 Growth. 



You mould alfo endeavour to have 

 a Supply of Water in the different 

 Parts of the Garden, which, if pof- 

 £ble, fhould be contained in large 

 Barms or Reiervoirs, where it may 

 be expo fed to the open Air and Sun, 

 that it may be fofteued thereby; for 

 fuch Water as is taken out of Wells, 

 &c juft as it is ufed, is by no means 

 proper for any Sort of Plants. 



In the Dithibution of this Gar- 

 den, after "having built the Walls, 

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you mould lay out Banks or Border* 

 under them, which mould be at 

 lead eight or ten Feet broad, where- 

 by the Roots of the Fruit-trees will 

 have greater Liberty than in fuch 

 Places where the Borden* are not 

 above three or four Feet wide; and 

 upon thefe Banks you may fow 

 many Sorts of early Crops, if ex- 

 poled to the South ; and upon thofe 

 expofed to the North, you may 

 have fome late Crops : but I woulci 

 by no means advife the planting any 

 Sort of deep rooting Plants too near 

 the Fruit-trees; efpecially Peas and 

 Beans; tho', for the Advantage of 

 the Walls, to preferve them in Win- 

 ter, and to bring them forward in 

 the Spring, the Gardeners in general 

 are too apt to make ufe of thofe 

 Borders, which are by the belt af- 

 pectcd Wails, to the great Prejudice 

 of their Fruit-trees ; biK for thefe 

 Purpofes it ia much better to have 

 fome Reed - hedges fixed in fome 

 of the warmelt Quarters, under 

 which you mould low and plant 

 early Peas, Eeani, &c. where they 

 will thrive as well as if planted un- 

 der a Wall ; and hereby your Fruit- 

 trees will be intireiy freed from fuch 

 troublefome P;ants 



Then you fhcu.d proceed to di- 

 viding the Ground out into Quar- 

 ter.', which rauii be proport;on'd to, 

 the Largenefs of tne Gaicen ; but I 

 would advife, never to make thern 

 too fmaf, whereby your Ground 

 will be loft in Walk^ ; and the Quar- 

 ters being incloied by Efpaliers of 

 Fruit-tree;, the Plants therein will 

 draw up ftender, and never arrive to 

 half the Size as they would do in a 

 more open Expofure. 



The Walks of this Garden fliould 

 be alfo proportion 'd to the Size of 

 the Ground, which in a fmall Gar- 

 den fhould be fix Feet, but in a 

 lar^e one ten ; and on each Side of 



