Chap. VH of Gardening. 



d^y Ground in^ would be no wife fit for ftrong and molft 

 Earths ; thus^ as light and dry Earths want Moifture to cor- 

 real: their too great Heat, they fliould be opened a little be- 

 fore it rains, or prefently after, to gain an eafy Admittaace 

 to the Water, that would be loft eliewhere by too much De- 

 lay. On the contrary, ftrong and moift Grounds are to be 

 turned up in the very hotteft Weather, which they are in 

 more want of than Water, and which binders, them alfo- 

 from chapping, and cleaving. Thefe Tillings performed in 

 this Manner, and with thefe Obfervations^ keep the Ground 

 much longer cool^ and make it infinitely better for the 

 Plants. 



Waterings make the fecond Care that fliould be ta- 

 ken of young Plants ; thefe, as well as Tillage,, helping to 

 di^^olve and aduate the Salts of the Earth, which would o- 

 therwife remain in a Lump ^ and if,^ as was mention^ be-> 

 fore in the fecond Chapter of thefirftPart,. Water he nccef- 

 fary in a Garden, 'tis undoubtedly fo for thefe young Things 

 which would perifli and confume away without the Help of? 

 it. Waterings ought to be frequent and plentiful ^ for when 

 fmall, they only ferve to^make the Ground dryer, as. a Drop, 

 of Water thrown into a great Fire does, but irritate the:. 

 Flame the more. 



The moft proper Time for Watering, is. Morning ani.. 

 Evening i in the Heat of the Day you. fliould.wa.ter .nothing, 

 but in Woods and fliady Places.. 



Y o u fliould always obferve one Thing before Watering,, 

 which is^ to cover tl^ Footof the Trees and Palifades with ' 

 long Dung and Litter, and to fpread. it uppn the Surface of 

 the Ground, as has been already m-entioad. Your Water-- 

 ings are much better when the Water runs, through this. 

 Dung as through a Sieve,, which makes no. Mortar, and- 

 caufes the Earth to keep its, Freflinefs mucb longer, being, 

 coverM by the Dung from the fcorehing Ray&of the_Sun^ . 



And beeaufc. Dung, would be an ugly Sight in. a foe 

 Walkj you may bury it juft within the Grounc^ and gravek 

 the V/alk over it^ whick will took decent^, and be. of the: 

 fame Ufe to theTree^*. 



