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T o. Now for fertilizing Rocks, I made bold to repeat it often. 
That within a days journey of the heartof England, f eoiild fliew 
three Gardens, the beft that I have feen for flowry beau ies, Engl'tfh 
evergreens, andfallads,all the Winter long ; all thefe on a hard 
rock, in nioft places but one foot deep under earth ; infoiDetvvOj 
in few places three foot deep^ very lofty hills clofe on the South- 
fide, the declivity of the Gardens due Norths and the rock per- 
feftly barenext to the Walls on the North-fide. And I fawrich 
Hoppyards in the fame cafe,but in deeper ground , next to the 
gardcn,on the fouth-fide of the garden: And thefe Northern Hop- 
yards efcaped many blafts,which feized on the Hopyardson the 
South-fide of the Hill. On the fteepafcent, on the North-fide of 
one of thefe rocky hills, where no plough eould con^e, I faw a 
Gentleman ploughing up the (hallow turf with a hand- plough for 
Flaxe ; and I faw good flaxe grow there, to the largenefs of a vil- 
lage-field. His hand-plough had a ftem of Afli or Sally about feven 
foot long, and a plate on one fide neer the end, to turn the turfj 
a coulter to be let out fhorter or longer, to cut theturfe4, 5, or 
more inches deep, as the land affords it j andafma!! iron- wheel : 
Thishand-plouh, theMafterandhisman, by turns, drove before 
them with a w^alking fpade ; leathern aprons before them, to fave 
their cloaths. For the caufes of this hardy fertility , 
Philofophi, I am fare of the truth of what I write: And 1 mt 
willing to apprehend, that, if in Scotland thty did, in fit places, 
fow the beft Flax feed of Flanders^ as many here do, they would 
make good Holland-linnen, LauneandCambrick, asnowtheydo 
Scotch-cloth. 
II. It is no hard task to fliovel down the fhallow and moflTy 
turf, from thedeepeft declivities of rocks, into places where ic 
may have fome receptacle or ftay ; and there to impregnate it with 
the fpade and compoft, for Gardens, or Vineyards. And there 
the Tienth part of an acre in Gardening may yield more profit^ .than 
ten acres of ordinary tillage in a Corn field. Of this computarion 1 can 
make large proofs, both in Countrey-villages, and at great di- 
ftance from any market-Town- lam fomuch a ftranger to Scot" 
land^ that I cannot fay, whether Saffron, Licorice, Hops, Mad- 
der, Oade, or what other rich commodities, do profpcr chere ; 
but this I know, that our Engli[h Saffron and Licorice do far ex- 
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