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abouts, during the whole year, by doing 
this the Compost will become sweet and in 
fine order ; it also will be clear fi’oni weeds, 
which is very requisite, and all insects will be 
destroyed that are apt to breed in it, which 
are pernicious to all plants in pots. Very 
people pay proper attention to the situation in 
which they place their Compost, but thinking 
a heap of earth a disagreeable object and 
sive to the eye, they place it where it may 
most out of sight 5 this generally happens to 
be under walnut, elder, ash, or some other 
shaded trees, or under some north wall, where 
the sun seldom or ever shines. A heap of 
Compost thus situated, instead of nourishing, 
must prove very injurious to all sorts of 
kept in pots. Your Compost therefore should 
be laid in an open place, and exposed to a full 
south aspect, where it may partake of the 
nign influence of sun and air, and imbibe 
its nitrous particles ; it should be laid not more 
than two feet and a half thick, that the 
of the sun may warm and penetrate through 
it j frost will have a good effect also on 
Compost. 
I beg leave to impress strongly on the minds 
of my brother florists, to pay strict attention, 
to the management of Compost, as I have too 
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