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may do for a substitute, but by no means sand' 
from pits. I, living at a great distance from 
the sea coast, could not procure sea sand con- 
veniently, although I have used it, and shall 
give you the quantity requisite. I do assure 
you I grew my flowers these last ten or twelve 
years as well without sea sand as with it. One 
thing is to be observed, my Compost was very 
high and rich of itself, so as to require no addi- 
tional salts, and I will venture to say but little 
(if any) improvement can be made on the 
No. 1. and No. 2. 
This receipt,, in certain situations, may ber 
found difficult to be put into practice, for want 
of the ingredients at hand ; but if two florists 
agree, the one living near a butcher’s, and not 
above two miles from the other, might prepare 
one part, and his friend the other, and then 
aftei-wards, with little trouble, mix up the 
whole ; but, for the accommodation of all flo- 
rists, I have given several other good receipts 
for Compost, nearly equal to my No. 1. and 
No. 2; but, to be candid,. I must confess the 
Compost, No. 1. and No. 2. were my favourite 
soils. For my part,, and I assure you without 
the least exaggeration,. I never saw such very 
large healthy plants as these two sorts of Com- 
post used to grow; the leaves in April, and 
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