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ON THE MANAGEMENT 
In many places Hot-houfes are built where the foil is of fo 
unfavourable a nature, that it would be next to impoffible to 
have Vines in perfedlion without the above contrivances and 
precautions ; for when the foil is wet and fpringy, as flated 
above, is a ftrong clay, or otherwife unkindly, the Vine- roots 
by penetrating deeper than the fun’s influence, will imbibe 
crude particles, which wdll not only tend to render the Vine 
unfruitful, but alfo impregnate its fmall produce of grapes with 
a difagreeable flavour : But when the above directions are 
(triCtly attended to, there will be a certain fpace of fix or eight 
yards in breadth, and the entire length of the ftove, made per- 
fectly fecure from all noxious and heterogeneous matter : There- 
fore the next important objeCt wdll be a confideration of a pro- 
per foil or compoft. 
As the Vines in the Hot-houfe at Welbeck have been re- 
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markably fruitful and vigorous, I flaall beg leave to recommend 
the fame kind of compoft-mould which I make ufe of there, viz. 
one-fcurth part of garden mould, (a ftrong loam) j one-fourth 
of the fwarth or turf from a pafture where the foil is a fandy 
loam ; one-fourth of the fweepings and fcrapings of pavements 
and hard roads ; one-eighth of rotten cow and flable-yard dung 
mixed ; and one-eighth of vegetable mould from reduced and 
decayed oak leaves. Thefe are the feveral and refpeCtive pro- 
portions. The fwarth fliould be laid on an heap, till the grafs- 
roots are in a ftate of decay, and then turned over and broken 
with a fpade ; let it then be put to the other materials, and the 
whole 
