OF THE VINE. 
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■whole worked together, till the feparate parts become well 
and uniformly mixed and incorporated. 
If this bulinefs v/ere to be done previous to the building of 
your Hot-houfe, it would be the better; but if time will not 
allow of that, it would be advifable to bring the above-pre- 
fcribed materials diredlly to the fpot, and there to mix and 
mingle them well and fufficiently together, by working them 
over in the manner of trenching. I will not take up the rea- 
der’s time in the explanation of any kind of procefs generally 
known : In the prefent cafe, therefore, it may fuffice to fay, 
that before the Vines are planted, it will be perfe6lly necelTary 
that all the ingredients above-mentioned fhould be completely 
combined, and fo thoroughly mixed, as to conftitute a mafs 
perfedlly uniform and homogeneous. 
Let us now fuppofe the compoft- mould to be ready upon 
the fpot. There let it be raifed above the upper margin of the 
drain adjoining the front wall of the flove, to the thicknefs 
of two feet and fix inches. The whole fpace between the two 
drains muil: alfo be raifed to rather above that level. As the 
preparing and finiihing the ground in queftion leads to an im- 
portant objedl, and as it diould be covered with gravel, and 
lie in an undifturbed ilate for fome time after it is planted, I 
am defirous of being a little more explicit refpecfting the forma- 
tion of your floor or bed. 
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