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The bed on which .they are to be 
planted (hould be fituated in rather a dry 
and airy part of the garden, a fout.hern 
afpe£I is to be prefered, fheltered on the 
North and Eaft by trees or buildings, at 
a diftance from it proportionable to their 
height; if it is a common garden wall 
or hedge, the diftance of fix feet will be 
fufficient. Care muft however be taken 
to avoid the drip from trees, which is 
found to be prejudicial. 
When the fituation is determined on, 
the dimenlions of the bed ftiould be 
marked out, and the foil entirely taken 
away to the depth of at leaft two feet; 
the earth in the bottom muft then be 
dug up and comminuted, or pulverized, 
one fpit or nine inches deeper, and the 
fpace above filled up with a compoft con¬ 
fiding of the following ingredients in 
the annexed proportions, viz. 
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One 
