2 6 HYACINTHS. 
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One third coarfe fea, or river fand. 
One third frefh found earth. 
One fourth rotten cow-dung, at lead 
two years old. 
Earth of decayed leaves for the 
remainder. 
The frefh found earth of the compod 
fhould be of the bed quality that the 
garden or adjacent country produces; 
it fhould be entirely free from noxious 
vermin of every defcription, particularly 
the hard yellow wire-worm, which is 
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about an inch long, and prevails in 
mod parts of the kingdom; it is ex¬ 
tremely deftruftive to all kinds of tender 
vegetables, and many of the hardy forts, 
by penetrating to, and eating out the 
heart of the bulb, and it fometimes pro¬ 
ceeds up the dem of the plant. The 
only fure method of avoiding thefe worms 
is to examine the foil very minutely, and 
if 
