f 1 11 H E compoft recommended to be 
ufed for fuch Carnations as are 
grown in or near large towns, is as 
follows, viz. 
One half rotten horfe-dung, one year 
old, or that has been ufed as a hot 
bed for cucumbers, melons, &c. 
One third frefli found loamy earth. 
One fixth coarfe fea, or river, fand. 
Thefe ingredients are to be mixed 
together in autumn, laid in a heap about 
two feet thick, in an open expofure, and 
turned three or four times during winter; 
or, otherwife, the dung alone, after being 
ufed 
