156 CARNATIONS. 
ufed as a hot bed, may be thrown toge¬ 
ther in a heap, of a conic form, in order 
to rot more perfe&ly; and, as its furface 
freezes in winter, it fhould be pared off, 
and laid on one fide, till the whole mafs 
has been thoroughly frozen throughout; 
this may be repeated as often as the 
feafon permits, and it will be com¬ 
pletely fit for ufe the following fpring : 
the earth and fand may be added to it in 
March, when wanted to frefh pot the 
plants for bloom : the whole fhould then 
be well mixed and incorporated together, 
and palled through a coarfe fkreen or 
fieve, to reduce its parts, and take out 
Hones, or any other extraneous fub- 
ftances which it may contain. In country 
places, where the air is more pure, 
experience has pointed out the propriety 
of ufing lefs dung, and more loam; the 
proportions of which, for fuch fituations, 
3 may 
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