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339&#93; FRU parted additional nutriment to the roofs. Th !• -■ ! tllin ; from the a in autumn, m i tituted tor : :. . ij these c innot be easily procured} but it Will be necessarj I i I imall trench for the reception oi the decayed I and also to cover (hem with tiles, flat stones, or a log of wood, to prevent their dispersion by the wind. This precaution, however, is not required with the - refuse of flax, which adheres so closelj to the soil, as to withstand the most violent storm. Although gardeners bestow the strictest attention on orchards, it sometimes happens that the bark of trees is stripped off by sheep, or by other accidents. In this case, it has been recommended by Mr. W. Faihman, of Miller's House, Lynsted, Kent, to take off the arms of such trees as are damaged ; to cut slips of the rind, about two or three inches in width, and to place four or rive of them perpen- dicularly round the naked part. The damaged rind is previously to be cleared a way, the sound bark somewhat raised, and the slips in- serted beneath it, to promote the circulation of die sap. These dress- ings are next to be bound very tight with rope-yarn ; and a com- position of loam and cow-dung, together with a small proportion of drift-sand, should be applied, over which some old sacking, or similar stuff, ought to be fastened. Mr. Fair max adds, that he made an experiment with this mode of treat- ment, in the spring of 1/.Q4, on some trees which had been much damaged by sheep, and that it completely succeeded, the slips ad- hering closely, and being full of sap. ., Fruit-trees, like the rest of the F R V [ 339 vegetable creation, are the prey nf a variety of inserts, of which feW are more 1.1 ^tractive than those 1 infesl. pear, ch i white-thorn, and similar tre is". — They deposit their black in clusters, resembling wit! leaves, and which ai 1 by a cobweb rpund the uppermost branches. These notorious ins are hatched in the spring, they assume the form ot very dimi- nutive caterpillars, which destroy
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prooagate in the most Un- favourable weathef. They damage ■ materially; devour the white-thorn, and kill the plant : apples and pears, likewise, rei injury. — The only remedy hitherto known of exterminating such noxious vermin, is to cut off all the twigs or shoots of every tree on which these nests of insects ap- pear j to colleft them in a heap, and burn them as soon as the wea- ther will permit; for, where this necessary operation is deferred till the summer approaches, the insects increase prodigiously, and commit irreparable damage. — See Cater- pillar and Insects. The disorders to which fruit- trees are subject, are various ; the most fatal are Blight, Canker, Mildew, Moss, 8rc. to which we refer. — See also Diseases of Plants, p. 140, and foil. The effects of frost are like- wise often fatal, especially to the more tender fruit-trees. With a view to obviate such damage, dif- ferent methods have been suggest- ed j the most practicable of which We have noticed in the preceding article. "We shall, however, add a few additional hints, in order that the reader may select such as are the most simple aud least expensive. Z 2 In