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Art. XIX. 



Method of killing Shgs in a Garden. 



[Communicated by William Crosley, efq; in the name» 

 and on behalf of Capt. Shank, of DawHfh in Devon- 

 fliire, the inventor.] 



' I ""AKE a barrel of coal-tar, remove a confiderablc 

 -*■ quantity fo as to give fpace at difcretion, pour 

 on the remainder a quantity of water, let it (land 

 two or three days or more j this water will be pow- 

 erfully impregnated with a quality noxious to fltigs, 

 and if poured on them they will immediately die. 

 And to prevent the depredations of flugs among 

 young plants in a garden, this gentleman recommends 

 the fcattering of this impregnated water, by means 

 of a watering-pot, on the ground before and after 

 fowing, at pleafure. 



Art. XX. 



Brief Obfervations on different qualities of WooU 

 as produced by the Spanijh mixture in breeding. 



Tj^ROM obfervations on the wool produced from 

 -*- different crolTes of flieep with the Spanifh 

 ram, viz. 



Horned 



