29S To protect Turnips Jrom the Fly 



'there is a law in our miiifary Staje, tion; the foliowin 



forbidding an officer to give up his 

 sword on pain of death; it was made by 

 yourself.' Paul ordered the guard to be 

 changed, and put the captain under 

 arrest. But on due enquiry, and further 

 consideration, lie sent for the officer, 

 and gave him an extra rank as a reward 

 for his fidelity. 



Among other captives, Tiran, though 

 adjutant to Alexander, was sent to 

 Siberia, for uttering some expressions 

 derogatory to the French government. 

 This officer had been ciceroni to the 

 Duke of Gloucester, when in Russia. 

 Whatever pleased the duke, or took his 

 fancy, was ordered for him, on the spot. 

 So that he loaded a small barge with the 

 presents he received. 



On Wr. Yeames being made consul 

 for the Black Sea, and Mr. K. Forrester 

 agent for the British government, they 

 made an arrangement with Mr. Eaton 

 for supplying wood to the English fleet 

 in the Mediterranean. They purchased 

 a traet of land, were put in possession of 

 it, and the contract was confirmed by 

 tlie senate. Against this, Salihoop peti- 

 tioned the emperor, falsely pretending, 

 tliat the wood was worth much more. 

 * And, besides,' said he, ' if this timber 

 gets into the hands of foreigners, ^Yhere 

 is our fleet in the Black Sea to be sup- 

 plied?' Alexander ordered the sale to 

 be annulled, and the estate to be taken 

 out of the hands of its new proprietors, 

 who got back their money, but it was in 

 about seven years. Salihoop's wife was 

 sister to Madam Narisbkin, Alexander's 

 favourite. She had a pecuniary concern 

 in the transaction. Dergaviu, the 

 minister, said such a thing was never 

 known in Russia; the sale was good, 

 by law, &c. This Salihoop burnt a 

 small desk, containing the promissory 

 notes of a Frenchman, who had long 

 eerved the family, during his absence. 

 A German, who had brought him a 

 coach, was desired, by Salihoop, to step 

 into an apartment, and he would fetcli 

 bim the money ; but, ordering his own 

 liorses to be put to tlie coach, ho drove 

 oil with it and sold it. The German 

 could never ^Gt, either his coach again, 

 or his money. 



For the Monthly Magazine. 



PLAN, NEW and ORIG1NAL,/0»- PREVENT- 

 ING tJie DESTRUCTION of TUKNIPS hy 

 the FLY or BEETLE; ly W. COWDRY. 



MANY are the nostrums put forth 

 to destroy the turnip fly or beetle, 

 none of them have answered expecta- 



[May I, 



plan (without any 

 additional expense or trouble,) will be 

 found on trial to ensure a good crop of 

 turnips, or any of the brassica tribe, 

 provided the season is any ways con- 

 genial. 



For rightly understanding what fol- 

 lows, it must be mentioned, that the 

 ovum, or e^^, of the fly, is deposited in 

 the ground, and remains there during 

 the winter. As the sun increases iu 

 heat, they are brought to^ maturity, ac- 

 cording to the nature and situation of 

 the laud, — in some earlier than others, as 

 it is more or less capable of receiving 

 and retaining the solar heat. 



By the land being ploughed and har- 

 rowed, the ova, or eggs, of the insect, 

 are brought to or near the surface of the 

 earth ; and, being j)laced so as to receive 

 the heat of the sun, they soon arrive to 

 the pupa state, afterwards to the imago, 

 or perfect form, just in time to destroy 

 the crop of young turnips. 



The only rational and natural method 

 to counteract the mischievous efi'ects of 

 these voracious insects, is by close 

 attention to the state of the insect in 

 the land, and adopting the following 

 precautions. 



The land being dunged and ploughed, 

 but not harrowed, after a few days, 

 or a week, according to the warmth of 

 the weather, examine the land, and see 

 if there are any of the pupa or chrysalis 

 of the insect coming to maturity : this 

 will not require much time, as they will 

 be found in great numbers, near to or 

 within an inch of the surface. As soon 

 as it is seen they are arriving at their 

 perfect state, and before they are likely 

 to emerge from the skin they are cnve- 

 loped in, plough the land again, so as to 

 throw what %vas before the upper sur- 

 face, under the furrow, and as deep as 

 possible, whereby the pupae will be 

 checked, and numbers of them perish for 

 want of sufficient sun and heat to bring 

 them to maturity. Then harrow tlie 

 land, and sow the seed, and dress it in; 

 but, in harrowing and dressing the land, 

 it must be done in as careful and light 

 a manner as possible, not to bring up 

 any of the under part of the land, where 

 the pupa or chrysalis of the insect is. 



By doing this, the turnip-plant will 

 have time to grow into the rough leaf, 

 and be out of danger from the fly, if any 

 should arrive at their perfect state, and 

 make their egress out of the earth. 



The seed should be steeped at least 

 twenty-four hours iu water to accelerate 

 its vegetatiou. 



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