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anointing, there may, lie snys, be a few appear, 

 whose eui^s have, by being concealed, escaped 

 the action of the liquor, which most be picked 

 off, to prevent their breeding ; but, if any, 

 there will be verv few, as it is of the most pene- 

 trating nature" But this liquor must on no 

 account, he savs, be used in summer, as it in- 

 stantly destroys the foliage Fruit-trees of all 

 kinds should be anointed with this liquor every 

 year; as it is, he says, equally destructive of 

 every insect and their eggs, which infest 

 them. 



in cultivating Dwarf trees, in pots or boxes, 

 it is observed, that " where there is an exten- 

 sive variety of forcing, and a green-house, or 

 conservatory, Cherries may not only be produced 

 at an early season, but in a long succession, by 

 removing the pots or boxes from one house to 

 another. When there are twenty or thirty trees, 

 they should be divided into four or five equal 

 parts, to make as many successions ; and be 

 placed in equal rotation : first, (in November or 

 December) in the green-house, where they may 

 remain till they are fairly set ; then, in an early 

 peach- or vine-house, till they begin to colour ; 

 and lastly, in the pine or dry stove, to come to 

 maturity. And a very rich compost, such as is 

 used for cucumbers or melons, should be made 

 use of, watering them frequently with the drain- 

 ings of a dung-dill. They should also be wash- 

 ed or watered frequently over head with a hand 

 squirt or watering pan; and be placed in the 

 most airy situations." 



The Double-blossomed sort may likewise be 

 increased by grafting or budding, as in the other 

 varieties, upon any kind of Cherry-stocks, and 

 be trained both as dwarfs, half and full stand- 

 ards, to effect the greater variety in plantations 

 and other places. 



And the Wild Cherry is easily raised from 

 seed, as the stones of the fruit ; aud any variety 

 which affords large and fine fruit may be conti- 

 nued by grafting, &c., in which way it will 

 bear sooner, for which a quantity of stones 

 should be provided in autumn, when the fruit is 

 dead ripe, and be sown in beds of light earth an 

 inch and a half deep, when they will come up 

 in the spring, and after having one or two 

 years' growth may be planted out in nursery- 

 rows, with their tops entire, training them up 

 for standards, with stems six feet high, then 

 letting them branch out above every way, to 

 form heads. 



They may he planted out as standards in 

 orchards or any open grounds for the fruit, and 

 in ornamental plantations of forest-trees, where 

 they have a good effect. 



The Bird- Cherry sorts may also be increased 



in the same manner, and likewise by layer";, 

 which will readily strike root, and be fit for 

 planting out iu one year. They will also grow 

 well by cuttings planted in autumn. 



And the last sort is capable of being raised 

 by grafting, and sometimes by layers. 



Culture in the Laurel kind. — These are readily 

 increased by seed and cuttings : but as cuttings 

 are the most expeditious mode, they are most 

 commonly raised in that way. 



In the first mode, the seeds should be sown 

 in autumn, when ripe, in beds of light earth, 

 near an inch deep, allowing them some protec- 

 tion in severe frosts in winter, either by hoop- 

 ing and matting the bed, or covering it with 

 dry long litter ; but suffering them to remain 

 uncovered in mild weather. The plants come 

 up in the spring, giving occasional waterings in 

 dry weather ; and in the autumn or spring fol- 

 lowing, when the season is settled, planting 

 them out In nursery-rows to remain two or three 

 years, or till wanted. 



The cuttings should be procured in August or 

 September, in moist weather, from the same 

 year's shoots, cutting them off' from about eight 

 or ten to twelve or fifteen inches long, with 

 about an inch of the' old wood to the bottom of 

 each, if possible, though this is not indispensa- 

 bly necessary : then strip off the leaves from the 

 lower parts, and plant them in a shady border, 

 in rows, twelve inches asunder, planting each 

 cutting half or two-thirds into the ground, giv- 

 ing water in dry weather, when those planted in 

 August will be rooted the same year ; and 

 all in the following summer, shooting at 

 top, perhaps a foot long, by the autumn ; at 

 which time, or in the spring after, they may be 

 planted or bedded out in wide nurscn -rows, to 

 acquire strength, till wanted. In either of these 

 methods the trees may be trained either bushy 

 or of a shrub-like growth, or trimmed up to a 

 single stem for standards. 



These plants delight in a light loamy soil, 

 which is not too moist. 



The proper season for planting them out is 

 in the early autumn or spring, according to the 

 soil. 



They are highly ornamental in clumps and 

 plantations, in lawns, parks, or out-grounds. 



Hedges are sometimes formed of the common 

 laurel tor ornament ; but where this is practised 

 it should not be trimmed with garden-shears, 

 which mangle and spoil the beauty of the large 

 leaves: all necessary cutting should be perform- 

 ed with a knife, in order to preserve the leaves 

 entire, so as to make a fine appearance. 



PSIDIUM, a genus containing plants of the 

 exotic tree kind. 



