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hjiH taii(.^}it liiin will hoo/iohI ri'i Ijji/j of Uj<;ir pr';Hfa)<<'. Nor 

 in it Huni';i'fil t^^ uhc any t<;i/ij»or;iry in<;ajjM ; liin Jjl<;, all the 

 BumriKjr wjuhoii, Ih a lif« of wal/olirnhjrjHH ; ilmra Ih no 'luiy ho 

 fAi]iHUiui, no ail/<;niion ho iinr'-miUin;.^, aw lli<i p^ar(|<'n<'j''H, and 

 if lie n';;4l';';t IjhI an hour, lie f<;<;lH fli<; <;/f<;(;tH for an n'^rfi. 

 [f hJH weeds bo ne^l(5<;t(id awliile, i|jr!y drop tli<;ir HocjiH, and 

 he liaH work eijf> out f'H* the next year; and anionj.; hJH 

 nunierouH <;neniieH in thin r<'>;peet, Ije njay re(;kon a eareleHM 

 nei^dihour, or a ro.'wl-nide dikli hiH worHt, for they will «ow 

 Hee'dh all over hJH p^'ound in Hj>it<j of hiH eare. J>ut our 

 preHent ohjeet in U) eonnider the bent njeann of ^^etting rid of 

 thoHe p<;KtH of aninjat<jd natunj whieh i;poil, and oiU'Jt aIUj- 

 gether devour and deHtroy IjiH ero[>H — earwi;.^H, wood-lif;<i, antH, 

 HnailH, h1u;.m, wireworni, ;.;njhi-i, living ereatureH without end, 

 any of whielj, l(;ft alone for a time, prove endleHK plaguen. 

 i\rnongthe niont UH'-.ful inipleme-ntH U) aid liinj in }ii« r;ruH/irJe, 

 we reckon the nyringe, the frerjuent UKe of which ih of irn- 

 inenHe benf.'fit; for it in ojje of tlie greateHt dirlurl^erH of 

 inHer;tH, whether on fruit-treeH out of doorn, or potterl plantn 

 under ghiKH, 'J'he tinjely uHe of the nyringe wanheH thenj oiI| 

 and by perHeveranee will go a long way iowsiniH preventing 

 the inealeulalWe fni>>.thief that Ih done by the gn^'-.n-fly that 

 infentH all t<;nder HhootH of faMt growing jJantH, Jlow ij)jn- 

 nionly do we Hee a roHcAnni rdean anrl i'jvji from any living 

 [)eHt, arifl tlie next day a/;tually covered with the aph/i/Jfint 

 and if they are allowed! U) remain, }iow Hoon do tljey Huck the 

 juiccH from the t^jnder Ht<;mH, and kill the budn that are on 

 them ! We know of no r<;medy for thcKe prolific gentry but 

 U^bacco. Out of doorH U)\)SiJjj)-w.iii;r will kill them ; in- 

 doorH, Bmoking them in the framcH will cut whort their vMTanv. 

 Some adoj;t a paper or caliw covering for any favourit^j tree 

 or buHh, and fumigat^j them underneath it; for if we can but 

 fill the caj) or covering with the Hmoke, whiclj alwayH riweK, 

 and keep it full for a i'^'.'w minut^;fl, the flien will all die, and 

 may be immediately waHhed off with the nyringe. In Ijoukch, 

 or framcH, or jjitH, thr;re \h no (Jifficulty ; two oujicmh of 

 U)])iu-jj), in one of Jirown'H fumigat^jrH, will fill a UJerably- 

 Hiz<;d greenhouHe ; but if one of thene be not at hand, una 

 a ({WirUtr of a poun^L Make Korne charcoal red-hot and }>ut 

 it in a flower-j>ot, then j^ut the UAj'mijj damjx^l on it, and it 

 will burn and Kinother till the houHC ih full of the cloudH 

 of VAjiuxo smoke. We need not nay the howm should be 



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