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ders will probably conceive I am descend- 

 ing into particulars too minute to be 

 worth notice, but I am certain that to 

 those who may apply witli diligence to 

 this subject, they will be found reason- 

 able. Grass in orchards should always 

 be kept eaten down as much as possible, 

 and in the winter season in particular; 

 perhaps geese are of all other animals 

 the best inhabitants of orchard land. It 

 should therefore be particularly noticed, 

 that for the reasons above recited, all 

 dead wood should be cut from the trees, 

 all leaves and other rubbish carefully re- 

 moved from the surface and burnt, as the 

 best mode of establishing that system of 

 cleanliness in this department which is 

 necessary above all other things. * 



* The late Dr. Roxburgh, who had the care of 

 the botanic garden at Calcutta, was some years 

 ago desirous of taking out from this country a 

 quantity of plants, and accordingly, had them 

 planted in boxes of mould, and he chose rotten 

 leaves and wood to put underneath, to serve as a 

 draining for the boxes, saying that as these became 

 decomposed, they would serve as food for the roots 

 better than potsherds which are usually used. He 

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