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Other species, which eats or corrodes the leaves, ill 

 so far as it leaves tliem full of brown specks or 

 blotches. The above liquor, however, is a remedy 

 for either, and indeed for most insects, On account 

 of its strength, and glutinous nature^ 



Ants are also to be foimd in the pinery ; but I 

 never could observe that they do the plants any 

 harm, though they are generally to be found in the 

 pots, and among the bark. They are most fre- 

 quently to be met with there, if the coccus be pre- 

 sent ; and seem to feed on its larvae, or perhaps on 

 its fajces. 



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THE GRAPE-HOUSE. 



Of the new-planted Grape-House. 



If the season have been fine throughout, and if 

 there have been an uncommon deal of sunshine, 

 perhaps fire-heat for ripening off the wood, may not 

 be necessary. But it is now (the first Of tho month) 

 that this matter must be determined. This deter- 

 mination, however, must not depend on the present 

 state of the weather, be it fine, or otherwise, but on 

 the state of the wood. The weather may continue 

 dry and hot for a month yet 5 but it may also^ 



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