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off; when the maggot makes its way into the earth, and i 

 IS there changed into a bug, which is ready to ascend 

 the tree the next spring, and make its deposit in the 

 fruit, as before. 



One method of keeping this and all other insects 

 fr9m trees, as practised by Col. Nichols, near Easton, 

 is to tie a small bag of common salt round the tree. 

 A ring put round the tree, of a mixture of grease, or 

 blubber mixed with salt and some of the other ingre- 

 dients before mentioned, would perhaps answer a better 

 purpose, and be attended with less trouble. 



A recipe of his, which he says he has practised on 

 peach trees with advantage, in regard to their health, 

 is; — 



" Take away the dirt from around the root, and 

 where you find gum issuing out, there you will also 

 find a white maggot, which is carefully to be taken 

 away ^ then wash the body and roots with strong 

 brine, which you will repeat now and then in the 

 spring and summer." 



We will mention two other methods, which are 

 said to be infallible, for keeping all insects from trees ; 

 One is, bore a hole in the body of the tree, and fill the 

 hole with mercurial ointment (unguemtum coeruleum) 

 and cork it up tight. 



The other is, bore a hole ii\the north side of the 

 body of the tree, and fill it with spirits of turpentine, 

 and cork it up, as before. Where the latter article is 

 put into the hole, it should be bored slanting down- 

 wards, to keep this liquid from running out before the 

 cork can be put in. 



If these remedies are efl?ectual, and we have con- 

 siderable confidence in them, it must be owing to the 

 essence of either of these substances becoming diffused 



