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two of wormwood, put into the pan with 

 which you water them in the evening, to 

 be a good piefervative for that night ; but 

 the befl fence to hinder them from coming 

 on the bed is a rope of hair, which fhould 

 be trimmed with a pair of fciflars, to make 

 it as briftly as you can ; this being pinned 

 clofe to the ground round the border of 

 the bed, will fo prick their tender fkin, 

 that they will not venture to go acrofs it. 

 Thei'efore, if the place is much infefted 

 by flugs or fnails, you may ufe all, or 

 as many as you think fufficient of thefe 

 methods j but if you are negledful in this 

 point, you may lofe aim oft all the plants 

 of your feed-bed. The feed-beds of your 

 mulberries muft be kept very clear of 

 weeds, which would otherwife eafily rob 

 the young plants of their nourifhment, 

 and ftunt their growth j nor muft you for- 

 get to water them at leaft every fecond 

 evening in dry weather -, and if the fun 

 fliould be violently hot, fo as to endanger 

 the fcorching and making them wither, 

 you may fhade them from its noon heat, 

 by fome ftraw or fuch like thrown lightly 

 on the beds, and removed when the vio- 

 lent heat of the day is over j but this in 

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