62 THE FORCING GARDENER. [B. I. 



fhall candidly give ; and hope that none 

 will attempt to ufe it without giving it a 

 fair and impartial trial. 



Take of foft foap, two pounds ; flowers 

 of fulphur, two pounds ; leaf, or roll to- 

 bacco, one pound 3 nux vomica, two ounces; 

 and oil of turpentine, half an Englifli gill : 

 boil them all together in eight Englifli gal- 

 lons of foft or river water to fix ; and fet 

 it aiide for ufe. 



Any time in winter, at leafl a confider- 

 able time before the trees begin to vege- 

 tate, let them be all untied or unnailed 

 from the trellis or wall ; brufh every part 

 of the branches and buds clean with a foft 

 brufh, fuch as is ufed for painting : make 

 the liquor milk warm; and, with a fpunge, 

 carefully anoint every part of the tree, 

 trellis, &c. Drefs the trees neatly to the 

 trellis again; but ufe none of the old ties 

 or fhreds : and let this operation be repeat- 

 ed every winter * without referve. The 

 firft fummer after anointing there may a 

 few appear, whofe egg's have, by being 

 concealed, efcaped the action of the liquor, 



which 



* This precaution is neceflary, thefe infers being evi- ' 

 dently blown by a fly in Summer. 



