CH. 3.] CHERRIES. 6j 



which muft be picked off, to prevent their 

 breeding ; but, if any, there will very few 

 remain, as it is of the moft penetrating na- 

 ture. 



This liquor muft on no account be ufed 

 in fummer, as it inftantly deftroys the fo- 

 liage; the fatal efFeds of which inyfelf 

 once experienced, through inadvertency. 

 The moft proper feafon for its application 

 is between the fall of the leaf and the firft 

 of February, for trees growing out of 

 doors 3 for trees in \ hot-houfes, a month 

 at leaft before the forcing commences. 

 Fruit-trees of all kinds ihould be anointed 

 with this composition every year j as it is 

 equally definitive of all infers, and their 

 eggs, which infeft them : but furely none, 

 who have the health and beauty of the trees 

 contained in their hoj:-houfes at heart, af- 

 ter being convinced of its efficacy, will be 

 fo neglectful of their own-intereft, as to 

 omit doing it, fince neither the trouble nor 

 expence are great. 



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