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taken from a clay soil, and trans- 

 planted into one nDore suitable, 

 throve better than other apple 

 trees, apparently of better quality., 

 taken from a nursery, where the 

 soil was conge nial to their growth. 



It is said that a rope of straw, 

 with one end tied round the body 

 of a tree, and the other in a pail 

 of water, will prevent the etfects 

 of a late frost in the spring. 



Sir John Sinclair says, " It can- 

 not be too strongly inculcated, 

 that to permit young plants to 

 bear fruit too early, is eventually 

 to do essential injury to their fu- 

 ture fruitfulness and duration." — 

 Code of Agriculture, 316. Ameri- 

 can Edition, 



" To bring an orchard as early 

 as possible into profit, plant com 

 mon wild trees, or what are com- 

 monly called crab apples, four or 

 five years old ; cut them down as 

 soon as planted, and on their young 

 shoots graft or inoculate such fruit 

 as is desired." — Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Repository, vol. 111. 

 p.^40. 



In Tessier's Annales de I'Agri- 

 culture; tom. XLlll. page 185., 

 the following method is mentioned 

 of preserving the health of fruit 

 trees in grass lands. In Germany 

 they surround the roots of trees 

 with hemp breakings, not only 

 near the stock, but for some dis- 

 tance from the tree. The break- 

 ings of flax are made use of for 

 the same purpose, and it is said 

 they prove a defence against the 

 canker worm. Spent tar applied 

 to the roots of trees is likewise re- 

 commended. — See Mass. Agricul- 

 tural Repository, vol. VI. 283. 



ORE WEED, sea weed^ sea 

 ware, or sea wreck. These names 

 are applied to all the vegetables 

 which grow plentifully in the sea, 

 and on the nuiddy and rocky parts 

 of the shore below higli water 

 mark. 



The sorts are chiefly three ; the 

 kali, or rock-weed, which strongly 

 adf»f^res to rocks, and which is 

 allowed to be of the greatest value 

 lor manure. The alga, called eel 

 grass, or grass wreck, is of the 

 next rank as to its richness. But 

 there is another sort, consisting of 

 a broad leaf with a long shank or 

 stem, of an inch diameten, by some 

 ignorantly called kelp; this is said 

 by Sir A. Purves to be of the least 

 value of any of the sea weeds. 

 However, none of them are unim- 

 portant for fertilizing the earth. 



All vegetables when putrefied 

 are a good pabulum for plants; 

 for they consist wholly of it. But 

 the value of marine vegetables is 

 greater than that of any other ; for, 

 besides the virtues of the other, 

 they contain a large quantity of 

 salt, which is a great fertilizer. 

 i>Jr. Dixon thinks those weeds 

 which grow in the deepest water 

 are the best. Perhaps they con- 

 tain a greater proportion of salt 

 than those which grow near the 

 shore, as they are seldom or never 

 wetted with fresh water. 



A great advantage that these 

 plants have above any other, is 

 their speedy fermentation and pu- 

 trefaction. The farmer has no 

 need to wait long after he has got 

 them, before he applies them to 

 the soil. The rock weed nia) be 

 ploughed into the soil, as soon as 



