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this case most of the matter issues i 

 also from the nose, hi either case, 

 the horse should be moderately 

 ridden. But it will be very proper 

 to wash liis mouth sometimes with 

 honey of roses ; for that will keep 

 it clean, and prevent ulcers. But 

 if sores are like to continue, dis- 

 solve a quarter of an ounce of crude 

 sal ammoniac in a pint of water, 

 and wash his mouth with it once 

 or twice a day. 



"If the cure seems imperfect, 

 and the horse does not thrive upon 

 it, recourse may be had to purginjj; 

 for which purpose 1 chiefly recom- 

 mend the preparations of aloes ; 

 because these are the most effec- 

 tual to work upon the blood, &:c." 

 Gibson''s Farriery. 



STRAWBERRY, Fragnria, a 

 well known fruit which is much 

 esteemed. 



Mr. Miller reckons four sorts; 

 the wood strawberry, the Virginia, 

 or scarlet strawberry, the hautboy 

 stravvberry, and the strawberry of 

 Chili. 



It is the scarlet strawberry that 

 is most common, and perhaps most 

 worthy oi cultivation. Our grass 

 fields often produce these straw- 

 berries in plenty. But it is better 

 to have a ''pot of ground devoted 

 to the culture of them ; as they will 

 be much larger and better flavour- 

 ed ; and as the trampling of the 

 grass in the mowing grounds may 

 be thus in some measure prevent- 

 ed. 



A light loamy soil is best for 

 them : And but little dung should 

 be applied to the soil, as a large 

 quantity will cause them to run 

 much, and to be less fruitful. 



The time to remove these plants, 

 is said by the above mentioned au- 

 thor to be September, or the be- 

 ginning of October. But they are 

 known to do well in this country 

 when removed early in the sprmg, 

 and watered a few times after it. 

 But they will bear little fruit that 

 year. 



He directs. " That the ground 

 should be cleaned from the roots of 

 all bad weeds. For as the plants 

 are to stand three years, before 

 they are taken up, those weeds 

 would overbear the plants. 



" The usual method is, to lay the 

 ground out into beds of four feet 

 broad, with paths two feet, or two 

 and a half broad between them. 

 These paths being for the conven- 

 ience of gathering the strawberries 

 and for weeding and dressing the 

 beds. The plants should be in the 

 quincunx order, and fifteen inches 

 apart, so that there will be but three 

 rows in each bed. 



" The plants should never be 

 taken from old neglected beds, 

 where the plants have been suffer- 

 ed to run into a multitude of 

 suckers, or from any plants which 

 are not fruitful 5 and those offsets 

 which stand nearest to the old 

 plants should always be preferred 

 to those which are produced from 

 the trailing stalks at a greater dis- 

 tance. 



" During the summer, the plants 

 should be constantly kept clean 

 from weeds, and all the runners 

 should be pulled off as fast as they 

 are produced. If this is constantly 

 practised, tlie plants will become 

 very strong. Where proper care 

 is taken of the plants the first sum- 



