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agriculture, on an entirely new and original plan, by Henry 

 Stephens, editor of the Qiiarterlij Journal of Agriculture^ S)C. ; 

 the drawings and specifications of the several implements by 

 James Shght, curator of the Highland and Agricultural Society's 

 Museum. From the practical knowledge, extensive observation, 

 and general science of Mr. Stephens, there can be little doubt 

 that the above work will be one of no ordinary interest.. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General Notices. 



The Slimy Grub, Blennocdmpa Seldndria. (Vol. XIII. p. 4-85.) — Having 

 suffered extensively from this insect, I am induced to send you a receipt for 

 composing a mixture which I found effectually to destroy it, on upwards of 200 

 trees under my care, which were all more or less affected ; some of the trees 

 being literally covered with insects. Before giving the receipt, it may be useful 

 to mention that I find a decoction of artichoke leaves so useful for mixing with 

 other ingredients for the destruction of the insects, that I always keep some of 

 it in readiness for that purpose. 



The receijit is as follows : — To thirty gallons of water add a peck of quick 

 lime : after standing a few hours, pour it gently off, to prevent any of the se- 

 diment mixing with the liquid (as that would give the trees an unsightly ap- 

 pearance : add 2 lb. soft soap, 1 lb. sulphur (to be well mixed with the soap 

 before dissolving it), two gallons of the decoction of artichoke leaves, and one 

 gallon of tobacco liquor. After mixing the ingredients properly, apply it to the 

 trees with Read's hydraulic syringe, or any other garden engine, in the pro- 

 portion of one third of the mixture to two thirds of pure water. The best 

 time to apply it ii; from three to seven o'clock p. ai., after a fine dry day; or 

 between five and eight o'clock a. m., no dew having fallen the previous evening. 



From two to six washings will be found sufficient to clean the trees ; and, if 

 the mixture be used on those not infected, it will be found a great means of 

 preventing them from becoming so. 



To make the decoction of artichoke leaves, I take one quarter of a hundred 

 weight (28 lb.) of leaves, and boil them in twelve gallons of water for half 

 an hour, then strain it off, let it stand till cold, and barrel it, to be used as 

 wanted. — J. M. H. S. Shreivsbiirry, April 20. 1838. 



Jaiiffrefs new Mamtre. (p. .184'.) — Since our remarks on this subject 

 were published, we have received an opinion of it from one of the most 

 scientific agriculturists in France ; been made acquainted with all the parti- 

 culars of the secret ; conversed with M. Lozivy, the agent for granting licences 

 for La Manche ; and seen a quantity of the manure prepared by him on Lord 

 Spencer's estate at Durnsford Lodge, near Wandsworth ; in short, we have 

 satisfied ourselves as to what the invention is, and what it is worth in this 

 country. The following is from our Paris correspondent: — 



" I have not yet decided upon the question of the cngrais Jauffrct, although I 

 have long been a subscriber. The following is, however, the opinion I have 

 formed of it: — This compost is not equal to farm-yard manure, particularly as 

 to duration; so that in the neighbourhood of large cities, or in countries where 

 an advanced state of cultivation furnishes the land with all the manure neces- 

 sary, this practice would not be useful, or. at least, only in a slight degree. But 

 in districts where agriculture is backward, where, for want of dung, only a half, a 

 third, or even a fifth, part of the manure is applied that the land requires, and 

 where there are immense tracts of heath and sandy plains, that is to say, land 

 covered with materials for the compost; in such districts, the practice of 



