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such incredible luxuriance, that many trees seemed 

 at a short distance as if they had been whitewashed ; 

 in the ensuing summer, which was a very dry and 

 hot one, this cottony matter so entirely disappeared, 

 that to superficial observation the malady was not 

 in existence ; and it did not become manifest again 

 until September, when, after the rains of that sea- 

 son, it reissued in fine cottony patches from the 

 old nodes on the trees. Many remedies have been 

 proposed for removing this evil, efficacious perhaps 

 in some cases upon a small scale ; but when the 

 injury has existed for some time, and extended its 

 influence over the parts of a large tree, I appre- 

 hend it will take its course, and the tree die. Upon 

 young plants, and in places where a brush can be 

 applied, any substance that can be used in a liquid 

 state, to harden into a coat, insoluble by rain, will 

 assuredly confine the ravages of the creature, and 

 smother it. Hard rubbing with a dry brush crushes 

 many, but there are crevices into which the bristle 

 cannot enter : thus some escape, and the propaga- 

 tion continues. I have very successfully removed 

 this blight from young trees, and from recently- 

 attacked places in those more advanced, by an easy 

 application. Melt about three ounces of resin in 

 an earthen pipkin, take it from the fire, and pour 

 into it three ounces of fish-oil; the ingredients 

 perfectly unite, and, when cold, acquire the con- 

 sistence of honey. A slight degree of heat will 

 liquefy it, and in this state paint over every node 

 or infected part in your tree, using a common 



