SIS AGRICrLTFRAL MUSEUM. 



who bad the care of the king's garden at Hampton^ 

 Court, recommended tar and corrosive sublimate: i 

 cannot see the uiihty of the lalleringiedicnt. 



From THE American Daily Advehtiser. 



PEACil TIIEES. 



It is a matter of m'lch rei^ret to an observer to notice^ 

 the decaying state of Hie Peach Trees in the vicinity oi' 

 this city, and the probable lo«;s of tliat charming fruit, 

 unless some method is fallen on to prevent the ra- 

 vages of the worm, which is destroy'ng the trees. 

 This is the time to examine Ihem, which examination 

 should be repeated again in the month of October. 

 There is no difficulty in ascertaining whether the trees. 

 have worms in them, they soon shew it by the ) ell^w 

 cast of the leaves and the sickly appeaiance of the 

 trees ; whenever a tree puts on this appearance, by ex- 

 amining the trunk near the ground, a gln'inous matter 

 mixed with the excrement of the worm will be found on 

 the bark, at the surface of the earth oi a little above. 

 A sharp pointed knife should be immediately u>ed and 

 the worm cut out by tracing him through the channel* 

 he makes between the wood and bark, which will gene- 

 rally be found to d-scend towards the roots. 



Various methods have been tried ; apd among the ex- 

 periments made to destroy the worms, putting ashes and 

 lime around the roots, have had their tull share of trial 

 without success. There appears to be no other mode 

 to prevent the ravages of the worm, but to keep off the 

 wasp and grey miller, who deposit the egg ; in almost 

 every instance it will be found that the worm begins at; 

 the surface ot t'le earth, where the bark is moist and ea- 

 sily penetrated by the sting of the insect in its winged 

 state. I may say that it is a ge.ieral rule, with only tliis 

 exception, that if dead leaves or any similar snl>stance 

 l)ccomes attached to any linfib. by rctauiing uioistiirG a4' 



