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fkftroy them ; and all'of which have been 

 fo pofitively afferted as infallible, that it 

 may look like an impofition on the public 

 to offer any other remedy; but in fupport 

 of what I here advance, and for the fatif- 

 faftion of the public, I lhall give an ac- 

 count of the effects of a fure and fafe re- 

 medy, having from repeated trials found it 

 effectual, otherwise I fhould not prefume 

 to publim it. 



FOR many years, when I lived with 

 William Salvin, Efq; of Croxdell, the 

 pine-plants were every year in a mofb 

 dirty condition, and every time they were 

 to move or ihift, a deal of time was fpent 

 in cleaning and brufhing them ; yet not- 

 withflanding all the pains that was taken 

 with them they every year grew worfe : 

 the bottoms of the fruiting-plants, when 

 they were moved in the fpring to flir the 

 bark and add a little new to refrefh the 

 heat, were as white as if they had been 



wetted and then dufted with meal ; 



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