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465 General Report of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 166. 



466 Ditto, p. 181. 



467 Berks Report, p. 506. 



468 Devon Report, p. 244. 



469 Marshall's' Gloucestershire, vol. ii. p. 392. 



470 Herefordshire Report, p. 90. 



471 Berks Report, p. 564. 



472 Communication from the Rev. Robert Hoblyn. 



475 General Report of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 1 86. 



474 Marshall's Gloucestershire, vol. ii. p. 286. 475 Ibid. 



476 Herefordshire Report, p. 91. 



477 Middlesex Report, p. 524. 



478 General Report of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 1 80. 



479 This plan was strongly recommended by the late S. Dyot Bucknall, Esq, 

 If hops are cultivated by the spade, they can do no injury to the roots of the 

 trees, if judiciously worked, while the loosening of the earth, to a good depth, 

 and the liberal expenditure of manure, tends evidently to the benefit of the plants, 

 as well as to the ensuring rich pasture, whenever the size of the trees is such, as 

 to be prejudicial to the further cultivation of hops. It is evident, however, that 

 this practice can only be applied to congenial soils. Communication from Sir 

 Charles M. Burrell, Bart. M. P. 



480 Marshall's Southern Districts, vol. i. p. 51 9. 



481 Marshall's West of England, vol. i. p. 225. 



482 Report of the Norman Islands, p. 125. 

 485 Essex Report, vol. ii. p. 152. 



484 Marshall's Southern Districts, vol. i. p. 512. 



485 Marshall's Gloucestershire, vol. ii. p. 522, note. 



486 General Report of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 185. 



487 Herts Report, p. 145. Tethering stock in orchards, is a better plan than 

 mowing, or allowing the stock to pasture at large. 



488 Herts Report, p. 145. 



489 Bedfordshire Report, p, 512. 



490 Surrey Report, p. 422. 



491 Communication from Sir C. M. Burrell, Bart. M. P. Fish-oil is pre- 

 ferable to linseed-oil, on account of its stench, which is highly injurious to in. 

 sects. Olive-oil is also injurious to them, and promotes the health of the trees. 

 It is said, that to have water applied with a hand-brush, would answer, and it 

 is a cheap application. The following liquid is the most effectual of any ; 

 Take two ounces of quicksilver, and the same quantity of salt. These two sub- 

 stances to be mixed together, so as to kill the quicksilver, by stirring them about 

 with a stick six or seven inches long. The hand not to touch the mixture or* 

 any account. When the two substances are well incorporated together, (which 

 is generally in about five minutes), add one gill of rape-oil, and two tea-spoon- 

 fuls of spirit of turpentine. Stir them till fit for use. The liquid to be applied 

 with a feather, and it will be found an infallible means of destroying every spe- 

 cies of vermin, in houses, hot-houses, gardens, or orchards. 



492 Communication from Sir C. M. Burrell, Bart. M. P. 



495 In a paper drawn up by the Right Hon. William Adam, (General Re- 

 port of Scotland, Appendix, vol. iv. p. 472), the advantages of shelter, are 

 ably explained ; as well as several other important particulars connected with 

 the success of plantations. See also Kent's Norfolk, p. 92. 



494 They are detailed in the Chapter on Woods and Plantations, in the 

 General Report of Scotland, Chap. X. vol. ii. p. 197; and in Marshall, on 

 Planting and Rural Ornament, vol. i. p. 47. The advantages furnished by 

 trees to the feeding of stock, are not much attended to in this country, though 

 in others, as in Italy and Sweden, trees are considered a great resource. The 

 leaves of the elm, the maple, and the poplar, are preferred in Italy ; but those 

 of the oak and the ash are also used, particularly mixed with others. They 

 are gathered about the end of September or beginning of October, and after 



