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ed in dry weather; but once in a week or ten days, or 

 thereabouts, will be often enough. In doing of this, let 

 their heads be fometimes watered as well as their roots. 



To preferve the earth moiil about the roots of new 

 planted trees, let fome mulch be fpread on the furflice of 

 the ground, round their Hems; this will keep out the ef- 

 feds of fun and wind, and the earth will retain a due 

 moiftnre, with the affillance of a moderate watering now 

 and then. 



Deftroy Infedis. 



Infecls often do much damage to fruit-trees, if not pre- 

 vented. This is the time they begin to breed on the 

 leaves and new made fhoots of young trees, and alfo on 

 old trees, which are of weakly growth. Proper means 

 fhould be ufed to dellroy them in time, before they fpread 

 too far. 



Wall-trees in particular, more efpecially peaches and 

 ncftarines, fhould be frequently looked over for them. 



Where you perceive any of the leaves of thefe trees to 

 curl up, it is a certain fign of infefts. Let the worft of 

 thefe leaves be taken oif as foon as they appear; and if 

 the ends of any of the young fhoots are alfo attacked, 

 prune away fuch infeded parts ; and let all the branches 

 be frequently dalhed with water in dry weather, with a 

 hand water-engine : this will do a great deal in preventing 

 the infers from fpreading, provided the precaution is 

 taken in time, before their numbers are much increafed. 



But where any of the wall-trees, young or old, are 

 much over-run with thefe fmall vermin, let the following 

 precaution be taken to deftroy them. 



Pick off all the curled leaves, for thefe generally f.varm 

 with infefts ; then get fome tobacco-duft, and fcatterfome 

 of it over all the branches, but mofb on thofe places where 

 the infects are troublefome. This fhould be ilrewed ov^r 

 the trees on a morning, and let it remain. It will greatly 

 diminilh the infedis, and not in the leail injure the plants 

 or fruit. 



Eut for defiroying infers on fruit-trees, there is an in- 

 vention called Fumigating Bellows, having a tube or pipe 

 to fix on occafionally, in which is burned tobacco; and by 

 working the bellows, the fmoak of the tobacco will ifTue 

 forth in a full ftream, and kill the infeds. 



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