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must be good, and tliat the natural soil of the garden agreed 

 with them. Amongst the plants there was nothing re- 

 markable. 



Late Vinery. — The vines in this house were just break- 

 ing, the wood had been well rubbed over with sulphur, large 

 quantities of which were still adhering to the stems. The 

 buds were numerous and weak, and not so far advanced as to 

 indicate with certainty whether there would be fruit or not. 

 This lionse also contained a great number of plants, such as 

 azaleas, camellias, &c. 



Orchiu House and Stove during May. — Having procured 

 a bottle of tufpentine, two pounds soft soap, one pound com- 

 mon soap, several pounds of sulphur, a couple of painters' sash 

 brushes, half a dozen camel-hair pencils, and a few gallons of 

 tobacco liquor, I untied the plants, and after rubbing the 

 trellis and all suspicious parts of the woodwork with turpen- 

 tine, I carefully commenced cleaning the plants. Every part 

 was first examined with a pencil dipped in turpentine ; on 

 portions of the two-year-old wood where insects were plenti- 

 ful the pencil was worked freely, a split in the wood or a 

 crevice in the bark was not allowed to escape ; parts of the 

 leaf least susceptible of injury were also operated on freely, 

 but towards their axils and around the buds great care was 

 taken to touch the insects only. This requires a steady and 

 practised hand, and ought to be well done ; the pencil when 

 fresh dipped should not be applied immediately; draw it once 

 or twice across a small piece of wood kept for the purpose ; 

 after doing this, I have generally found sufficient strength re- 

 maining to destroy the bug, and there is less danger of the 

 turpentine spreading and injuring the leaf or buds. The 

 second process consisted in washing the plant well with soap 

 and water. In doing this, common soap was used plentifully ; 

 a common painter's sash brush was first put into water, then 

 rubbed on the soap, then applied to the plant and so on alter- 

 nately, according to the good sense of the workman, from the 

 root up to the tender points of the young shoots, which were 

 carefully hand picked. When the soap and water process 

 was finished, the plant Avas well washed with clean water 



