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and urine mixed, as also the stems and branches of 

 the trees. (This must be done before the buds 

 begin to open, and in the fore-part of the day, 

 that the trees may get dry before the evenings but 

 never in frosty weather.) Afterwards, wherever 

 I saw any appearance of the spider, I watered 

 the trees with clear lime-water, as directed in 

 Chapters III. and XXVIII. These trees are now 

 in a perfectly healthy state ; but in some gardens, 

 where these precautions have been neglected, 

 many of the trees are entirely killed. 



