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CHAPTER XXVII. 



OF THE MILDEW, HONEY-DEW, AND BLIGHTS. 



A Description of the Mildevoy and the Remedy for it, — Of the 

 Honey 'devo and its Remedy, — A Description of different Sorts 

 ofBlightSf and the best Means of preventing them, 



OftheMildexu, 



The Mildew, a disease very hurtful to plants, is a 

 kind of thick clammy moisture, which falls on, or 

 rather transpires from the leaves and blossoms of 

 plants. This clammy substance, by stopping up 

 the pores, prevents perspiration, and hinders the 

 growth of the plant. But what is commonly call- 

 ed mildew is an insect which is frequently found 

 in vast numbers feeding upon this moisture. Mr. 

 T. S. Segar, in a treatise upon this subject, says, 

 that the mildew is of a very sharp corrosive nature, 

 and by its acrimony hinders the circulation of the 

 nutritious sap ; in consequence of which the leaves 

 begin to fade, and the blossoms and fruit are great- 

 ly injured. 



1 have observed that, contrary to the common 

 opinion, trees are more liable to mildew on South 

 and West walls, than on an East wall ; and I have 

 frequently removed such trees from a South or 



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