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West wall, to a North or East wall, where they 

 have perfectly recovered. 



Whenever you apprehend danger, wash or sprinkle 

 the trees well with urine and lime-water mixed ; 

 and when the young and tender shoots are much 

 infected, it will be necessary to wash them well 

 with a woollen cloth dipped in the following mix- 

 ture, so as to clear them of all the glutinous mat- 

 ter, that their respiration and perspiration may not 

 be obstructed. 



Take tobacco one pound, sulphur two pounds, 

 unslaked lime one peck, and about a pound of 

 elder buds ; pour on the above ingredients ten 

 gallons of boiling water ; cover it close and let 

 it stand till cold ; then add as much cold water as 

 will fill a hogshead. It should stand two or three 

 days to settle : then take off the scum, and it is fit 

 for use. 



Of the Honey-deiu, 



The Honey-dew is a sweet saccharine substance 

 found on the leaves of certain trees, and is general- 

 ly supposed to fall from heaven like dew ; but this 

 is a mistaken opinion. One kind of honey-dew 

 transpires from the leaves of the trees where it is 

 found : and the other is the excrement of a small 

 insect called a vine-fretter, a species of Aphis. Bees 

 and ants are very fond of both these kinds of 

 honey-dew. 



As the honey-dew, by its viscous quality, closes 



