440 EFFECTS OF THE COMPOSITION, &C. 



infested with a species of Coccus, that I was 

 obliged to head them all down, and clean off the 

 insects as above directed ; applying the Composi- 

 tion immediately after. These trees throve amaz- 

 ingly ; and in three years, without any bottom heat, 

 the heads were as large as before they were cut ; 

 and they still continue in a flourishing and fruitful 

 state. 



I would advise to rub off the side shoots, as di- 

 rected for other fruit trees, and to keep the heads 

 thin of wood. 



I thought it proper to insert the above for the 

 information of those who have Orange-trees in this 

 country, as well as for those who have them abroad. 



