ADVERTISEMENT, XI 



ever even pretended to cleanfc an infedled hot*- 

 houfe, without moving, flnftjng, cutting oiT the 

 roots of the plants, walhing, removing the tan, 

 fumigating the houie with fulphur, &c. ; and 

 after all this trouble and expenfe, if there hap- 

 pen to be left alive in the houfe, or on the 

 plants, but one pair of male and female infeds 

 (even admitting the dodrine of univocal ge^ 

 neration only)5thefe will fpeedily produce a nu- 

 jnerous oiFsprlng, 



Thefe few quotations and obfervatiqns prove 

 to a demonftration, that in coming forward with 

 a profeffion of being in poiTeffion of an effi- 

 cacious remedy, which is not made public, I 

 only follow ftale precedents ; and akhough many 

 have not become fubfcribers to my intended 

 work, yet the number v\^hich have, convinces 

 me that the method is ftill v/anted and fought 

 for; and I believe nothing fo much hinders it 

 from receiving ^nore encouragement, as a ge- 

 neral belief of its proving as little efficacious 

 as thofe noftrums which have already met with 

 ample encouragement for the bringing them into 

 public view. 



Having with mature deliberation confidered 

 thefe matters, I refolve to perfevere in offering 

 to publiih my method, and if it fliall happeu 

 ^hat I am enabled fo to dOj it will accompany 



a Treatife 



