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fly, which is so fond of getting to meat in sum- 

 mer ; it is not that she goes there for her own 

 food, but mainly for the food of her offspring, 

 seeming to know that if the meat will remain, 

 it will afford plenty of food for the maggots 

 which her eggs produce. 



I shall not here expatiate on insects, but 

 conclude by making a few remarks on the 

 planting of orchards. The first thing to con- 

 sider when orchards are about to planted, 

 is the soil which will best suit the different 

 sorts of fruit ; if it is a fine deep loamy soil, 

 all kinds of fruit trees will succeed on it ; but 

 standard apples and pears will not do well on 

 any other ; plums (although they like loam) 

 will do well on a sandy or gravelly soil, pro- 

 vided the gravel be not too near the surface ; 

 cherries will likewise succeed on various soils, 

 although they do best on a light loam. 



When an orchard is about being planted on 

 a fertile piece of land, (particularly when it is 

 intended for family use) the various expla- 

 natory lists of fruits should be consulted, and 

 a selection made therefrom (according to the 

 size of the orchard) of all the different fruits* 

 consisting of Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries, 

 Medlars, Walnuts, Chesnuts, Damsons, Mul- 



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