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swallowed np by the proposed expenditure, leaving, it is sup- 

 posed, a deficiency of £53 13s 6d. During the ensuing year, 

 £200 will be appropriated for the improvement of the new ground 

 at the upper end of the garden." 



THE CONSTANCE STRAWBERRY. 



William S. Carpenter mentioned a new strawbeny from Boston, 

 of the above name, which he thought would prove an acquisition 

 to our gardens. It is of French origin. He also mentioned the 

 Triomphe de Gand, as an exemption to the general condemna-. 

 tion of strawberries, that is coming into favor generally. 



REMEDY FOR THE PEACH GRUB. 



Kingston, Luzerne Co., Pa., July 9, 1860. 



Dear Sir : I observed in the transactions of the club of July 

 2, it is thought that if a discussion of the topic of the peach 

 grub would elicit a remedy it would be universally entertaining. 

 My conclusion is that the cure of the peach grub, unless where 

 the soil is light and but few are found, is a humbug. I have a 

 preventive whicli I will give cheerfully : 



When I purchased my little place on Ross Hill, overlooking a 

 portion of "Wyoming Valley," there were one hundred neglected 

 peach trees thereon — budded and of excellent varieties — which 

 were full of grubs. Early in April I commenced operations by 

 carefully clearing away the grubs by means of the knife and 

 wire. I then made a funnel shaped hole ar^ound the base of each 

 tree, which would hold three or four quarts of water. I filled 

 the holes with boiling water, which effectually destroyed the 

 progeny. I then filled the holes with a tenacious clay and stamped 

 it hard, leaving the surface around the tree cone-shaped and 

 stamped hard. I have examined these trees at various times 

 during the intervening five years, and have found but one tree 

 affected, and that with but two grubs. This mode, with me, 

 has acted as a perfect preventive, and I have no doubt will with 

 all who adopt it and exercise the same care. 



These trees were three or four years old, and at the time the 

 experiment was made much inferior to some from the same lot 

 growing elsewhere which were regularly examined and carefully 

 cleared of grubs in the usual way. My trees are sound in wood 

 and look well, while the other have disappeared. 



