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composition, I believe it to be a very excellent one to 

 be applied to trees where their limbs have been ampu- 

 tated, or their bark injured by wounds. I have there- 

 fore inserted its preparation here, verbatim, from Mr. 

 Forsyth's Treatise, and recommend its application in 

 the manner he has directed, particularly in a liquid 

 state. 



A Wash for the Stems of Fruit Trees. 



Take a peck of fresh cow-dung, half a peck of quick- 

 lime, half a pound of flour of sulphur, and a quarter of a 

 pound of lamp-black. Mix the whole together with as 

 much urine and soap-suds in a boiling state as will form 

 the ingredients into a thick paint. 



This composition may be applied to the stems of 

 young standard trees when planted out into the orchard, 

 to prevent their being injured by the depredations of 

 hares and rabbits. 



A Wash for the Stems and Branches of Fruit Trees. 



Take half a peck of quick lime, half a pound of flour 

 of sulphur, and a quarter of a pound of lamp-black. 

 Mix the whole together with as much boiling water as 

 will form the ingredients into a thick paint. This 

 composition is recommended to be applied to the stems 

 and limbs of apple trees which are infested with the 

 White Mealy Insect, having previously removed the 

 moss and loose bark by scraping them off with a strong 

 knife, or some other instrument adapted to the purpose. 



In using the composition, it will be most efficacious 

 if applied in a warm state, or something more than 

 blood heat. 



On young trees, No. 24. Vinegar will effectually 

 destroy this insect, and I have for many years, in my 

 own nursery, used it for this purpose ; but this would 

 be too expensive to be applied when the trees are large. 



