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vious year from Newark. I was desirous of trying experi- 

 ments for the purpose of ridding my garden of the pest ; and, 

 in the first instance, I tried lime in a state of mixture, then in 

 solution, but without effect. Next I had recourse to a mixture 

 of three parts of soap-lees (liquor sodse), and one of oil of 

 turpentine, which I applied with a brush, and repeated after 

 an interval of three days ; and, to my delight, found I had 

 completely destroyed the insect, and my trees have been free 

 from it ever since. 



With respect to Mr. James Dann's mixture, I have to ob- 

 serve that tar, if diluted with a little oil of turpentine, would 

 be preferable to his recipe, as I have a decided objection to 

 the use of metallic solutions, well knowing, to my cost, that 

 they are in most instances destructive to vegetation. 



I remain, Sir, &c. 

 Grantham, May 21. 1827. R. Turner. 



Art. XVIII. Remarks on the Disappointments incident to 

 Orchardists, and on describing and characterising Fruit 

 Trees. By W. R. Y. 



Sir, 

 Considering your Magazine equally valuable as a vehicle 

 for correcting what may be detrimental to the science of hor- 

 ticulture, as to disseminate and elicit opinion, I beg to enclose 

 some hasty remarks. 



I have expended trouble and cash in the department of 

 orcharding, but the disappointments which I have experienced 

 are sufficient to check any future experiments. 



I allude to the trifling chance an amateur has of obtaining 

 the identical trees he orders. I do not challenge individuals. 

 I have received packages from the first nurseries ; yet, out of 

 three or four hundred trees, I have, and shall have, to re-graft 

 a third part ; and, next spring, to graft four pears, six years old, 

 which, I suspect, have never yet felt the knife. This alle- 

 gation is not confined to apples and pears, but from vines to 

 wall trees, particularly to plums, and also to melon seed. 



I do not say the trees received are worthless, but I have 

 not obtained the desired sorts ; so that, instead of possessing 

 numerous specimens, I have duplicates of many, and none of 

 several well recommended fruits. 



I certainly have raised a valuable orchard, but have not 

 ridden my " hobby." It is highly productive of profit, but 

 not consonant to my original design. 



