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reflecting on thefe feveral circumftances, a thought 

 fuggefled itfelf to me, whether an elder, now eftee rrJ d 

 noxious and offeiiiive, may not be one day ieen 

 planted with, and entwifting its branches among, 

 fruit trees, in order to p refer ve the fruit from de- 

 ftruction of infects : and whether . the fame means 

 which produced thefe feveral effects, may not be ex- 

 tended to a great variety of other cafes, in the pre- 

 fervation of the vegetable kingdom. 



The dwarf elder {ebulus) I apprehend emits more 

 offensive effluvia then common elder, therefore mufl 

 be preferable to it in the feveral experiments. 



On mentioning lately to Sir Richard W.Bampfylde, 

 one of the reprefentatives of this county, my obfer- 

 vations on the corn crops, and the effects ' of the 

 elder, &c. he perfuaded me to publifh them, which 

 in fome meafure determined my taking this ftep, of 

 tranfmitting them to a Society incorporated for pro- 

 moting the knowledge of natural things, and ufeful 

 experiments, in which they have fo happily and 

 amply fucceded, to the unfpeakable advantage and 

 improvement both of the old and new world. I have 

 the honour to fubfcribe myfelf, 



Sir, 



Your mofl: obedient, 



humble Servant, 



Chr. Gullett. 



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