Hamilton reckons this equally efficacious with the 

 cotton or mealy bug, and the ordinary white scale. 



The brown scale is also known to infest pines, but 

 somehow the latter is not so fatal as the white. In- 

 deed, most gardeners care little about the brown, 



"WTien, however, high cultivation — or, in other 

 words, abundance of lively roots unchecked, accom- 

 panied with a proper moisture — is carried out, the 

 scale and all other insects will assuredly vanish of 

 their own accord. But let a check come, and they 

 will speedily recover their lost ground. This points 

 out the safe character of the Hamiltonian plan. 

 Larger pines may, or may not be, produced by other 

 modes, but this above all others recommends itself to 

 the amateur, and to all those who desire a succession 

 of good fruit throughout the year, with as little 

 trouble and expense as possible. 



We certainly opine that, before many years are 

 passed, the great majority of pine- growers will fall 

 into this most simple and inexpensive mode ; and 

 that houses running north and south, of a flat pitch, 

 and containing a middle walk, with a single or double 

 row of Hamiltonian stools, planted out over tank- 

 heated pits, will become very general indeed. A little 

 top dressing, with frequent syringings, and a little 

 ventilation, will be all that is necessary ; and will be 

 merely a source of amusement to the proprietor: 

 whilst a mere boy or woman may attend the fire. 



