218 OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES, &c. 



poured on it, so as to cover the surface ; otherwise the atmos- 

 phere v/ill greatly hurt the efficacy of the application. 



Where lime rubbish of old buildings cannot be easily got, 

 take pounded chalk, or common lime, after having been slaked 

 a month at least, 



As the growth of the tree will gradually aifect the plaster, 

 by raising up its edges next the bark, care should be taken, 

 where that happens, to rub it over with the finger when occa- 

 sion may require (which is best done when moistened by rain), 

 that the plaster may be kept whole, to prevent the air and wet 

 from penetrating into the v/ound. 



WILLIAM FORSYTH. 



William Forsyth, of Kensington, in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, gardener, maketh oath, and saith, that the 

 foregoing is a true account of the method of making 

 and using the composition discovered by him for cur- 

 ing diseases, defects, and injuries, in fruit and forest- 

 trees : and which composition was applied by him to 

 the trees in his Majesty's gardens at Kensington, 

 shewn to the noblemen and gentlemen to whom it 

 was referred to examine the efficacy of the said com- 

 position. 



WILLIAM FORSYTH. 



Sworn at the Land Revenue Office in Scotland Yard, 

 the eleventh day of May, 1791, before us, 



CHARLES MIDDLETON, 

 JOHN CALL, 

 JOHN FORDTCE. 



