12U PAllASITE PLAxNTS. 



would be offensive to tliem. Fumigating the orchard 

 willi heaps of burning haulm, or straw sprinkled 

 with sulphur, in the autumn, is said to taint the trees, 

 and drive away the parent insects from nestling 

 thereon. So effectual is this expedient deemed in 

 Normandy, that it is never omitted by the orchardists 

 there. 



Parasite Plants. — Such plants as live upon others 

 are called parasites. Of those affecting r.pple trees, 

 are the rust, mildew, misletoe, lichen, moss, &c. 

 The three last are got rid of by any cutting or scrap- 

 ing tool. Sometimes to prevent moss or lichens 

 fixing themselves on trees, they are smeared with a 

 wash of hot lime and water ; and which is no doubt 

 servicable, as well for the purpose for which it is 

 applied, as for preventing insects depositing their 

 eggs on the bark. Rust and mildew are both fun- 

 guses, which are easily killed by strong soap-suds, 

 repeatedly ap])lied to the parts affected, or by sprin- 

 kling them when wet with flour of brimstone alone, 

 or mixed with soap-suds. These remedies must be 

 applied in the garden when necessary ; but it is 

 seldom they can be conveniently employed in the 

 orchard. The author has found soot, or rather the 

 effluvia of it, to be very offensive to many insects, by 

 only strewing it on the ground under the trees. 



Gathering and Preserving Fruit. 



That there is a proper as well as an improper time 

 of the day for gathering summer fruit of all kinds, is 

 not perhaps so generally known as it should be ; and 



