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" If in a patch of ground, where Cabbages are to be 

 planted, some Hemp seed be sown all round the edge, in 

 the spring, the strong smell which that plant gives in vapour, 

 will prevent the Butterfly from infesting the Cabbages. The 

 Russian peasantry, in those provinces where Hemp is culti- 

 vated, have their Cabbages within those fields, by which they 

 are free from Caterpillars/' 



April 17, 1821. At the Meeting this day, a Letter from 

 Charles Holford, Esq. at Hampstead, to the Secretary, 

 was read, as follows: « As garden walls are much injured 

 by the use of nails and shreds, I have substituted a mode of 

 fastening the trees which fully answers the purpose, without 

 any of the disadvantages attending the usual practice. I affix 

 copper wires from the top to the bottom of the wall, in a 

 perpendicular direction, secured at each end by a small iron 

 hook, two iron stair-staples are also driven in over the wires, 

 at equal distances, to keep them nearly close to the wall. 

 The wires may be placed at six to eight inches distance from 

 each other. The branches and shoots are fastened by means 

 of thin twine, which is first tied to the wire with a single 

 knot, and then round the shoot more or less tight, according 

 as it may be required to check or encourage the circulation 

 of the sap ; with a very little practice this may be done with 

 great expedition. The wire which I have used is of the sub- 

 stance measuring about twenty yards to the pound weight, 

 and as it does not oxydate by exposure to the atmosphere, 

 will not require painting, and will last for years. The expense 

 is about one penny per yard. I have not found the Peaches 

 and Nectaannes to be at all retarded by this mode of training. 



