Royal Gardens, Kensington, $Iay n, 1791. 



Directions for making a Compofition for curing DiJ cafes, Defects, 

 and Injuries, in all Kinds of Fruit and For eft Trees, and the 

 Method of preparing the Trees and laying on the Compofition, 

 by William Forsyth. 



Take one bufhel of frelh cow dang, half a bufhel of lime 

 rubbifh of old buildings (that from the cielings of rooms is 

 preferable), half a bufhel of wood afhes, and a hxteenth part 

 of a bufhel of pit or river fand : the three laft articles are to 

 be fifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well 

 together with a fpade, and afterwards with a wooden beater, 

 until the fluff is very fmooth, like fine plafter ufed for the 

 cielings of rooms. 



The Compofition being thus made, care muft be taken to 

 prepare the tree properly for its application, by cutting away 

 all the dead, decayed, and injured part, till you come to the 

 frefh, found wood, leaving the furface of the wood very 

 fmooth, and rounding off the edges of the bark with a draw- 

 knife, or other inftrument, perfectly fmooth, which muft be 

 particularly attended to ; then lay on the plafter about one 

 eighth of an inch thick, all over the part where the wood or 

 bark has been fo cut away, nnifhing off the edges as thin as 

 pofTible : then take a quantity of dry powder of wood-afhes 

 mixed with a fixth part of the fame quantity of the allies of 



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