OF FRUIT AND FOREST TREE& 



the middle of May. The gardener then gave them a fevere 

 cutting in, and, as he went on, conftantly drefling them with 

 your Compofition, carefully eradicating all the canker. I can 

 now fafely fay, that they are as free from canker as any trees 

 I ever faw, and full of fruit-bearing wood, many of them 

 brought into excellent form, and all of them, except fome 

 few which died in the Summer, promifing to make very ufe- 

 ful and profitable trees ; fo that if I had occafion to new ftock 

 my walls, I ihould as willingly purchafe another fuch lot as 

 buy regular trained trees from a nurfery. Provided the roots 

 are good, I am convinced from experience, that the older the 

 tree the more profitable it will be, as in the cafe of the trees 

 above defcribed; all the young {hoots are covered with 

 blofibm buds in great profufion. 



The following is the lift of the trees, and the afpecls of the 

 walls on which they are planted. 



1 9 Peach and Nectarine trees on a new wall by the hot- 



houfe, Eaft afpecl. 



1 6 do do. . , • . . . on another, Eaft afpecl. 



19 do do i on the fame afpecl, 



5 do. .... do . on a South afpecl. 



2 do. . . . . do on another South wall. 



4 do. . . . . . on another South wall. 



65 in all. 



Thefe are exclufive of many trees that were on the walls 

 before, and which have been much benefited by being dreffed 

 with your Compofition. I am fo fully aware of the excel- 

 lence of the Compofition, that I do not permit the gardener 

 to prune any plants without immediately ufing it. If you 



think 



