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with water that has been impregnated with fulphur; or, perhaps, 
the Hepar Sulphuris, or liver of fulphur, which is fulphur com- 
bined with an alkaline fait to make it foluble in water, would be 
more effectual : a little of this folution laid over the infide of a box 
or calk, with a hog’s-briftle brufh, would raife fuch a penetrating 
flench in warm weather, when confined, as to deftroy all kind of in- 
lefts. Or the calks and boxes might have brimftone burnt in them 
before the feeds are put in them: but the fuccefs muft depend on 
experiment. There is great probability, that the vegetative powers 
of the feeds will not be hurt by the fumes of the fulphur, if 
we may reafon from the ufe of it in deftroying the infefts in the 
pine-apple, and rather promoting than hurting their vegetation t- 
Befides 
“ they fhould be often fprinkled with water made a little warm only, by Handing in the 
“ Hove. But when the plants are in bloom, ’care muft be taken not to wet the bloffom, 
“ which would prevent the fruit fvvelling near fo large as it would if they had been kept dry 
“ at that time. 
“ In February or March, before the plants blow, the tan-bed Ihould be turned over, and a 
“ little more new tan added to it, and all the plants that have Ihewed for fruit fhould be put 
“ into larger pots; but not to put any plants that you defign to have fruit into larger pots, 
“ till they fhewfor fruit, nor fhould any of their roots be cut off; but take off all the earth, 
“ from the furface down to the roots, of thofe you put into larger pots. The fooner you 
“ fhift your Hove plants in the fpring into frefh earth and larger pots the better, as it will be 
“ a means, not only of fetting them a-growing early, but keeping them from fruiting. It is 
“ a practice among our nurfery-men, to force the young plants in hot-beds ofhorfe dung 
“ with a moift ftrong heat, which pufhes them forwarder than tan-beds during their growing 
“ Hate, which is from March till the end of September. 
“ Left the tan in the fruiting Hove fhould cool fuddenly, either through negleft or want 
“ of judgement, it would not be improper to have a flue run zig-zag under the bottom of the 
“ tan-pit, the top of which fhould be level with the bottom of the tan-pit, but not to be made 
“ ufe of on any account, unlefs when the heat fuddenly leaves the tan. 
“ If the plants are troubled with infefts, take a pound of flower of brimftone and put it into 
“ ten gallons of water, and water the plants well all over with it. This will deftroy the in- 
“ lefts, and promote vegetation.” — — It mull be remembered, that the water muft be of the 
fame degree of warmth with the air in the (love. 
-f- Various kinds of pulfe and grain, which I have lately received from different parts of the 
Eaft-Indies, have been eaten hollow, and molt of them deftroyed, by a kind of very fmall 
beetle, or infeft of the weevil kind. 
It 
