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APPENDIX. 
FiozLl these remarks, it will be perceived how important it is 
in all exhausted soils to supply the necessary food to varieties 
that have “ run out” from the want of it, and how unwise we 
believe it to be to reject such incomparable fruits as the New- 
town pippin, and the Doyenne pear, because in certain local 
districts , from causes easily explained, they have become feeble 
and diseased. 
Note. — To 'prevent mice or rabbits from girdling trees . — 
Sreat injury is done to young orchards in some districts by the 
neadow mouse. This little animal always works under cover , 
and therefore does its mischief in winter when the snow lies 
deeply upon the ground. A common and effectual mode of 
deterring it is that of treading down the snow firmly about the 
stem directly after every fall of snow. But this is a very trouble 
some affair. 
The following mixture will be found to be an effectual pre- 
vention. Take one spadeful of hot slaked lime, one do. of clean 
cows-dung, half do. of soot, one handful of flowers of sulphur, 
mix the whole together with the addition of sufficient water to 
bring it to the consistency of thick paint. At the approach of 
winter paint the trunks of the trees sufficiently high to be be- 
yond the reach of these vermin. Experience has proved that it 
does no injury to the tree. A dry day should be chosen for its 
application. 
English nurserymen are in the habit of protecting nurseries 
of small trees from the attacks of rabbits , simply by distributing 
through the squares of the nursery coarse matches made by 
dipping bunches of rags, or bits of tow, in melted sulphur, and 
fastening these in split stakes a couple of feet high. The latter 
are stuck into the ground, among the trees, at from 12 to 
20 feet apart, and are said completely to answer the purpose. 
Note. — Wash for the trunks and branches of fruit trees . — • 
The best wash for the stems and branches of fruit trees is made 
by dissolving two pounds of potash in two gallons of water. 
This is applied with a brush at any season, but, perhaps, with 
most effect in the spring. One, or, at most, two applications 
will rid the stem of trees of the bark louse, and render it smooth 
and glossy. It is far more efficacious than whitewash, as a 
preservative against the attacks of insects, while it promotes the 
growth of the tree, ind adds to the natural lively colour of the 
bark. 
The wash of soft soap is also a very good one for many pur- 
poses. Though not equal for general purposes to the potash 
wash, it is better for old trunks with thick and rigid baik, as a 
portion of it remains upon the surface of the bark for some 
time, and with the action of every rain is dissolved, and thus 
