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of the 4lbs. of roll tobacco, and 41bs. of flowers 
of sulphur.” 
Mr. Abercrombie, after speaking' of a 
species of the Coccus genus, which infests the 
branches of different kinds of fruit trees, goes on 
to say that “ a very destructive species of the Coccus 
tribe has lately done incredible damage to the apple 
tree in the nurseries and gardens in the neigh- 
bourhood of London ; and those insects make 
their nests generally where branches have been cut 
off,” and so on ; he then adds, “ their first appear- 
ance is like a white down,” and finther describes 
them, in such a manner, that I conclude that he means 
the Aphis Lanegera, and not the Coccus, as he 
calls it. “ The method to destroy them is as fol- 
lows : rub the places where the nests are, with an 
old brush, such as painters use, till they are quite 
clean off,” afterwards apply the mine and suds in 
the same manner as Forsyth. I believe the whole 
description to be a quotation from Forsyth, with- 
out the least credit or reference to the real 
author. 
Solutions of lime and water are recommended 
by various people, unfortunately without giving a 
proportionate quantity of each, which seems to be 
a great oversight in authors, not only on this sub- 
ject, but of many other recipes we meet with. If 
the lime does destroy tlie insect, (which to do, it 
will require as much laying on as ■w'ill bury them 
alive) it will give the trees an unsightly appear- 
ance in summer time. 
