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Recipe on this subject ; but rather that it tends to 
produce injury, trouble, and expense. I suppose 
that the lime laid under the tree is intended to 
destroy those Caterpillars shaken off the bushes by 
falling- among it, but I will take upon me to say, 
that not a single Caterpillar will be destroyed by 
the lime, for I have covered Caterpillars thickly 
over with quick lime, and still all have escaped: 
It appears also that the above practice is a super- 
fluity of labour ; if sifting of lime will send the 
remaining Caterpillars down, which could not be 
removed with the first performance, I should 
suppose it would have the same effect on sending 
the whole down as well as the few remaining ones, 
and thereby save the trouble of shaking the tree 
Again, if it requires lime-water and urine to destroy 
those that may still remain, I say, why not use it 
to destroy the great bulk ? and save the trouble 
of all the former operations, and at the same time 
preserve beauty to the Bush. 
The same may be said of Harrison’s prac- 
tice as of Forsyth’s, except that there is a greater 
probability of lives being destroyed by Forsyth’splan 
than Harrison’s, for at the period when he directs 
his method to be put in practice, there are neither 
eggs nor Caterpillars in existence. But allowing 
that those insects were in existence I would save 
my friends the trouble of using-, or in finding out 
a proportionable quantity of lime and water which 
Mr. H. has omitted detailing for their destruction, 
for it is of no use for the above purpose. Also 
