or sand, as will cover them up to the rim ; or it 
will be proper to have apartments, flagged in such 
a manner that the superfluous wet will run ofl‘ 
at the time of raining or watering, and use the 
saw-dust, sand, or tanner’s bark, free from Worms, 
for plunging the pots in. 
Lowdon, in his Encyclopaedia of Gai'dening, 
page 437, says, “ The Earth-Worm is most eflect- 
ually kept under by watering with lime water. 
Salt, vinegar, allura, or other acrid waters, will 
have the same effect, but are injurious to vegeta- 
tion, and besides less economical. The lime water, 
as Forsyth directs, is to be prepared by pouring 
water on quick lime, and letting it stand till it 
settles clear. The grounds infested with W'orms 
should have their coats scraped off, then the water 
should be applied from the rose of a watering 
pot. In the evening, and early in the morn- 
ing, or on approaching' rain, are the best seasons.” 
A gentleman, residing in London, did me the 
favour to send me a similar Recipe to the above, 
but more fully particularized, for which, he in- 
formed me, if I mistake not, before the great 
secret was divulged, the second-hand inventor, 
(I think I shall not be far wrong in using the 
term, as it appears the utility of lime water was 
first discovered by Forsyth) had the courage to ask, 
and I may add the good fortune to obtain, the 
sum of half-a-guinea, from a considerable number 
of subscribers. What extent of information they 
had in return 1 have Jio knowledge, but I suppose 
