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tine, and one ounce of flower of sulphur mixed together, and a gallon 
of boiling water poured upon them, the whole being worked well toge¬ 
ther to cause the ingredients to incorporate, should be applied in the 
same manner as the preceding, being gently stirred during the time 
of using, to prevent the sulphur from subsiding. This has also the 
same effect as Mr. Harrison’s plan. I have tried the effects of lime 
and water, and sulphur water, and soft soap and water applied with 
force against the trees when the disease appeared, and continued till 
they were entirely clean, which happened in a few days. Water 
alone, if applied by a powerful engine, and early in the afternoon, is 
an effective remedy, but it must be regularly applied until the disease 
be eradicated. Water also invigorates the tree, acting as a watering 
to its roots; yet if applied too early in the afternoon, it causes the 
leaves to assume a brownish appearance, but otherwise it does the 
trees no injury. 
Some of these experiments are attended with a deal of labour and 
expense, where wall trees are extensively cultivated, while others are 
so simple that I have no doubt they will be ridiculed by many. 
H owever, I will venture to assert, from actual practice, the latter are 
both simple and efficacious. The result of them will perhaps be 
questioned by almost every individual; yet I believe that few, if any, 
will be more surprised at the issue than I have been, after a fair trial. 
ARTICLE IV. 
ON THE CULTURE OF SWEET AND BITTER HERBS. 
( Continued from page 390. J 
Rosemary. —Rosemarinus officinalis is an evergreen shrub, a na¬ 
tive of the South of Europe, and was cultivated here in 1548. ft 
yields, by distillation, a light pale essential oil, of great fragrance, 
and which is imparted to rectified spirit. It is the herb used in the 
manufactory of Hungary water. It grows wild in great abundance 
in Italy, Spain, Provence and Languedoe. In the latter place, it 
grew so abundantly about the sixteenth century, that the inhabitants 
used scarcely any other thing for fuel, and the perfume is said to 
have been perceptible at sea, at the distance of nearly twenty miles, 
ft was formerly woven into coronets, and wore at weddings as emble¬ 
matical of fidelity. It was much used at funerals as a token of re¬ 
membrance. Rosemary tea is drank for head-ache, and is used by 
persons of weak nerves. It was of great esteem among the Roman 
Physicians. In this country, the sprigs were formerly stuck into 
