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Ofi the Cultivation of the Lech. 
which he doubts, and the statement ‘‘that the animal does not retire to 
the earth,” are, at least in my estimation, moot points, and worthy of 
further investigation. Certainly, on transplanting young apple trees in 
spring, I have observed the roots of a few of them infested with this 
destructive insect. 
It is remarked in the work above quoted, that these insects “give a 
preference to certain sorts, but not always to the most rich fruits; as cyder 
apples, and wildings, are greatly infested by them, and from some un¬ 
known cause, other varieties seem to be exempted from their depreda¬ 
tions. The Wheeler’s Russet, and Crofton Pippin,” says the author, 
“I have never observed to be injured by them.” 
I remain, Gentlemen, 
Your obedient Servant, 
Newport, Isle of Wight, A Practical Gardener. 
Jan. 30, 1832, 
Article V.— On the Cultivation of the Leek, By One 
OF THE Unpolished. 
Gentlemen, 
I AM happy to congratulate you on the success of your widely 
circulated, and justly esteemed periodical, and .should you consider my 
trivial communication, on the Culture of the Leek, worthy of a small 
space in your Magazine, I shall feel happy in its insertion, convinced 
from the seeming neglect paid to this vegetable, that a few hints on my 
successful mode of its treatment, may at least not be lost on some of 
your readers. 
Sow the seed the latter end of February, or the beginning of March, 
on a warm open border to the south. When the plants have attained 
the height of about six or eight inches, take them up carefully with a 
trowel, or other suitable instrument. Having cut or cropped a portion 
of their straggling roots and tops, make a puddle, which may be done 
by taking some of the drainings of a dunghill, and stirring it up with 
some of the soil of the quarter where the Leeks are about to be planted, 
until it has the consistence of mortar ; draw the roots throuiih ttie pud¬ 
dle, and having the ground previously prepared by digging in plenty of 
well-rotted dung, {this is an esvsential requisite to the Leek,) draw out 
drills with the garden hoe to the line, 3 inches deep, and 15 inches 
between the rows. Having drawn the drills, make holes with the dibble 
to the depth of 3 inches, and 6 or 8 inches apart in the drill: put in 
the plants at the same time as proceeding with the dibble, leaving the 
holes open. 
