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ground as soon as the sun rises. Dr. Deane observe! tl .•>„ a little circle of 
lime or rockweed round the plant, will preserve it, and recommends dig¬ 
ging for the worm near the place which show's the marks of its ravages, 
and destroying it. Scalding the hills with boiling water, and then inclosing 
them with boards, barks, or shingles, would be an effectual, but troublesome 
mode, ol guarding against worms. The Economical Journal of France gives 
the following method, wffiich it states is infallible, to guard not only against 
caterpillars, but all othe/ insects wffiich infest cabbages or other vegetables :— 
Sow with hemp all the borders of the ground where the cabbage is planted ; 
and, although the neighborhood be infested with caterpillars, the place in¬ 
closed w Y ith hemp w T ill be perfectly free, and not one of the vermin will 
approach it. Watering the plants with w'ater which had been poured boil¬ 
ing hot on elder leaves, or walnut leaves, and suffered to stand till cool, has 
been recommended. The following mixture is also said to be a preservative 
against all kinds of insects :—Take a pound and three quarters of soap, the 
same quantity of flowers of sulphur, tw r o pounds of puff balls, and fifteen 
gallons of water. When the whole has been well mixed, by the aid of a 
gentle heat, sprinkle the insects with the liquor, and it will instantly kill 
them. To get rid of the aphides or cabbage lice, Watering the plants with 
soap-suds,«or a solution of salt in water, (not too strong, lest it kill the 
plants,) is said to be efficient. 
Preserving cabbages.—Mr. M ; Mahon recommends the following method 
for preserving cabbages for winter and spring use :—“ Immediately previous 
to the setting in of hard frost, take up your cabbages and Savoys, observing 
to do it in a dry day ; turn their tops downward, and let them remain so for 
a few hours, to drain off any water that may be lodged betw’een their 
leaves; then make choice of a ridge of dry earth, in a well-sheltered, warm 
exposure, and plant them down to their heads therein, close to one another, 
having previously taken off some of their loose, hanging leaves. Imme¬ 
diately erect over them a low, temporary shed, of any kind that will keep 
them perfectly free from w r et, which is to be open at both ends, to admit a 
current of air in mild, dry weather. These ends are to be closed with 
straw" when the weather is very severe. In this situation your cabbages 
w 7 ill keep in a high state of preservation till spring; for, being kept per¬ 
fectly free from wet, as well as from the action of the sun, the frost will 
have little or no effect upon them. In such a place the heads may be cut 
off as wanted, and if frozen, soak them in spring, w r ell, or pump water, fo; 
a few hours previous to their being cooked, which will dissolve the frost, 
and extract any disagreeable taste occasioned thereby.” 
The principal gardener in the Shaker establishment, in New Lebanon, 
Columbia county, N.Y., directs not to pull up cabbages in autumn, “ till 
there is danger of their freezing too fast in the ground to be got up. If there 
happens an ear^y snow\ it will not injure them. When they are removed 
