on the lime for twenty-four hours, and
be then drawn off by a cock placed in the cask, ten or twelve inches
from the bottom, when the soda is to be put to it, being careful not to
exceed the above proportion, as, from its acridity, it would otherwise
be liable to destroy the foliage. Two or three times watering with this
liquor, by means of a garden engine, will destroy and remove the vermin.
The application of clay-paint, too, has been found of great utility in
destroying the different insects, such as the coccus, thrips, and fly,
which infest peach, nectarine, and other fine fruit trees, on walls, and
in hot-houses. This paint is prepared by taking a quantity of the most
tenacious brown clay, and diffusing it in as much soft water as will
bring it to the consistence of a thick cream or paint, passing it
through a fine sieve or hair-searce, so as that it may be rendered
perfectly smooth, unctuous, and free from gritty particles. As soon as
the trees are pruned and nailed in, they are all to be carefully gone
over with a painter's brush dipped in the above paint, especially the
stems and large branches, as well as the young shoots, which leaves a
coat or layer, that, when it becomes dry, forms a hard crust over the
whole tree, which, by closely enveloping the insects, completely
destroys them, without doing any injury to either the bark or buds. And
by covering the trees with mats or canvas in wet seasons, it may be
preserved on them as long as necessary. Where one dressing is not
effectual, it may be repeated; and the second coating will mostly be
sufficient. Where peach and nectarine trees are managed with this paint,
they are very rarely either hide-bound or attacked by insects. This sort
of paint is also useful in removing the mildew, with which these kinds
of trees are often affected; as well as, with the use of the
dew-syringe, in promoting the equal breaking of the eyes of vines,
trained on the rafters of pine stoves. Watering the peach tree borders
with the urine of cattle, in the beginning of winter, and again in the
early spring, has likewise been thought beneficial in destroying the
insects which produce the above disease. Careful and proper cleaning and
washing these trees, walls, and other places in contact with them, has,
too, been found of great utility in preventing insects from accumulating
on them.

TRIFLE. To make an excellent trifle, lay macaroons and ratifia drops
over the bottom of a dish, and po