The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . gardenssuffer most from their inroads in wet seasons. AboutAugust and September the eggs hatch, and the yotmg snails distribute themselves over their favourite plants,which attbrd them good shelter, and they become aboutthe size of Peas in two or three weeks ; this is anotherseasonable time for pursuing them again, as this youngfry hybernates, and comes forth a voracious and con-suming host in spring. Salt and urine are destructive to snails; but it is diffi-cult to apply either to them with much , soot, and wood ashes are excel
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . gardenssuffer most from their inroads in wet seasons. AboutAugust and September the eggs hatch, and the yotmg snails distribute themselves over their favourite plants,which attbrd them good shelter, and they become aboutthe size of Peas in two or three weeks ; this is anotherseasonable time for pursuing them again, as this youngfry hybernates, and comes forth a voracious and con-suming host in spring. Salt and urine are destructive to snails; but it is diffi-cult to apply either to them with much , soot, and wood ashes are excellent checks ; butthe first loses its efficacy as soon as it becomes wet, andeven the dews of the evening will frequently exhaust itscaustic properties. I have not found Cabbage-leavesan invariable decoy for the old snails, although I haveseen five or six upon one leaf in some evenings afterdark ; young ones, however, are very fond of them,especially when wet and withering, and at this timethere are large numbers upon the Cabbage-tribe.— Home Correspondence. Pine-apples at Thornfield.—In reading the severalremarks in the Chronicle this season on the subject ofPine growing, I perceive that those who cultivate thisfruit by the common system, have still to contend witha host of uncertainties. The old school has never beenshort of teachers ; we have ever been learning, but havenever been able, as Mr. Barnes has lately stated, to dis-cover any definite or certain rule whereby to steer withany degree of certainty. Now I fully coincide with thisopinion. Nothing can be more opposed to good sensethan the common method of treating the the expence entailed on the proprietor,the labours, sweats, and anxious care on the part of thegardener in producing fine plants, after all neitherhealthy roots nor healthy leaves can effectually pleadthe preservation of the parent plant after the fruit iscut. Although a plant has been two or tjhree years instoring up
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