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tervals were green as grass; appearing as it

the weeds and grasses that had been suffered to grow up, had been struck off with a sithe:; yet, here, the vines were loaded with hops. In two or three instances, the qua- lity of the soil had evident influence: the richer deeper soils being, in each case, the worst. In a piece whose intervals were partially cropped with potatoes, the crop- ped part was perceptibly the best. In one instance, the outside row, to the east, was loaded with hops, while the rest of the piece, of several acres, was abortive. And in ano- ther, the entire piece was cut off, while tHe wild hops, in the hedges, flourished, on every side. And, lastly, the red bine hops es- caped, incomparably better, than the white bine variety.'

REMARK. What shall we infer from these as such they may be safely relied he whole mischief was done by the aphides, these incidents serve to show, that the aphis fly prefers a luxuriant, free-grow- ing plant; one whose foliage is of a soft deli= cate texture, to another whose leaves are q a harsher more rigid nature; whose surfaces nay be less penetrable, and whose Juices