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cloth ; the iUustrations — 440 in number — are thoroughly well done by 

 competent artists and engravers. The fruits under which the various 

 insects are grouped are twenty in number, viz., the apple, pear, plum, 

 peach, apricot and nectarine, cherry, quince, grape, raspberry, blackberry, 

 strawberry, red and white currant, black currant, gooseberry, melon, cran- 

 berry, orange, olive, and fig. As an example of the completeness of the 

 work, we may mention that no less than sixty-four different species of 

 insects are treated of as injurious to the apple alone, besides a number of 

 beneficial parasites, and that these are made clear to the ordinary reader 

 by one hundred and forty-five wood cuts. 



We trust that the work will soon find its way into the hands of every 

 intelligent fruit-grower, and that fresh editions of it may continue to be 

 called for during many years to come. C. J. S. Bethune. 



Insects Injurious to Fruits ; by ^^^ Saunders. Philadelphia : Lippin- 

 cott, 1883, 8vo. Illustrated with 440 wood cuts, pp. 436. Dedicated to 

 the Fruit-Growers of America. 



No one will deny that this book supplies a long felt want, and supplies 

 it well. The author's long and well-known experience as a fruit-grower 

 and entomologist, gives just the qualifications necessary for such work. 

 He knows exactly what fruit-growers want, and in which way and manner 

 the needed information should be given to be useful and at the same time 

 pleasing. Therefore the plan of this book is simple and to the point ; the 

 treatment of the enemies plain and sufficient, without tedious length ; the 

 remedies recommended backed by experience, and such as can be used by 

 every one. All this seems very simple and easy, just as if everybody 

 could do it. Often, I suppose, will it be said, Why was this book not 

 published long ago ? — It is so eminently practical ! But it is much easier 

 to give long detailed descriptions than short ones, specially adapted to 

 certain purposes. It is much easier to enumerate a number of proposed 

 remedies than to select just the right one. After all, we should not forget 

 that during late years the busy and prominent students of economic ento- 

 mology have advanced this department of the science in a manner never 

 equalled before this time. 



The plan of the book is as follows : Twenty different fruits — all eatable 

 without preparation (except quince and olive) — are treated in so many 

 chapters. The insects injurious to them are arranged as attacking root, 

 trunk, branches, leaves, fruit, always followed by the enemies of those 



