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and a half incbee in the rear of the wheel ; a second cross beam is framed Into the han- 

 dles, and eighteen to twenty-four Inches farther back a third. The two last named 

 cross beams have framed to their under sides, a fourth piece centrally, between the ban- 

 dies, and pointing in the du >f the wheel. To the handles and to the three last 

 named pieces the arm or ribs, to Bupporl th< , are to be fastened. To the front 

 pari of the beam, connecting the bandies in front of the wheel, the ram is attached; this 

 Bhonld be covered with Leather Btuffed with furniture moss, a dozen or more thickne 

 • •I old bat or leather, or other substance, being careful to nse no more than necessary to 

 proteel the tree from brnising. Ascertain the elevation the handles should have in 

 driving and Bupporl i hem in thai position. We now put in place the Btretchers <>r arms, 

 Bis for each side, which are to receive and support the canvass. We put the front arms 

 in position. These extend back to near the center <>r the wheel, on each ride and in 

 front of tti" wheel, (for large machines) say Bis feet, and are far enough apart to reci 

 the largest tree between them, on which it is intended to operate. The remaining anna 

 are supported on the handles, and fastened to them and to the two cross and parallel 

 pieces in the rear of the wheel. These are so placed as to divide the space al their outer 

 ends equally between them and the first mentioned Btretchers, and fastened to the ends 

 of the bandies. Next we ha\e ready a strip of half inch bi ard, two and a half wide. 

 One end of this is secured to the forward end of one of the front arms, and in like man- 

 ner to all the others on < side of the machine, and fastened to the bandies. Both sides 



are made alike. The office of these strips is to hold the outside ends of the arms in 

 position; they also hold the front arms from closing. These outside Btrips also receive 

 the outside edge of the canvass, which is fastened to them, as wed as the several arm 

 Bupports. 



It will be Been that the wheel is nearly in the center ,,f the machine. To cover the 

 aing, al this point, a frame is raised ovi r it, which is also covered with canvass. The 

 arms or Btretcb rs, are so curved that the motion of the machine, in moving from one 

 tr< e to another, should bring everything falling on the canvass to depressed points, 

 on each side of the wheel, where openings are made into runnels emptying Into pockets 

 or bags, for the reception of insects and fallen fruit. The whole machine should qoI ex- 

 ceed ten or eleven feet in breadth by twelve or thirteen in length. These are' for Is 

 orchard trees; smaller ones could be protected with a much smaller machine. If the 

 framework has been properly balanced, the machine will require but little lifting, and 

 Will he nearly propelled by its own weight. 



This curculio catcher, or machine, is run against the tree, three or four times, with 



sufficient force to impart a decided jarring motion to all its parts. Tl peratorthen 



backs far enough to bring the machine to the center of the space between the rows, 

 turn- round and in like manner butts the tree in the opposite row. In this way, a man 

 may operate on three hundred trees per hour. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE OH ORNAMENTAL PLANTING. 



One of the subjects that commends Itself to the practical horticulturist, who finds 



it m ssary to make the beautiful subserve the _ I, U the arranger; his 



orchardsand other fruit plantations so a- to at once please the eye, and at the same 



■ admit of facility of cultivation and the proper product! f fruits. 



o this topic I beg have to submit a few extracts from a letti r of Mr. Saunders, 

 of the Experimental Gardens at Washington. " I have (ong endeavored," he says, 



