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how to prevent their migration ; for when their supplies are ex- 

 hausted, like sensible animals, they take up their line of march to 

 other quarters. 



Dr. Petxicollas said that his orchard had been kept clean by 

 shooting charges of powder into the nests when forming the web, 

 while some in the neighborhood, by neglect, have had their orchards 

 stripped of fruit and foliage. 



Mr. Taylor said he had successfully resorted to the process of 

 applying blazing paper to the nests in the web. 



Mr. Buchanan did not approve of the process mentioned by 

 Mr. Tatlor, inasmuch as the degree of heat requisite to insure the 

 destruction of the insect — which is the only effectual cure — would 

 be likely to injure the tree. And his process was, to go, early in the 

 season, carefully through his orchard and destroy the eggs of the 

 nests wherever found. And he had found that, though exceedingly 

 numerous among orchards this season, the labor of his man for not 

 more than two entire days, had effectually secured his orchard from 

 their ravages by this course. 



Mr. MoTTiER remarked, that on his farm he had about five thous- 

 and fruit-trees exposed to their depredations, and his plan of pro- 

 tection was simply to have his little boy, not more than twelve years 

 old, not so heavy as to damage the branches by his weight, go into 

 the trees whenever the nests are discoverable, and with his hand 

 scrape eggs and all clean from the limb, and place all within a little 

 sack, taken under his arm for that purpose ; and having this secured 

 them, would cast sack and all into the fire, or into boiling water, in 

 order to insure the destruction of the insect. This primative but 

 effectual method of warfare, he said, had perfectly protected his 

 large orchards from the ravages of this horticultural pest. Mr. 

 Mottier's process seemed to meet with the general approval of the 

 members. 



FRUIT EXHIBITED. 



Mr. Me\rs, of the Fruit Committee, reported : Strawberries, by 

 J. & M. Culberson, Kentucky, a seedling from seed of Hudson & 

 Washington ; sexual character, pistillate ; fruit of large size, fine 

 color and early maturity, being within one or two days as early 

 as the Washington. By A. L. Keeder, " McAvoy's Superior;" 

 specimens very fine ; and on recommendation of the Committee, 

 premiums of S2 each were ordered for the two kinds exhibited. 



Giant Asparagus, by Mr. Mottier, eight dozen, of growth so de- 



