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larvffi, and other undeveloped sources of tree destruction. jSTow why 

 sliould not Scottish foresters determine a similar doom on the winter 

 representatives of the Pine Weevil and its allies, whose ravages are 

 commented on in another part of this issue ? The instrument, as 

 used in France on vines and fruit trees, is depicted in the hands 

 of the workmen in the accompanying woodcuts. It is made 

 entirely of metal and weighs little over 2 lbs. avoirdupois, cost in an 



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iron case being about £2, 9s. It burns about 3 pints of petroleum 

 spirit, costing the retail consumer say 4d. in a day, when the man 

 using it should destroy at least 2000 insect eggs besides other 

 noxious larvfe. 



As many of our readers may have seen country mansions lighted 

 up by a gas formed by a mixture of atmospheric air and petroleum 

 spirit, they will be already aware that wicks suchjas are requisite in 



