CHERRY WORMS 



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it may be that they Hve and die merely worms. I have 

 oft^n shut up some of this kind for a long time without 

 ?oS Ind certain ones kept alive from July to November. 

 Other worms, not dissimilar, but larger red and hairy 

 found in red beets and leeks, also maintain life when 

 nlsed in vessels for a long time, nor are they ever 



changed into animals having wings. It s tl^r^fore n 

 easy to determine whether the worms of the filbert are 

 ge/erated by direct procreation of the tree, or whe the 

 they have come in from outside; in view of the fact that 

 * other plants engender, themselves the worms >twou^d 

 seem probable that the filbert should do likewise, on the 



