SUCKING INSECTS. 



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it was first observed in the West of England, in 

 1819, in the nursery gardens of Messrs Millar and 

 Sweet, near Bristol, introduced, as was supposed, 

 by some imported plant.* Salisbury, on the other 

 hand, says, ' I have from good authority heard that 

 it was brought to this country from France in the 

 reign of Louis XIV, when a colony of refugees 

 settled at Paddington, and there it was first ob- 

 served to begin its depredations on the apple-trees. 



Eriosoma mali. a, b, the insects magnified, o, an infected apple brunch. 

 * Journal of a Naturalist, p. 341 ; Note. 



