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Should it so happen that in spite of the above precau- 

 tions the female has succeeded in depositing her eggs, and 

 the larva3 working in the wood, the best plan is to examine 

 the trees carefully, and this is best accomplished by 

 "running" a lens (a woolclasser's lens will do) over the 

 tree, and when the affected limb is found cut it off and 

 burn it at once. Do not deposit such on the wood-heap, 

 as the larvae will hatch out all the same, and the perfect 

 insects will again be ready to carry on their depredations. 

 The resin compound comes in handy in such cases as 

 these, as by spraying with this material, the preparation 

 of which is given in former numbers of the book, a "skin" 

 is formed by which the holes are temporarily filled up, 

 and this resin mixture is much disliked by insects 

 generally. Too much care cannot be exercised in 

 watching pests, especially of this kind, as once the eggs 

 are deposited the difficulty of successfully dealing with 

 them becomes more pronounced. Unfortunately for the 

 grower, the attacks of such insects as these are most 

 insidious, so it frequently happens that the mischief is 

 partly done before the real cause of same is detected, 

 constant vigilance being the price of success. 



