rj(* OHDKR ( DI.KorM.itA. 



NX. .• -. uki' ui'kiM iilhtT iiUMTt.t, ••c«-ui!t I" U- ijiiuli iimrc aliutuloiit ^-MUf )r.ii- •■! jt-rknls 

 il. I , :hi rit, iiihi uUi iiii>rr r<iruiui>ii in !>>iu>i- tiistrictM thun othfr<(. In illiutrution uf this 

 lui-:, I limy rrfiT l«> tin- i-xIsUmjci' «>f thin sihtIm In tin- m-ighUirhiKMl «>f Tn'> In 1825. 

 Tlilii u.io flptt miult' known to tlu' |>ul>!ir by tlic lnl«- Jixigi- lit ii., in one <>f tlir nimiUrs 

 of thf Alliiiny CHltlvator. lU- wiys tlint 'lie wan M-nt for l-y Mr. Hiahtt of Tn-y, t«> 

 witm'!k« tliu ilrvu.itation lumlc in n llm- yonni; iirchuni l>y a Knil> hithirlo nnknown to th« 

 liimicr* uf the vicinity, uinl whidi to know ami giuinl iif;Hin<it wa.* n grt-nt puMic inttrvst.' 

 It nii|wan» fn»in tho liltrr that tlu- onhanl wa.iinjun'l '■• il.. .m.mi ..i tu,, il ..nsnml 

 ilollnpi. arronling to tho Mtinmlo of Mr. Hkaett. 



Till" liir\n of thl« s|»fcii-!* |MMi<tratfS the yoiuiK tn-*- ju^t ;ii-.\i , • r it uj.iv i-. jum it-IoT, 

 the !«nrfnrc. In its progrfSH, it rut?< its way in a winding dinrtion n] wnnl ; an<! as it l» 

 thn-o yrars in coming to maturity, it rontinucs to mint- onward, ruts off the rirrulation ol 

 the »!{•, and deprives the tree of its necessary nutriment. One iMirrr is sutficient tu ^tc|> 

 the gMMth of a young u|>|detree ; and if s<-verul are mining at the same tiD:e, the tne is 

 luevitubly destruyed. All the workings l>eing near (he n->ot, the tree is after a while so 

 ]>vrfcc(ly riddk-d with hules tlutt it hu^ no strength tu stand. The circumstances that favor 

 these results, are, first, a {tour soil, containing hut little nutriment ; the second Is the growth 

 of spnnits ur suckers fn«iu the root, ami of grass, which |n>leets the base of the tree from 

 sunshine, antl conceals from the view of the ow ner the work w hieh is going on. Hence all 

 voung trei-s should Ik- ktpt I'ne from iIum- incuiiil>ranees at the re'ot : this is oue of the 

 preventives of a fatal result, and .should not Ix" mglecte<l. 



It is ucetlless to ilwell uiM»n the injurious etfeets of the applrtrte btrer. I would take the 

 liljcrly to caution the owners of orchards of fruit trees not to tru.st to uncertain mea>urf5, 

 as the surrounding of the n»ots and lui-se of the tn-e with Innbark or any other material 

 of the kind. A judicious use of the knife and a go< «1 stiff wire iire the only certain means 

 of getting rill of thes*' customers, when they have once got jioi-session of the premises. 



The i>erfect ins*Tt, according to Dr. Haukis, comes forllbin June : this, .-it any rale, Is 

 the month during which I have fximl them. They come out at night : in the dnj time they 

 arc cngaired in fi-i-ding uih.m the leave>i of the tree, or remain quietly at rest, very mrely 

 flying during the day. 



Tlmt carelessness antl inattention to young and old orchards is the great cau.«e of the 

 prevalence of this in.sect among us. Is true ; and so long as so many nt>glect the means for 

 ridding their trees of this jMSt, so long It will continue to hara.ss those who are on the 

 wntrh. and who intend ami wish to rnis*- giHnl fruit. A remeily, consisting of a solution of 

 ■r in chloroform, may Ik- tried, by inserting in the borings a j^hig of cotti'U wool 

 : in It : it is worthy of trial, and may sj»\e cutting away the s<'nntl W"<k1 of the tree. 

 «»r perhaj>s camphor alone, or ainnioiiia finned by rubliine t'cether «al amnioniar and an 

 alkali, either lime or ]M>tash, redunsl to ]M)\v<ler,and intr<<luce<l Into a burn-w where it is 

 daiigeroU5 to follow the larrn, may Ik- worth the experiment. 



