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.Vhhousih wiiioly distribute thnniiihout iho liiiiod >tntos, it 

 apivni"^ not to l\;oo sittjiinod j\i\y importaiioo ivonoinionlly luuil its 

 nnn-fivdinsT habit on oi';\nlHMrv was n\;\vlo known. Myrtle, \viKi 

 iri^^H\ j\t\d basswvHHi woiv its nu>st fiXM^nontly n\ot\tionotl hostvS, bnt 

 to tht'^o shonUl t\o\v bo jivUUvl tl\o nnits. t\>li;\iiv. auvl fruit of crsin- 

 Ivrry. and tho r^n^ts and I'oliaiiv of swainp bhioborry. 



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Tho fiHHHn«r of tho Kvth\^ oti tho foliasiv and fruit of tho oranborry || 

 is of minor v\>nsoquonvv. althoujrh it ihvs atroi\l an opinutunity 1 1 



of oiM\tix>l by spntyinsr with an arsj^nioal. On tho othor hand, th 

 worms, or srruW. whioh live in tho soil Ivnoath tho vinos, devour 

 tho tine i\x>ts and eat tho bark of the larjiv rtx>ts and runners, pa 

 tioularly where the latter o^nno in oontaot with the jrrmnul. (Fig. 

 34,) This ins<vt s feoviinir habits differ fmm tlu>iv of the jiinilej 

 in that it dix^s its work Wneath tho surfaoe of the jxnnmd, whereas 

 the girvllor feovis ab*>ve tho surfatx\ ctMuvaUxi in tho layer of tr;»sh 

 which cm ors tho runners. 



