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The Canadian Hortiailtiirist. 



have been using for the last ten or 

 fifteen years, and cannot conceive 

 how anything more suitable to the 

 work could possibly be devised. W'e 



Fig. 67. — The Levkr Press. 



copy from the Country Gentleman a 

 figure and description of this apple- 

 packer, believing that there are man}' 

 readers of this journal who would be 

 pleased to have one made for their 

 own use, if they only could learn 

 how it is constructed : — 



The cross-piece (7 is of hard wood, 22 inches 

 long and i^ inches square, under which is 

 attached a 2 inch block 6 inches wide, 15 

 inches long. The vertical pieces h h are of 

 rod iron 20 inches long, \ inch in diameter, 

 and pass through each end of cross-piece a, 

 with nuts on the upper and lower sides. The 

 rods c c act as clamps, are 15 inches long, 



loosely riveted to each end of lever d : d is of 

 band iron i inch wide, J inch thick. It is 

 semicircular in shape, and acts as a lever 

 with fulcrum at each ends of rods b b, where 

 it is loosely riveted 2^ inches from either end. 

 The operator places the block on head to be 

 put in position, raises the lever, and fastens 

 the clamps to chime of barrel, then by pres- 



FiG. 68. — The Apple Packer. 



sure of foot on lever, the head is brought 

 down, and both hands are left free to com- 

 plete the operation. The above can be made 

 by any good blacksmith for $1.50. 



THE CECROPIA MOTH (PLATYSAMIA CECROPIA). 



WE are just in receipt of a ing, with an inquir}- what it was. 

 packet by mail (Aug. 23rd) We give in fig. 6g an engraving 

 containing an immense green cater- showing it life size, so that any of 



Fig. 6q.— The L.\rva of the Cecropia Moth. 



pillar, together with some plum our readers may easily identify it. 

 leaves upon which it had been feed- It is the larva of the Cecropia moth, 



