36 The Cultivation and Preparation of Coffee 



to cure any present and prevent any future 

 disease. 



The Although this unwelcome visitor to the 



Taiadrador" pj an tation causes a good deal of annoyance to 

 the planter, since its appearance is not detected 

 till after it causes the harm, this enemy may 

 not be perhaps considered so destructive as the 

 bug. 



The Borer breeds in decaying and rotten 

 timber. A plantation which has been 

 neglected is likely to be attacked by this 

 vermin, and the favourite part of the tree to be 

 attacked is the pith. It bores the bark until 

 it reaches the centre and tender part of the 

 tree ; usually it proceeds upwards, and even 

 downwards, until the tree dies. It is only by 

 careful examination that the presence of the 

 Borer is detected, and the tree should be cut 

 off at the place where the perforation is seen. 

 The grub will be found if the tree is split. 

 Cases have been known, when the tree has 

 been attacked for say two or three months, 

 where the Borer has even gone on eating away 

 the pith below the perforation. In this case 

 the stem should be sawn vertically until the 

 grub is found. A tree left in such condition 

 will doubtless recover after some time, but by 

 administrating some of the well-known 



