knowledge and with as much first hand study as the students 

 can find the time for. It has been said that one of the needs 

 of our schools and colleges is thin text books; and if I have 

 succeeded in nothing else, I have at least succeeded in mak- 

 ing this one brief. 



While the discussions refer to Georgia, the conditions are 

 about the same in some of the surrounding States; and the 

 discussions will apply to them. 



Acknowledgement is made to the State College of Agri- 

 culture for the use of several photographs, and to the Board 

 of Entomology for the revision of the notes on insects. 



