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Perhaps they are identical with the apricot-bud caterpillars 

 (JDitula angustiorana) of Europe, the depredations of which 

 have been described by Mr. Westwood in the fourteenth 

 volume of the " Gardener's Magazine." Besides picking 

 off the curled and confined clusters of leaves, when practi- 

 cable, I would recommend thoroughly drenching the trees 

 with Mr. Haggerston's remedy, a pound of oil-soap in from 

 seven to ten gallons of water, in the hope that some of the 

 mixture might penetrate the injured buds and leaves, and 

 destroy the caterpillars concealed therein. A mixture of 

 one gallon of the liquor expressed by tobacconists from 

 tobacco, with five gallons of water, has been used to the 

 same intent. 



Roses are infested with several kinds of caterpillars 

 belonging to this tribe. Mr. Westwood has described one 

 of them, and mentions others that are found in Europe, 

 in the thirteenth volume of the " Gardener's Magazine." 

 Similar species are not uncommon in this country. Some 

 of these spoilers fasten upon the leaves, and roll them up, 

 or stick them together, to serve them for food and shelter ; 

 while others lurk unseen in the flower-buds, and canker 

 them to the heart, before they can spread their lovely 

 petals to the sun, and breathe out their fragrance to the 

 air. A particular description of each of these insects would 

 occupy too much space here ; and I can only add, that the 

 worm in the bud is to be destroyed only by hand. 



Pine and fir trees are also injured by some of the Tor- 

 trices^ that pierce the tender shoots and terminal buds. 

 The seat of their depredations becomes known by the 

 oozing of the resin and by the withering of the bud or 

 shoot. The latter commonly dies in consequence of the 

 injury, the upward growth is checked, and the stem only 

 puts forth side shoots the following year. Some one of 

 these side shoots, in time, takes the place of the leading 

 shoot, and thus gives to the trunk an irregular and crooked 

 appearance, and renders it unfit for timber. The history 



