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observation it may be noted, that on ele-^ 

 vated situations, where the soil is sandy, 

 or otherwise light, the damage has not 

 been nearly so considerable as where the 

 circumstances were the reverse. It seems 

 that, in some parts of the country the 

 insect is still but little known; 



Of this evil, from its first appearance, I 

 have been by no means either an idle, or 

 an unconcerned spectator; and yet have 

 NOW the mortification to confess, I have 

 discovered nothing respecting it, which 

 can be called useful. It does not appear 

 that the insect feeds upon the plants, but 

 yet where they live, there they must 

 feed, in some way or other. They 

 seem either to suck the juices, or ob- 

 struct the atmospheriGal influence, or 

 both. 



Amidst an extraordinary degree of anx- 

 iety, for the future destiny of this, my 

 favourite tree^ I feel some consolation in 



