tors to use it to its fullest extent," 

 to this I readily assent, but at the 

 same time I must observe, there 

 are but few who may not avail them- 

 selves of its benefit to a certain de- 

 gree, and I am certain that those who 

 may make the experiment will allow 

 the following fact, 'Hliat no 7nore 

 fruit trees should be suffered to groxv 

 on any farm than can be allowed the 

 proper management necessary to pro^ 

 mote the ends for which they are in- 

 tended.^^ 



The want of the advantage of a 

 knowledge of entomology among the 

 growers of fruit, has left us almost 

 destitute of any acquaintance with 

 those insects which are found most 

 noxious to trees in general. But as 

 this branch of natural history is ad- 

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