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their liaving to undergo tlie process of 

 grafting as before described. This is 

 a fact of Mliich any one is at liberty 

 to convince himself, if he pleases, by 

 ocular demonstration. The foregoing 

 remarks will a})ply generally to all trees 

 usually planted in orchards, and it is 

 not my intention to enter farther into the 

 subject, as trees in gardens have, under 

 proper management (which is unfortu- 

 nately not always the case) all the ad- 

 vantages which it has been my wish to 

 give to those in orchards. I shall close 

 these hints with giving descriptions of a 

 few of our most noxious insects, and par- 

 ticularly such as are injurious to fruit and 

 other trees in this country. 



Of injuries arising to fruit-trees from 

 insects of various kinds, w-e have many 

 examples, and we are far, \'ery far from 

 having a perfect knowledge of their 

 nature. However, we know that some 

 species of them appear only in certain 

 seasons when the weather is very favours- 

 able for their hatching and existence. 

 As we are so much at a loss in these 

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