INSECTS DAMAGING ORANGE TREE. 127 



Cut away all diseased wood. Let the cutting be so 

 heavy that the tree will start strong shoots. Watch 

 these young shoots carefully, when the sun is 

 warm, for the bug resembling the squash-bug. 

 Kill all that make their appearance. If the extrem- 

 ities of the shoots have been stung, pinch them back. 

 They cannot be saved if the wood is very tender. 

 If blisters appear in the harder wood, puncture them 

 with a knife. It will relieve the wood, which will 

 readily heal, and the branch will soon recover its 

 vigor. 



The writer has allowed some trees to go almost 

 to the last extremity, and brought them out by fol- 

 lowing the above plan. 



