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" Orchards ; " 1 there is some excellent advice in it, parti- 

 cularly about sawing beneath the limb, trimming smooth, 

 and not planting deep. But I think that as the piece of 

 cloth to be tied round the tree is to " act as a trap," a little 

 addition is needed (see my " Insects Injurious to Orchard 

 and Bush Fruit/' pp. 12, 13), viz., that the trap should be 

 examined and the caterpillars cleared out every few days, 

 or say every fortnight. If this be not done the sacking is 

 very likely to make a nice little house for them. Please 

 excuse my giving my views thus vigorously, and uncalled 

 for. Yours very truly, 



ELEANOR A. ORMEROD. 



1 Issued by the Agricultural Education Committee. 



