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the flavour of the surface of the bark unpalatable for the 

 female to rest upon for the purpose of depositing her eggs. 

 After pruning, paint the stumps with a solution of tar 

 and grease. Remove all loose bark, and daub, with a 

 common whitewash or similar kind of brush, any of the 

 solutions into the crevices or crutches of the tree ; and to 

 prevent the larvae from descending from one tree and 

 ascending another, a good plan would be to paint the 

 lower portion of the stem with a mixture of kerosene, 

 lime, tar, and grease. 



When the presence of this borer is suspected, first clear 

 away the sawdust-like matter before mentioned, the 

 removal of which will indicate the direction taken by the 

 grub, but as the holes are usually made in a horizontal 

 position, the ordinary method of spraying should be some- 

 what departed from. If the spraying pump and nozzle be 

 used, project, with as much force as can be commanded, 

 the liquid into the hole, being guided by the direction taken 

 by the grub. 



In gardens where there are but a few trees, small pieces 

 of stick dipped in a mixture of tar and carbolic acid 

 (three parts of the former to one of the latter) could be 

 driven into the holes, which will, in most cases, cause the 

 grub to at once shrivel up and die. In large places this 

 method would be, perhaps, too tedious, still the services of 

 children might be utilized with advantage for this purpose, 

 as the little sticks could be prepared by night around the 

 family fire; and any active boy could go over a large 

 number of trees in a very few days. The little sticks, as 

 also the solution, could be carried in an old tin billy in 

 front of the operator. 



As the grubs of this Moth, if not destroyed, remain a 

 long time in the trees (how long has not, I believe, been 

 well ascertained), it will be all the more necessary to 

 tackle them at once, as prevention is, after all, said to be 

 better than the cure. 



The use of a lamp, such an one as is figured in this 

 book, might be also tried with advantage in capturing 



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