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" Orchards ; " * 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. 



