CH- 9-] PINES, 



SECTION XII. 



On tie Ihfsfts that infejl the Pine ; and low to deftroy 

 them. 



THESE are, the brown and white fcaly 

 infed, of the coccus tribe; to which 

 may be added the ant. But, as I could 

 never difcover that thefe laft do any harm 

 to the plant, and as they are feldom feen 

 if the former be not prefent; I am rather 

 inclined to think, that their prefence is in 

 confequence of that of the coccus, on 

 which they feem to feed. The brown fcale 

 does no other injury to the plant than 

 dirtying it, and therefore is of little im- 

 portance. But the white fcale, or bug, 

 is of the moft mifchievous nature to the 

 plants ; and where it abounds, little good 

 may be expected of them. 



For my own part, I have been fo far 

 happy in this refped, that I have never 

 had it in my power to try experiments for 

 their deftrudion, but once ; and as I was 

 completely fuccefsful, I fliall candidly lay 

 my method before the reader. 



When 



