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bonfires in a fruit-garden, at night. Thousands 

 of winged insects, from a sort of instinctive 

 fondness for the light, fly into these fires and 

 perish at once. 



Wide-mouthed bottles, filled with molasses 

 and water, and suspended among the trees, 

 will speedily become full of insects. 



The animal tenants of our grounds the 

 toad, and the bat, will also lend us their valu- 

 able assistance, if we are kind to them. The 

 sparrow, also, the robin , and some other birds, 

 render such important services in the exter- 

 mination of various kinds of vermin, that the 

 fruit-gardener ought always to cultivate 

 their friendship, notwithstanding their dispo- 

 sition to test the quality of his finest cherries 

 and other smaller fruits in their season, 

 laughingly warbling their criticisms in his 

 face, at the same time. 



Nearly all diseases in fruitrtrees are occa- 

 sioned, or greatly aggravated by insects. We 

 shall treat of these more particularly in the 

 following pages, under the head of each class 

 of fruits. 



Fruit Stealing. Other "varmints," larger 

 although more despisable than insects, some- 

 times sneak into your fruit-grounds, to 



