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The eggs are deposited in cylinders, or 

 rings, about half an inch wide, presenting the 

 appearance of a small quantity of brown wax 

 encircling the twig. When taken off with 

 the fingers, they separate easily and leave the 

 twig entirely clean. 



If this work has been neglected, other means 

 must be resorted to for destroying this insect. 

 A caterpillar-brush affixed to a pole, is the 

 best of these. Go among your trees, early in 

 the morning or in a wet day, when the vermin 

 are all in their nests, and you can easily wipe 

 them off with your brush, before they shall 

 have done any injury. 



2. The Canker-worm. Whole orchards 

 in New England have been destroyed by the 

 ravages of this insect. Happily it does not 

 make its visits every year, but only after long 

 intervening periods, making its appearance 

 gradually from year to year until in the third 

 or fourth summer, the orchard will appear as 

 if it had been burnt over with fire. 



Whenever the ground is not frozen, from 

 the first of November till the middle of May, 

 the female of the canker-worm crawls up the 

 trees to lay her eggs. The most effectual way 

 to prevent her ascent that we are acquainted 

 with, is to tar the trees. 



