OF THE ANANAS,, 



bruflied off before they come to maturity^ 

 the outer rind of the leaves is eaten through* 

 and the place becomes quite white and dry; 

 That they fall off when come to fuch an 

 age is certain ; for many of thofe white 

 fpots may be feen on infected plants that 

 have not been cleaned* 



WHAT makes me fo very particular m 

 this is, that many people imagine the white 

 fpeck to be an infect of itfelf, and the white 

 creeping vermin to' be different ; but it is 

 no more than the parent of the other 

 that does all the mifchief, and therefore 

 muft be deftroyed. As a proof that a 

 white fpeck is the fpawn, there is often to 

 be feen on infected plants a fmall white 

 fcale on the very end of a leaf, and not 

 another near it. No infect can breed with- 

 out feed, and there muft be fomething to. 

 form that white fpeck. They are very 

 fmall at firft appearance, arid grow gra- 

 dually to a certain fize. 



THE white creeping vermiji may with 



