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placed round the base of the stem. (3) The Winter 

 moth, the caterpillars of which devour the blos- 

 soms and leaves and ruin the crops and trees. It 

 is the most destructive of pests. The wingless 

 female moths crawl up the stems in September 

 for depositing eggs. The smeared bands should 

 therefore be applied in good time, though they 

 are not always effectual. After the leaves fall the 

 petroleum mixture recommended for the woolly 

 Aphis may be syringed all over the trees, or the 

 great American remedy, Paris Green, a form of 

 Arsenic, to which Brunswick Green sold in this 

 country is similar. This may be used at the 

 strength of an ounce to six gallons of water in 

 winter, and at half the strength just when the blos- 

 soms are expanding. Hellebore powder beaten 

 into paste with hot water, then mixed at the rate 

 of an ounce to a gallon of cold water, is safe and 

 good for the purpose, killing all the caterpillars it 

 reaches and not injuring the blossom or trees. The 

 larvae of the Lackey moth and other caterpillars 

 attack the trees, but the same remedies are applic- 

 able. 



Fowls are of great service in fruit gardens in 

 devouring insects, except at a time when they might 

 also partake somewhat too freely of the smaller 

 kinds of fruits. In plantations of Apples they 

 can do nothing but good. 



