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tree, which by a longer continuance it would certainly 

 have done. To guai'd against the worm there was now 

 laid round the tree about a pint of coarse sand, so as to 

 cover the roots and the tenderest part of the bark.^ 

 The same care to preserve the leaves was continued 

 through the fall, and in the spring about the last of 

 March, the tree was cut off about five inches above the 

 inoculation ; and about a quart of the same coarse sand 

 was put round the root of the tree, in the same mannen 

 The shoot from the bud was treated through the next 

 season, precisely as the original stock was treated the 

 first season, with the same care to preserve the leaf at 

 the base of each side shoot, taking off the side shoots, 

 from time to time as they shot out, until the tree rose 

 to about four feet high; and then the next four side 

 shoots were left to grow to their full length ; the centre 

 shoot being cut off in September, and adding in the 

 month of August, a small quantity of sand round the 

 root. In the following spring a further guard against 

 the fly became necessary, and for this purpose an earth- 

 en cylinder open at both ends, and about five inches 

 wide and five inches high, was procured. In March 

 this cylinder was passed over the top of the tree, and 

 rested on the ground, and then filled with coarse sand, 

 so as to cover the tender part of the bark near the 

 ground ; and the stock cut off close to the inoculation, 



^ The fly that produces the worm, lays its frst eggs early 

 in April, and the fly appears from those eggs early in August. 

 The worm produced irom this second set of eggs, continues 

 in the tree until the April following, and then renews the 

 attack. 



