FACT NUMBER TWO. 



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■d, and that too, without the loss of the tree, or even an 

 jntire suspension of its fruit. 



A BRANCH OF THE DISEASED PLUM TREE. 



The cause of the premature decay of this tree, is an in- 

 sect, called the Plum Tree Louse ; for, : strange as the fact 

 may appear, trees have Lice as well as man and beast. This 

 insect makes its appearance about the time the tree begins 

 to bloom, and it then has the form of a small, green mite. 



