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were very mucli infested with them ; but by care- 

 fully picking and destroying tliem, and all the au- 

 relia that could be come at, very few are now to be 

 seen. During the Winter and Spring, every chry- 

 salis that can be found under the copings of walls, 

 on gates, palings, &c. should be destroyed. Many 

 may also be found about the doors and windows of 

 houses, under the eaves, and in many other places. 



The best method of preventing trees from being 

 infested is, to scrape the stems with a piece of 

 bone or wood made in the form of a knife, taking- 

 care not to bruise the bark ; and afterwards to 

 wash the tree and wall with an equal quantity of 

 soap-suds and urine mixed. 



As soon as the leaves are off the trees in Au- 

 tumn, they should be raked and swept up ; then 

 carried to the Melon-ground and mixed up with 

 other leaves and dung for hot-beds : by this means 

 you will get rid of a great number of eggs of in- 

 sects that are deposited on the underside of the 

 leaves. Then wash all the stems of the trees, 

 and all the ends of the buds, taking care not 

 to hurt the buds : in doing this, what falls will 

 destroy the slugs that take shelter on the off- 

 set of the wall and in the borders, before they are 

 dug for planting lettuce, endive, &c. This wash- 

 ing should be repeated about the beginning of Fe- 

 bruary, which will destroy any eggs of different 

 insects that may still remain about the trees. A 

 painter's brush may be used for laying the mixture 



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