CHAPTER XIII. 



INSECTS IXJTEIOITS TO THE VINE. 



T TTE cannot, of course, expect to give a complete list 

 of insects which prey upon the vine, to a greater 

 or less degree, in the different parts of the country. It 

 will be enough if those which are liable in any case to 

 become seriously destructive are enumerated. In making 

 up the list, great relinnce has been placed upon Prof. 

 Harris's most able and interesting treatise upon insects, 

 which, though limited to New England in its researches, 

 will probably be found to embrace all insects that are to 

 any extent troublesome in other parts of the country. 

 Long as the list is, and seriously troublesome as some of 

 them are, yet they have not hitherto been as much so as 

 the diseases mentioned in the preceding chapter. Some 



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