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trees a drenching with kerosene solution, OP 

 tobacco, with a pump, will be effectual. The 

 Lady Bird and its larvae destroy great numbers 

 of this louse, and it is a most useful ally. 



The May Beetle, or May Bug, sometimes called 

 dor-bug, is the well known dark brown or black 

 beetle, nearly an inch in length, which comes 

 thumping into lighted rooms in May and June. 

 It feeds during the night upon the leaves of the 

 cherry and plum, and when numerous does ex- 

 tensive injury. Its larvae are the white grubs 

 which burrow under grass plats, feeding upon the 

 roots, and are often very destructive to lawns 

 and strawberry beds. They remain in the ground 

 for several years before reaching maturity, when 

 the larvae attain nearly the size of a man's little 

 finger. Trees which have been eaten by the 

 beetle should be shaken early in the morning, 

 when the bugs are sluggish, and will fall and 

 may be killed. As they are attracted by light 

 small bonfires at night would destroy multitudes 

 of them. They may also be entrapped by lan- 

 terns placed over tubs of soap-suds. 



To some extent the tent and the fall caterpil- 

 lars, the canker-worm and the pear slug, injure 

 the foliage of the cherry. 



The rose beetle, which is described in connec- 

 tion with the grape, often does serious injury to 



