Penjylvania, Philadelphia. ijy 



was very peculiar that every pea iri the 

 paper was eaten without exception. 



When the inhabitants of Penfyhania 

 fow peafe procured from abroad, they are 

 iiot commonly attacked by thefe infedts 

 for the firfi: year -, but in the next they take 

 pofleffion of the pea. It is greatly to be 

 wifhed that none of the fhips which annu- 

 ally depart from New Tbrk or Penjylvania, 

 may bring them into the 'European coun- 

 tries. From hence the power of a lingle 

 defpicable infect will plainly appear; as 

 alfo, that the ftudy of the oeconomy and of 

 the qualities of infedls, is not to be looked 

 upon as a merepaftime and ufelefs employ - 

 ment.* 



The Phus radicans is a fhrub or tree 

 which grows abundantly in this country, 

 and has in common with the ivy, called He- 

 dera arborea, the quality of not growing 

 without the fupport either of a tree, a 

 wall, or a hedge, I have feen it climb- 

 ing to the very top of high trees in the 

 M woods. 



this bird has been profcrlbed by the legiflature of Penjyl'va- 

 nia, Nenu Jer/ey, and Newo England as a maize-thief, they 

 feel however the imprudence of extirpating this bird ; for a 

 quantity of worms which formerly were eaten by thefe birds' 

 deftroy their meadows at prefent. F. 



* If the peafe were fteeped before they are fown, in a lie 

 of lime water and fome diltolved arfenic, the pupa or aurelia 

 6f the infeft would be killed. F. 



