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Public Meetings 

 were held on each evening of the exhibition except the last. That 

 of Wednesday evening was conducted by the Pomological Society, 

 but the attendance was meagre. An able and interesting address 

 was delivered by Hon. Geo. T. Davis of Portland, — abounding in 

 anecdotes and illustrations, and to which no report can do justice, 

 hence none is attempted. Remarks of a practical character were 

 made by Joseph Taylor of Belgrade, and Hon. G. W. Woodmai 

 of Portland, also by the President and Secretary, the latter giving 

 a brief account of the session of the American Pomological Society 

 at Chicago. 



The annual meeting of the Society for the transaction of busi 

 ness, was held on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 23d, and was well 

 attended. Officers were elected for the ensuing year, (as else- 

 where named), and the affairs and prospects of the Society fully 

 discussed. Other business was postponed to the Winter Meeting. 



On Tuesday evening an address was delivered before the asso- 

 ciated societies, of special interest to horticulturists, and which is 

 herewith presented in full. 



Destructive Insects — their Habits and the Means of Preventing 

 THEIR Depredations. 



A Lecture delivered before the several State societies at the 

 joint exhibition in Portland, September 21, 1875, 



BY PHOF. C. H. FERNALD, OF THE STATE AGRICULTnUAL COLLEGE, ORONO. 



Mr. President: — It has occurred to me that I could best occupy 

 your time for awhile this evening, by describing the life history of 

 seme of our more common and destructive insects, and giving 

 what at the present time, seem to be the best methods of destroy- 

 ing, or holding them in check. Among the most common of our 

 injurious insects is the apple-tree or tent-caterpillar, ( Glisiocampa 

 Americana, Harris). The eggs of the moth are laid in July or 

 August, in oval rings around the smaller twigs. These rings or 

 bands contain about three hundred eggs, which are covered with 

 a thick coating of glutinous matter, which probably serves as a 

 protection against the cold weather. The eggs remain in this 

 condition all winter, and hatch out in the spring about the time 

 the buds of the tree begin to burst and the leaves to grow. They 

 usually hatch in wet or moist weather, as the moisture softens the 

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