THE FKUIT GARDEN. [APRIL* 



and preys very much about the points of the young 

 shoots, which, in vain, endeavour to make head 

 against this daring little enemy. He is, however, 

 more easily routed than many others of these tribes ; 

 and may not only be put to flight, but may com- 

 pletely be destroyed by a fumigation with tobacco; 

 which operation should be performed, on wall-trees 1 , 

 in the following manner ; 



Suspend a wax or oil cloth over the tree, or over 

 the part affected, and nail its edges as closely to the 

 wall as can be done without injury to the tree ; then 

 fumigate with the bellows till the cloth be quite 

 full of strong smoke, or even longer, to fifteen or 

 twenty minutes; choosing a still morning or evening, 

 and previously damping the tree and wall with the 

 garden-engine, if there have not very recently been 

 a shower. It is material that the wall and tree be 

 damp, as, in that case, the smoke will hover longer 

 about them, than it otherwise would. By the time 

 the smoke has entirely disappeared, the msects will 

 either be dead, or very sick, and, upon removing the 

 cloth, will be found lying on the ground in multi- 

 tudes. The tree should now be heartily washed 

 with the force-pump, first right, then left, in order 

 to bring down any that may be lodging among the 

 branches or leaves. Then dig over the ground at 

 bottom, thus burying the dead, and destroying the 

 stunned. 



If there be not the ccnveniency of wax, or oil- 

 cloth, as above hinted, a canvas? a large sheet, or 

 mats-, may be used ; only observe to fumigate longer, 

 and to choose a still day. 



