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for the destruction of the aphis, is so tedious and 

 troublesome, that few attempt it. I have tried it, 

 and many other methods, but have found none so 

 effectual and easy as the above. 



Several other insects will begin to make their ap- 

 pearance, and to attack the foliage of wall-trees, 

 currants, and gooseberries ; such as the caterpillar, 

 grub, red spider, and others. 



The caterpillar is pretty generally known, and 

 more easily recognised, from its size, than the grub. 

 It is from half an inch to an inch or more in length, 

 and of a light, or a dark green, according to the co- 

 lour of the leaves on which it may be feeding. It 

 feeds generally on the back of the leaves. 



The grub here meant, and which is also of the 

 caterpillar kind, is more subtile and mischievous. 

 It is from a quarter to half an inch in length ; ac- 

 tive, small, and wiry, with a black head ; and is 

 generally of a darkish-green colour. It always rolls 

 itself up, amongst a sort of down, in the leaf it at- 

 tacks ; and seldom quits it till the tender part of the 

 leaf be quite eaten up. It preys most on apples, 

 apricots, cherries, andpears, and is a most galling an- 

 noyance wherever it comes ; devastating so fast, as 

 that I have often seen a beautiful tree, nay even all 

 the trees on a wall two hundred yards in length, com- 

 pletely eaten bare of foliage in ten or twelve days 

 from its first appearance. There is this misfortune 

 always attending it too, namely, that before one can 

 be aware of its coming, it has played half its mis- 

 chief ; far it is only in the rolled-up leaves we need 

 look for it, which are generally half destroyed, and 



