Bui. 787, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE III. 



Fig. I.— a Dense Growth of Root Suckers from a Few Old Trees that 

 Were Removed, on Miners Hill near Falls Church, Va. 



This illustrates the type of growth that will not be attacked. In the background to the right of the 

 road are many trees contaiidng 5 to 20 borers each. It illustrates the pruned portion of example 1 

 (see p. 3). 



Fig. 2.— Large Matured Locusts at Vienna, Va., Showing What Can Be 

 Grown in a Locality Where the Borers Are Very Abundant. 



These trees show no evidence of borer injury. 

 PROTECTION FROM THE LOCUST BORER. 



