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s) 





6 



'^". and 



I 



■^la, vef. 



"•p. 46; 

 vake the 



: liable to 



lame oc- 

 ;h e latter 



nce-tree, 



■; as the 



ls, when 

 tree were 



immer 



of 



a catet' 



» 







ither be- 

 )\ver clof- 



to 



tally ^e- 



tree 



above 



g5 



as 



I leav 



esto 



) 



bbe 



in 



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Sect. XIV. 3. 3. 



OF PLANTS 



359 



which in this country has its full: crop 



f leaves aimed perpetually 



deftroyed by caterpillars. But though the leaves are reftored after th 

 depredation of this infe^, yet there follows an,irremediahle nijury t 



the fr 



See Sea. IX. 2.6 



As the eggs of butterflies are in the autumn wifely depofited 



fituations, where the you 



find proper food, when they are 



hatched by the warmth of the fpring; thofe 



on goofeberry 



are frequently depofited on 



pple 

 the 



1 



well as 



ther parts of the 



d as thefe leaves fall 



d the e-as are thus covered and proteaed from the frofts 



and 



as 

 the 

 and 



°he you'ng caterpillars are believed to climb.the trees in fearch of thei 



food 



If this be true, it would be 



advantageous praaice to rake 



o 



ether the leaves in orchards, and to burn them ; which fome have 



done from 



idea, that the fmoke thus produced 



w a s 



•■• 



the eggs of infeas depofited on, the branches. - 



Some gardeners for this purpofe rear their- goofeberry trees on one 

 ftem only; and believe, that by tying a fringe round this flem the 

 infeas,, which are hatched in the foil, if fuch there be, can not climb 

 ^ip the tree thus furrounded with a fringe ; and as thofe caterpillar?, 

 which are already on the tree, let themfelves down by a thread, when 

 the tree is ihaken, from the fear of being hurt by the vibrat 



this thread be then broken, by moving a flick round under the tree, 

 efe infeas cannot reafcend. A paper recently tarred on the outfide 

 picrht be wrapped round the fie m of the tree inflead of the frmge 

 with perhaps more certain fuccefs :, but the tar fhould not l^e fmeared 



1 



the bark of-th 



ft.it fhould injure or deflroy 



It may be obferved in the choice of apple-trees„that thofe kinds 

 which flower early, are lefs li^ible- tO:the depredation of infea 

 thofe, which flower late, are lefs liable: to the iniuries of frofl. In ap 

 pie-trees perhaps the former is-in fome/ituation the greater evil, b 



d 



pears I fhould fufpea th 



the blofToms of whi?h are fo of 



ten totally. 5i#i'oyed by one night's fro/1: 



Th 



