BORERS. "9 
is over it is dead. Before its final departure, however, 
it has made an ample record. The female has laid her 
eggs in the crevices of the bark, usually about the base of 
the apple tree or pear tree or the quince bush. If culti- 
vated fruit trees are not abundant, she has probably 
sought out their nearest relatives, the Mountain Ash, the 
June berry and the wild thorns. By early fall, perhaps 
as éarly as July, the eggs have hatched, and the young 
legless grubs have entered upon their work of destruc- 
tion. It sometimes happens that the tree does not show 
strong signs of debility for a couple of years or more. In 
the meantime, it may have been extensively channelled, 
and limbs an inch and less in diameter may have been 
tunnelled. Finally, the tree begins to die, or a strong 
wind breaks it down. When a tree is thus past recovery, 
it should be burned. Short pieces of limbs may be put 
into a box, covered with a wire screen, and if the larve 
are well matured, the striped beetles may be secuied. In 
the Eastern States this borer is abundant. It has been 
my observation that in Michigan and westward it is less 
common. 
PREVENTIVES. 
Attacks of borers can be prevented by a liberal use of 
the carbolic soap wash. The wash should be applied early 
in June and again near the last of the month, or early in 
July. All shreds of rough bark should be removed before 
the wash is applied. Especial care should be exercised to 
make a thorough application about the crown of the tree. 
A small mound of ashes or lime, placed about the base 
of the tree in spring, is an old preventive; but as the 
