128 GARDENING FoR ALL. 
WINTER MOTH.—(Cheimatobia brumata). 
The caterpillar of the winter moth is very destructive to 
the leaves and flowers of apple and plum trees as well as to 
other kinds. 
The female moths, being furnished with rudimentary 
wings only, cannot fly, and therefore have to creep up the 
stems of the trees in order to deposit their egys near the buds 
upon the shoots. The period of egg laying may begin at the 
end of September and proceed to the end of December. 
The eggs are hatched as the spring comes round, and the 
baby caterpillars at once commence to feed upon the young 
unfolding leaves. They go on feeding until full grown, when 
they descend to the ground and take refuge there under clods, 
stones, and among grass roots, or burrow into the soil and 
form earthen coccoons. 
Each female lays 200 to 300 eggs, and the chief thing to 
do is to prevent those eggs being laid. This can be accom- 
plished by placing grease bands around the trees, employing, 
in all cases, something to prevent the grease coming in direct 
contact with the bark. Grease-proof paper is the material 
generally used. These bands are first fastened round each 
tree, then the grease is smeared nearly all over the paper. I 
have seen the bands quite covered with male and female 
moths; and later insects use the dead bodies of their comrades 
as bridges to carry them safely across the otherwise fatal 
ground. 
Care must be taken that there are no crevices left 
between the greased paper and the tree; and when the 
greased paper is covered with moths, or the grease has 
become too hard to hold the moths, more fresh grease must 
be applied. 
In addition to catching the moths in this way, means 
ought to be taken to destroy any caterpillars that may be 
hatched in the trees notwithstanding the grease-bands. " For 
this purpose the trees ought to be syringed or sprayed, before 
the buds expand, with the extract of ten pounds of Quassia 
chips, to which may be added seven pounds of carbolic soap 
and five ounces of Paris green, the whole to be mixed with 100 
gallons of water. Sprayings afterwards, at intervals of three 
