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dressing you make use of. Then remove a layer of earth and turf from 

 round the bole of the "tree, and make an "auto-da-fe " of it and the debris 

 you have collected. The " Lisette," belonging to the genus Phyllobius, 

 which destroys the buds in the spring, should be collected early in the 

 morning, or during rain or watering, and crushed. 



The Agrilus, a beetle which has no English name, and the caterpillars 

 of the Goat Moth (Cossus lignipertla), should be sought for at the end of 

 their burrows. Any greasy matter spread and renewed on the trunk will 

 prevent the female insects from depositing their eggs on the bark or in 

 the sapwood, and will stick to and hold any of the winter moths 

 (Che i mat So6 ia brumata)i either male or female, that crawl over it. 



Luminous traps, well managed, are capable of causing great havoc 

 among winged insects, hardly to be noticed from their minute size and 

 night-flying habits. Moths belonging to the family Pyralidce and flies 

 belonging to the genus Cecidomijia, which attack Apples, are among 

 the number. Alas that all fruits cannot be tied up in bags ! 



As regards the day-moving insects, our charming assistants, the smaU 

 birds, take upon themselves to free us from them, or at least to make 

 great havoc among them, and to capture them both in the egg state and 

 during their various changes. 



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