CONTENTS. 



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2. Injuries to our living vegetable property — continued. 



Peas, Beans, Carrots, &c. - - - 157 



Flower Garden - - - - 159 



Stove and Greenhouse - - - l6l 



To Orchard and Fruitery - - l6l — 173 



Raspberries - - - - l62 



Gooseberries and Currants - - - l62 



Cherries - - - - - l63 



Plums ----- l64 

 Pears - - - - - 164 



Apples ----- l65 

 Peaches and Nectarines - - - 167 



OUves - - - - - 168 



Chestnuts and Dates - - - I69 



Pomegranates and Oranges - - - I69 



Grapes ----- 170 

 Fruit trees generally - - - 172 



To Plantations and Groves - - 173 



By Beetles - - - - 173 



Caterpillars - - - - 174 



Aphides (honey-dew) - - - 1 76 



Insects attacking the interior of trees - 177 



Insects attacking their bark and alburnum - 180 



LETTER VII. 

 Indirect Injuries — continued 

 The ravages of Locusts 



LETTER Vin. 



Indirect Injuries — concluded - - 195 — 211 



3. Injuries to our dead property, whether animal or vegetable 



195—211 



To our Food - - - - ip5 



Drugs - - - - 199 



Clothes - - - - 199 



Houses and furniture - - - 201 



Timber - - - - 201 



Books, Pictures, &c. _ _ _ ^04 



Dead Stock generally - - _ 205 



LETTER IX. 



Indirect Benefits derived from Insects - 212 252 



By maintaining a due balance between vegetable and animal 



productions - - - - 213 



removing nuisances and deformities - - - 215 



destroying noxious Insects - - - 221 



serving as food for other animals - - _ 237 



promoting the fertilisation of plants - - 249 



185—194 

 185 — 194 



