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Fruit Tree Beetle. 



got into the bark no amount of syringing would affect them. 

 In the case of gardens with two or three trees only, these 

 might be syringed, or daubed over, with a very thick wash 

 of an offensive nature, such as paraffin emulsion, before the 

 leaves and buds showed, so as to prevent egg-laying where 

 an attack is feared. When there is decided infestation in 

 the case of a few trees in a garden, it would pay to examine 

 every branch carefully, and cut away and burn all those 

 which have the typical holes. 



