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After my trial with the tar bands, without success, I visited the extensive nur- 
series of Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, at Rochester, N. Y., where I witnessed their 
Plum trees heavily laden with fruit. Mr. Barry informed me they could only suc- 
ceed in checking the ravages of the Curculio, and secure a sure crop of fruit, by 
jarring the trees daily, sweeping up and destroying all the Curculio and punctured 
fruit that might fall upon the ground. 
The following season I adopted the same plan, the result was in securing a full 
crop of Plums. From two of my trees twenty-five bushels of ripe Plums were gath- 
ered, and all the others were equally full. I have since continued the same course 
yearly, with success, and believe it to be the only satisfactory remedy yet discover- 
ed ; all others prove of little or no effect. 
The proper time to commence jarring the trees is so soon as the blossoms have 
fallen and the fruit set, or there is evidence of the Curculio being at work by the 
crescent shape mark being visible upon the fruit ; the plan is to spread sheets 
beneath the trees as far as the branches extend, take a slat about two feet long and 
four inches wide, wind round one end a few thicknesses of carpet or coarse cloth, 
so as to avoid injuring the bark, hold this against the body of the tree or a stump 
from which a limb has been cut, and strike it sharply with a heavy wooden mallet 
two or three times, which will cause the Curculio to drop upon the sheet, when it 
may be discovered ; this requires to be done every morning for about two weeks, 
or until no Curculio's are to be found. Merely shaking the tree with the hand will 
not answer, it requires a quick sudden jar with the mallet to cause it to drop. 
There are many things relative to the habits of this insect I have necessarily 
excluded, as I fear I have already trespassed upon your valuable time. 
Kingston, C. W., April, 1861. 
LIST OP PLANTS OBSERVED GROWING PRINCIPALLY WITHIN FOUR 
MILES OF PRESCOTT, C. W., AND FOR THE MOST PART IN 1860. 
By B. Billings, Jk., F. B. S. C. 
Read 2Sth March, 1861. 
The particular localities of rare plants and those not found within the limits in- 
dicated, are given below, but this was considered unnecessary with those represent- 
ed as common. The list contains nearly all the species to be found here, from 
Ranunculaceae to Lycopodiaceoe inclusive, but to enumerate the species of the re- 
maining families, both time and attention will be required. 
