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to specify they are found in great numbers. The 
marks which they produce on the foliage from 
their bites are more in patches, and scollopped 
deeper than those produced by the Spider. They 
are very formidable enemies to this tree, when 
they prevail numerously. They commence feeding 
upon the edges of the young leaves as soon as 
they put forth in the spring, which causes them 
to shrink up ; and they also prey upon the bloom 
before it expands, as well as afterwards. They 
feed in the intei'ior or fructification part, which 
weakens it veiy materially, and causes the blos- 
som-bud to fall off before it is formed into fruit. 
They also continue to feed upon the leaves after 
they are at their full size, which cause them to 
present a very sickly appearance. These animals 
may be said to share with the Spider, as before- 
mentioned, in producing those general misrepre- 
sentations, of the trees having been blasted by 
the cold winds, or, should a thunder-storm have 
visited the neighbourhood, it is not uncommon to 
attribute the disease to the electrical fluid, or to 
use the geneial phrase, to its having been struck 
by the lightning. 
For their Destruction. —Precisely the 
same steps may be taken for the destruction of 
these animals as for the destruction of the Red 
Spider, upon the same ti’ee. 
As the Thrip, in both the hu’vae and perfect 
state, will sometimes, in their hunting for food, 
meet w'ith the Peach and Nectarine, when in a 
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