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sands of those bushes, to be completely divested 
of their foliag'e, when, or before the fruit attains 
to half its size, which exposes it and the branches 
to the weather, so as greatly to retard a proper 
flowing of the sap, and naturally to render the fruit 
almost useless. The tree also is so much injured, 
that, after being once stripped of its verdure, the 
best efforts of the exhausted trees will not produce 
its former splendour for that season ; and should 
the same tree, or even one not before attacked, 
be thus deprived of its leaves by the latter brood, 
no fruit must be expected the following season, 
and even the season succeeding that the tree will 
exliibit much weakness. Trees much infested two 
seasons together, although they may survive, will 
remain in a state of dormancy for several years 
after ; the new shoots will be weak, and the fruit 
small and few. 
This formidable animal has caused innumer- 
able means to be tried for the preservation 
of this useful Bush from its destructive ravages, 
and yet no satisfactory discovery has appeared 
to the public ; and I may say a discovery for its 
eradication has caused me more anxiety than any 
other remedy. 
For their Destruction. — The following 
are the best means which I have been able to hit 
upon, and which I trust will prove essentially bene- 
ficial for what they are designed. The trees should 
be carefully and frequently looked over, and if 
the Caterpillar is likely to prevail predominantly. 
