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inerous round holes, as before-mentioned, the tree 
must immediately be well watered with the Mix- 
ture. Repeat it at times when it is needful. 
This Recipe does not so immediately destroy 
as the former, but its properties ai-e an efficacious 
remedy, to prevent tliese voracious animals from 
feeding' ; and when it is applied when the Ca- 
terpillars are young, they will gradually pine 
away, before they will either attack the leaves 
thus watered or any other plant. Those which 
have attained to their full growth, or nearly so, 
I believe, after wandering about up and down 
the tree and on the ground for a day or two for 
food, will retire into the earth for their change, 
•before they would have done had they not been 
repulsed in tlieir natural course. It will be 
proper to repeat the watering in a few days, for 
should any leaves have escaped the Mixture, the 
repeated efforts of the Caterpillars to obtain food will 
not fail to discover and fix on such leaves. Heavy 
rains will wash the allum off, therefore it may be ne- 
cessary, on those occasions, to repeat the application. 
The following method may be advantageously 
adopted : — Take a piece of harding, or pack 
sheet, about two yai'ds square, slit it up from the 
edge to the centre of the sheet, two men or boys, 
one on each side of the row of berry bushes will 
then be i-equired to draw it round the trunk of 
the bush. One of the persons is provided with a 
strong forked stick, each thong about three or 
four inches long, to be wrapped round with 
