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mouth of September, scarcely contained a single 
perfect leaf, but the whole assumed the appear- 
ance as though they had been scalded with hot 
water. I coidd not help being- astonished at the 
several preposterous conjectures this spectacle 
raised, respecting the cause. By some it was 
attributed to strong wind, which blew from the 
west at that time, others supposed the sun had 
scorched them while in a wet state, from a shower 
in the heat of the day. It needs no proving- that 
these arguments must have sprung fi-om careless 
observers of nature ; if either wind or sun had the 
above eft’ect this complaint would, as a matter of 
course, appear general amongst us. 
For their Destruction. — The only means 
I have discovered for their destruction will be to 
gather oft all the infested leaves, or crush the larvae 
with the hand without destroying- the leaf, when 
they first appear. The remedy might appear as 
bad as the disease, but if attended to in time <rood 
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will be done ; at any rate, it will prevent their being 
so numerous another year. No application can be 
of service for their destruction while feeding, but 
what would injure the plant, as the larvae is in- 
closed between the two outer rinds of the leaf. 
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