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prove very destructive to the foliage of various 
plants, shrubs, and trees, especially the webbed 
Caterpillar of the Moth Phalcena Padilla, des- 
cribed on Apples. Forest trees and Quickthorn 
hedges are sometimes so annoyed with them as 
to be completely divested of their foliage. 
For their Destruction. — Similar steps 
may be taken as severally directed for the various 
Caterpillars mentioned in the account of the Apple 
tree. 
The Slimy Larvee, or Sluy-Worm, on the Pear 
tree ; the webbed Caterpillar of the Phalcena 
upon Plums j the Larvae of the Moth Noctua 
upon Peach and Nectarine trees 3 the Caterpillar 
of the Tenthredo Flava, and of the Phalcena 
Grossularita upon the Gooseberry bush ; the 
Caterpillar of the Moth Noctua; and the Grub 
of the Musca upon the Cauliflower. 
P. Musgrave’s gardener at Mayfield, near 
Edinburgh, in bis communications to Caledonian 
Horticultural Society, describes a method of de- 
stroying the Moth, which he says, is preferable to 
any other plan, while in the larvae state. It is 
as follows : — “ The net used is made of strone- 
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black gauze, that colour being best for the pur- 
pose ; it is a yard and a half in circumference, a 
foot deep, and attached to a whalebone rim ; the 
handle is made of common wood, about a yard 
and a half long*. With regard to the manner in 
which it should be used, all I have to say is. 
