INJURIOUS INSECTS. 
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berry bushes and a species of Circocarpa growing- 
on the foot hills in great abundance and known 
as “Deer-Bush/’ 
Aside from the peculiar appearance of the 
cherry trees, the first thing to attract popular 
attention, on account of the attacks of this insect, 
was the rolling and fastening together of the leaves 
Fig. 2.—A cherry tree that had its buds nearly all destroyed by the 
Fruit-tree Leaf-roller. From a photograph (original). 
as shown in Fig. 3. This is done by means of 
silken threads which the larvae spin. These rolls 
or clusters of leaves form excellent hiding places 
for the larvae which only leave them long enough 
to feed, and then quickly retreat out of the sight of 
their many enemies. In fact, they usually feed 
