BIRDS. 
My paper-to-night treats of the birds of 
our vicinity. Some of you may ask, what 
has this to do with horticulture, and why 
should this paper be read to a horticul- 
tural society ? My answer is, that birds 
have much to do with the success of 
gardening, and for the further reason 
that persons fond of flowers are generally 
interested in the birds that they see 
and hear. 
Flint estimates four varieties of insects 
to each plant in Massachusetts. Curtis 
says that one night moth can, in twelve 
months, produce sixteen millions of cater- 
pillars. In asingle tree eighty thousand 
bark-boring beetles have been found. In 
Devonshire, Eng, the turnip beetle has 
caused, in one season, a loss of half a 
million dollars in turnips. In France, 
during two years, a single florist lost one 
