. The American entomologist and botanist. comprehend or imagine that wcderived that dreaded parasite from one of ourmost common domestic animals; and though itmay be equally difficult for some persons to com-prehend how the pregerminal form of a parasiticplant may be ^\•afted hundreds—nay thousands—of miles from its place of development; or howit may be almost ubiquitous, and yet remain ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 243 latent indefinitely, and not continue its destinedconise of growth nntil the requisite conditionsinescnt tlieniselves—yet su<lt we beliexe to hetacts, nevertheless. Wc rest tli
. The American entomologist and botanist. comprehend or imagine that wcderived that dreaded parasite from one of ourmost common domestic animals; and though itmay be equally difficult for some persons to com-prehend how the pregerminal form of a parasiticplant may be ^\•afted hundreds—nay thousands—of miles from its place of development; or howit may be almost ubiquitous, and yet remain ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 243 latent indefinitely, and not continue its destinedconise of growth nntil the requisite conditionsinescnt tlieniselves—yet su<lt we beliexe to hetacts, nevertheless. Wc rest tlie matter here, for it does not belongto our columns; and wc arc pcrfcctlj •willingthat the reader shall form his own conclusionsas to which of us founds his taitli on assumption,and which on close experiment. THE APPLE CURCULIO. In order that our readers, and especially thosewho live near St Joseph, Mich., may recognizethe Apple Curculio whenever they see it, we[iresent herewith its portrait (Fig. 152), « giving [Fig. ]. J-Colors—Dingy gray, incliuing to rust-red behimi. the natural size; b a side view, and c a back view. Now compare this figure (6) with that of the Plum Curculio (Fig. 92, c) on page 130 of this volume, and it will be next to impossible to confound two such widelv diflering insects. THE NEW CURCULIO REMEDY. j\.s wc always like to give a good reason fortlie faith that is in us, it will be well, perhaps, toreport the residts of experimeuts recently madeto test the chip-trap Curculio remedy. On theKith of Slay, at Kirkwood, ^Eo., we carefullycleared the ground around six stone-fruit trees(two peach, two plum aud two cherry). Wecleared it within a radius of at least four feetaround each tree; and after depositing therequisite traps, and carefully examiuing themthree times a day till the present time (May20th), how many Curculios, good people of , do you suppose we captured? JustSEVEN, namely, two on the 20th, one on the21st, one on the 2
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