. The book of the garden. Gardening. THE APPLE. 439 eighty bushels were collected in one day. It IS of almost annual appearance in our apple and pear orchards, and attacks both foliage and blossom. Its habits are very similar to those of the last, and the same means must be resorted to for its destruction. Concerning its eflfeets on fruit trees, for it attacks almost all sorts, Mr Curtis remarks, " The injuries they sustain are most serious, as, in destroying the blossoms as yet in the bud, they also destroy the fruit in embryo. The owners of orchards, therefore, have great reason to be a
. The book of the garden. Gardening. THE APPLE. 439 eighty bushels were collected in one day. It IS of almost annual appearance in our apple and pear orchards, and attacks both foliage and blossom. Its habits are very similar to those of the last, and the same means must be resorted to for its destruction. Concerning its eflfeets on fruit trees, for it attacks almost all sorts, Mr Curtis remarks, " The injuries they sustain are most serious, as, in destroying the blossoms as yet in the bud, they also destroy the fruit in embryo. The owners of orchards, therefore, have great reason to be ; Bombyx {Gastropaoha) neustria, Clisioeampa nemtria of Curtis and Stephens (the lackey, or barred-tree, lackey moth), fig. 185, in its eater- Fig. LACKBV AlOTU AND CATERPrLLAR. pillar state is one of the greatest insect ene- mies the cultivator has to contend with. Its attacks are not confined to fruit trees alone; it is equally destructive to almost every deciduous and evergreen tree and shrub. The moth is seldom seen by day, as it conceals itself beneath the leaves, and amongst whatever herbage is near. It is thus described by KoUar: " The moth is of the middle size. The male, which is somewhat smaller than the female, measures with expanded wings, from tip to tip, from 1 inch to 15 lines. The ground colour of the whole insect is either light yellow or reddish-yellow ochre. The upper wings have always a darker band in the middle, which is bordered with two lighter cross lines : the fringes are whitish and brown spotted. The under wings are always of a uniform colour, either light yellow or brown- ish, according as one of these colours predomi- nates in the whole insect. The antennEe are strongly pectinated in the male, but less so in the female ; the latter has a thicker ; This moth appears in the month of July, and immediately after pairing the female lays her eggs, which she attaches to the young twigs in the form of a ring. The number o
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