The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-06

Agreltaral Dri.ioa II Pasenf QgosI nsecss bri-
Fsgetatoa.-T The Peach Tree Bare.-We make the
following from the pen Of Mr. Glover, Creating Of
peacb-tree borer) which viii be published in the forth
coming agricultural report:
The peach borer tageria eesa) is produced from
eggs deposited the foot Of the peach BY wasp like
moth Of steebne color with an orange ring round the
abdomen The eggs deposited during the
the trunk close % the ground and sometimes also in wounds
between the crotches Of The when Matched
deFour the inner bark and Young wood gensray nt pc
meath the surface Of the earth frequently girdng The tree
and destroying lis life osn when the leaves turn yellow
appear siekly as IN The disease called ae yeows r
ground round the trunk should be turned the Of the
disease would be discovered to be this worm which should
De immediately cut out and destroyed Trees attacked ss
these be easily recognised by the which
out Of the wounds they have made There TO be
succession Of broods during the warm season. as very Young
found almost all times, except IN the colder
months but il has been stated that they must whole
Hudson in New York, the moths mostly about
June Jaly and from the chrysade taken from peach
orchard found nearly twice as many males as females
and aprinors liable to be attacked by these
worms the peach. They are also sometimes taken
iron the plum-tree roots well as the knots or e1
70 which the plum Liable but which in
wise caused BY them The about inch in length
Of yeovish white, with amber brown head The chry
sails brown, and formed in OF oval shape, made
Of the chips gnawed from the bark and gummy substance
which from the mouth of the insect. The perfect
measures inch the expanded wings
The male is smaller than the female, and may easily be
ognsed by all the wings being transparent bordered and
veined with steebIue while the upper wings Of the female
Opaque and Of darkblue color The under ones
Transparent veiued bordered blue the male
her body likewise distinguished by broad
belt.
Dr. Harris his valuable Treatise the Insects Of
New England Injurious Vegetation the follow
ing Remove the earth around the base Of the tree
destroy the and boers which be found
and under the bark the wounded parts with the
clay composition, and surround The trunk with
strip of sheathing paper eight nine inches wide, which
should inches below the level of the SOIL and be
secured by strings of mating above. Fresh should
then be placed around the eonne the paper and
prevent beneath it, and the remaining cavity may be
filled with unexhausted loan. The operation should
be performed the spring during the month of June. Ia
he ma
spring the should be examined for any boers that
have escaped search before and the protecting appea
ons should be renewed The ashes OF anthracite coal have
also been recommended To be put into the cavities made
when the earth has been removed from around the trunks
when searching for the and If the trunks thor
oughy searched three four times year. especially in the
earth the and the grubs ehrsades dug out
and destrnyed these insects would be nn
rous As they at present
Patents GrantedThe issues Of patents for the week
ing Tuesday, July 3, 1856, follows
Patents so
Designs
Total 50
Promotions the Patent 06fceA b. Little promoted
from fourthciass csrship be principal Sal
AIRY 81, 500
Hugh Mccormick promoted from thrd-casa to fourta-
class clerkshi fill vacancy created by the promotion
A. b. Little. Salary 81 500
s. J. Coues promoted from hirdclas be assistant
examiner. Salary 81 500.