The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-08-14
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OF English sparrows in Boston:
"If you will turn to your Harris's Insects
Injurious to Vegetation led. 1862, p. 356-57l,
you will see there given in full the dangerous
character of the moth known as Orggia len
costigmd. 1t is in the Larvae form pretty
nearly omnivorous, deyouring alike the small
er shrub and stately elm. The Larvae are very
voracious:. In 1928 great injury was done by
them to the apple trees about Boston, In
the summer of 1S4S, 40 and 80, insects were
very numerous in Boston, in private yards
and on the Common, where the horse chest
nuts, and many other trees which wholly es-
cape the ravages of insects, were entirely
stripped of their leaves.-Eyery possible effort
was made to destroy these insects that hu-
man ingenuity could devise, and for while
with partial success. But their peculiar hab-
its make them very difficult foe to contend
against. They spin their cocoons ON the
branches, trunks and larger limbs of the tree
on which they have been feeding, and often
in inaccessible places. There, if undisturbed,
the insects come forth in their adult state.
The female is wingless, and lays her eggs on
the top OF the cocoons, protecting them with
covering of irothy matter which dries into
white and brittle shield; successive broods of
thase devastating insects are produced
throughout the summer, from May to Sep
tember, and where they swarm in great num-
bers, two seasons are enough to destroy for
ever the beauty, vigor and life even OF our
largest trees. This insect cannot be attacked
TO advantage in our large elms, there are al
WAYS 50 iudiiy .nat caniiot oe rSacueu. -.
InlS was our e)ndltioh In boston In 1901
anu Ioo0. 1nls INSECT was III iuii possession
vi our shaus .,ees eselywnele ln tne Guy anu
less. In 1869 hundreds of dollars were ex-
pended by our city government in reducing
their numbers on the Common and Public
uaruen. Our nfss Importation oi spariows
nearly ialied, ana tnere were so iew surviving
that we dld not put much ialtn In their aoill-
" 10 neip US, anu ail nope Oh saving our no.
Die ems was by many gwen up as Impossible.
,,,, bue we were Detter Oh lnah we supposed.
Inc iew sParro%s tuat eseapeu naa tnriVen
wonoerluliy' aho, increase9 Oy otiefs Private
~ imported, nuinpered IL 1908 ana io,V aco1t
seventy pairs. lhese were attracted 10 our
ueer-park po.h ior loou anu sneiter' anu tnere
tney spent the wlntef IN the very center Oh
the lniesteu aistrict. l soon notlced tnat
lucy were % pusy among the erees, anu was re.
JoiGe1 70 nnu tIat tney were seaLcning OUT
ana ueVoarlns tne eocoons anu tne egSs OIL
tlie teAc0setgno, anu u was curious siS1t 10
witaess now reauIy the spa, rows couiu aoopt
ali tne haol's, pos.ules Snu perr1lnances o'
C,e cIe9peIs auu mooupeeAels. iney ciihpe9
= aooue sns slunAs, c.l nitnS shen'selses neao anu
oachwaru M % lloin luz .ie DIancnes, s anu once nav
AZ so SSst to-, " az. dastr,,a,6 tu .nuy
thav had ,oads ,,rattv naa, ~,ort. nf ,han,
i9S tS,r rao ,,ntLS osppana5 90 W.T. htni'i
ont o% mt Sn r. onv ,ostnonsd I = ths;r al y S,a
s Sin9le GUY SEASON % my shpUt pna I,~drad rnT and f
arronS Al VOL, uh;oh aIi posso,, anu 'iy mnIy
Tnt hawo dnna hv nnv ovnend;t,,ra of ,,one,' o1
Thoso Co. Nets yase ~ M ann;hataa '1 y.
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~. pnne'o yIa .ah ~ nhu t - p?s'on' eAePs III
;o.o ne Nv W. oa,p 0nr $500 ~,
fna,,, tho;r ;,.,s rouamas o. sshadn ,roos
,rbare s orc rroa7, fror, Nov :" Ootobar IA
,vn oy.,o oil t6is 90 thoSa I;,ia s,ran
oors ''' ''''' w 'A''' e'"e "'''o
sWor ,,or poston .s,o,,o ,,ro,,., of .ho
! srar,n,vs h,;,d tbo;r honsos g.. sho,,or anS
pos.,i, pu,u and 'eS saad ,Io,, .trom,S v ;ncIa,
W Than hana r;nhir oaS,ad :, ~,
Xnd Iet me nisce fa;rIv ON tIa racorJ wb;,a -
Ir is fresI, in onr naamories This oreat hene6.
nonce thew have done onr c;tu ;n o1d 10. Il nar-
~ ho forcottan The t;me nov Como WIZ,
their ine7easine nnmbers will swarm, into onr
rural njsces wbere tbev nav he temnted 10
nartata of o,r o.ts snd 1tber ara;n and
Where too tbav VIII bs yerv Eto,, 70 etc.. t-
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Io,, Lo,,o airo"d Jn. CIV wy
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:n y: ne" s3,A U a" Tiiaueipnta anu .ne cate.-
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,os.t;ars LIVE Msuu' "n" no' io'se' 'us" siea'
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