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Among the moths and butterflies : a revised and enlarged edition of "Insect lives ; or, Born in prison" (1891)

Ballard, Julia P. (Julia Perkins) · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 204

An illustration from Among the moths and butterflies : a revised and enlarged edition of "Insect lives ; or, Born in prison", 1891, leaf 204 — XXIX. A RACE FOR LIFE. NOT between man and man and not be-tween animals, but between a plant andan insect. The gooseberries look splendid-ly this year. Ido not believethat they will f\ :be attacked by ^--^ t|the persistent j ,/ V … little enemiesthat ruinedthem last year.A day or twoafter this cheer-ing prophecylast spring an-other examina-tionof theflour-ishing bushes revealed the unmistakable enemyin full force. On May i6th, three of them163

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