The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 512
them commence their ravages in the months ofFebruary and March. As soon as ever it gets dark, they leave the earth,where they appear to burrow through the day, and ascend to the very top ofthe apple and pear trees, and then turn their heads downwards, and eat off thebark and buds in a screw-like… … Queries and Answers. 501 My nursery ground lies on the banks of a small stream, and is of a lightrich soil, about 3 ft. deep, under which is a stratum of gravel from 2 to3 ft. deep, lying on a bed of strong clay. If any of your entomologists cangive me a description of the most likely way of…