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peach and some varieties of apple in Colorado was bred from peaches. 

 The author was of the opinion that this moth would appear elsewhere 

 soon, as infested fruit was being shipped out of Colorado in considerable 

 quantities. 



Mr. F. A. Sirrine read a paper on " Termites ( T. flavipes) as a Force- 

 ing-house Pest." He said these insects were found gnawing the bark 

 from chrysanthemum plants just below the surface of the ground and 

 mining stems in a forceing-house at Floral Park, N. Y., during the month 

 of August, 1896. Bisulphide of carbon was used in destroying the pests, 

 .but many plants were also killed by the treatment. Referring to some 

 experiments with cocoons of Me/ittia ceto, the same author said moths 

 could not reach the surface when the cocoons were buried in a sandy 

 loam to a depth of four inches. He also stated that he had bred the 

 potato flee-beetle, Epitrix cucumens from larvee and pupae taken in the 

 ground around, what the Long Island growers call " pimply potatoes." 

 The author said Mr. F. C. Stewart had given this subject careful study 

 for the past two years, and that he was of the opinion the pimply condi- 

 tion of the tubers was due to these insects. 



Mr. Alwood presented a paper on "The Dissemination of the San 

 Jose stale in Virginia." He briefly reviewed the original outbreak of 

 the scale in Virginia, stating that only one other point had been located 

 up to the time of the passage of the Virginia scale law. He said that the 

 inspection of nurseries and orchards had been pushed this season, and it 

 is now thought that most of the infected places are known. There are 

 three in the great valley, six in the Piedmont, and six in the tide water. 

 Some of these are nurseries, but it is supposed that all the infested stock 

 has been destroyed. Only two or three places are considered serious. 

 In every instance the pest was introduced upon nursery stock from New- 

 Jersey, Maryland, Georgia and Louisiana. The Virginia law has met 

 the approval of the people quite generally, and the powers given the in- 

 spector are found to be ample; but the lack of specified funds for clearing 

 up infested premises, where the owners do not realize the importance of 

 immediate action, is considered a bad defect. 



(To be continued.) 



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