No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AORICULTUKE. 4U& 



VHOF. SURFACE: London Purple is a lilllc less in cost than 

 Paris j^reen, but London Purple varios in composition. Yon do not 

 know how much arsenic there is in it. 



A Member: This San Jos6 Scale, can yon tell it? 



PROF. SURFACP]: Yes, sir; the tree has a scurfy appearance. 

 The real bark of the tree is often not visible. It looks as though 

 it were covered with corn meal, bran, ashes or something of that 

 kind, and the scale can be seen, about the size of a pin head. 



A Member: Would it not be possible for your Department to pub- 

 lish a bulletin on our insect friends? 



PROF. SURFACE: This is an important subject and somethinji 

 we have in mind. We are going to do that very thing shortly. 



The Secretary has authorized me to say that whenever anything 

 of this kind comes to your mind, write to us, and if we cannot do it 

 this mouth we can and shall do it the next or next, or as soon as 

 we can possibly give it attention. If I could not make these bul- 

 letins profitable and practical I would not waste a minute on them. 



A Member : What can be done for the white lice on the under side 

 of the leaves of the rose bushes, etc.? 



PROF. SURFACE: Use whale oil soap; 1 lb. to 5 gallons of water 

 will kill them. 



This is the bulletin for May. (Holding it up.) Write for these 

 bulletins. For the first bulletin we sent out we had to use an old 

 mailing list. We put in these cards to be returned (indicating), not 

 intending to send the publications afterwards to the same persons 

 sent before unless the cards are returned. Y^'ou understand, then, 

 that if anj-body does not get the June number it is because he has 

 not returned this card with bis address; and the July number will 

 be sent only to those whose names have been received. We must 

 have the name and address sent back to us before the bulletins will 

 be sent, after this. 



A Member: If a man can't spend one cent for a year's bulletins he 

 certainly would not read them if he gets them. 



MR. J. A. HERR: I am greatly pleased with the work of the 

 Economic Zoologist. I am very glad that we have the right man in 

 the right place. He is enthusiastic, but I want to say that he has 

 a tremendous field to cover, and to use a figurative expression, he 

 has "bit off as much as he can chew" at the present time, and we 

 must not expect any unreasonable things from him. I am very 

 glad to receive these bulletins. Our people in the Grange are inter- 

 ested in them. But we must be reasonable people and not expect we 

 can accomplish everything in the course of a couple of months, be- 

 cause we have not received anything practical in that line since Dr. 

 Fernald filled the same position. 



