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Major Holsinger made the point that a nurBeryman is often blamed 

 for what he is not guilty of. He does not believe that the aphis ever 

 killed a tree. In many cases where trees died it was from poor soil, 

 not from aphis. 



Mr. Tippin said the wooly aphis had come to stay. The aphis and 

 fangus diseases are not always together. Much depends npon the 

 season. The aphis will come — it is not planted. Take good care of 

 the trees, make as few bruises as possible, cultivate thoroughly, espe- 

 cially near the surface. A tree is like the body. If a man is healthy 

 he can withstand disease — so with a tree if well cared for, in rich land ; 

 the aphis will not prey upon it. The same is true as to the borer. 



Mr. Murry said there was wooly aphis in West Virginia 30 years 

 ago. He was happy to know that there is none in North Missouri. 

 He had not lost a tree in 27 years from that enemy. 



It was asked if spraying would affect the roots. Prof. Whitten. 

 replied that only that portion of the tree that the spraying comes in 

 contact with will be affected. 



The root louse and wolly aphis, said Mr. Wild, are not the same. 

 He would like to know how to get rid of the aphis. In what way 

 should we cultivate. Coal oil, he thinks, is the surest remedy,but it i& 

 hard to apply and soon evaporates. Dip stock in coal oil and allow it 

 to remain a few days so the oil will penetrate. Cultivation should be 

 early and thorough but left off when the trees had made their growths 

 Mr. Gardner said there was an impresion that the aphis was a fungus^ 

 disease; it is an insect. — The Southwest, Springtield Mo. 



Keport from " Colniaii's Rural World." 



The Thirty-eighth annual meeting of the State Horticultural Society 

 was held at Neosho, Newton county, Missouri, last week, as per the 

 programme heretofore published. President J. C. Evans occupied the 

 chair, and all the officers were present with the sole exception of the 

 Second Vice-President. Considerably more than one hundred of the 

 practical horticulturists of the Sta^te were present, and the active peo- 

 ple of the city and county made considerable of an audience every 

 evening. The programme was an eminently practical one, and the 

 discussions which followed brought out considerable valuable informa- 

 tion, which, when transcribed by the stenographer and published, will 

 be thoroughly appreciated by all commercial orchardists and ambitious^ 

 horticulturists. 



