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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



April 24, 1902. 



THE ELM LEAF BEETLE. 



Bulletin No. 35 of the New England 

 Association of Park Superintendents is 

 devoted to Ibe elm leaf beetle and con- 

 tains a large amount of valuable infor- 

 mation regarding this pest. We print 

 below one communication that appears 

 in it, and that tells of the best methods 

 of combating this dangerous insect. 



The beetles are at the present time in 

 hibernation in old buildings, garrets, 

 chimneys, old trees, under the shingles, 

 etc., but never, as we can discover, in 

 the ground. They escape from their 

 winter quarters during May and fly 

 about, alighting on the young and ten- 

 der elm leaves, eating holes through 

 them, so that in June a badly infested 

 tree looks as if it had been riddled with 

 fine shot. During the month of June, 

 the insect deposits her eggs in little 

 clusters, generally on the under-side of 

 the leaf; she then disappears and is seen 

 no more. Early iff July these eggs hatch 

 out a larva, and the havoc begins, the 

 foliage of the trees are skeletonized, 

 which weakens the tree to such an extent 

 that to repeat it for several years must 

 kill the tree. In ten days' time the larva 

 has become fully grown and crawls to- 

 ward the ground. And if they do not 

 find a crevice or loose bark to hide under, 

 they must come to the ground where they 

 gather in little heaps rear trunks of 

 trees. And they must lie there inani- 

 mate from one to two weeks, while they 

 are being transformed to the lieetle, after 

 which they fly away, and do no further 

 damage during the season, for in our 

 vicinity we have only one generation per 

 year. 



The simple process is: Smooth the 

 trunk of the tree and kill the pest while 

 lying dormant at its base. It will only 

 require four weeks, and the expense 

 would be trifling in comparison to the 

 loss of the noble elms throughout the 

 city. Spraying obnoxious mixtures upon 

 the foliage will help, but it is expensive 

 and could not, we think, be done thor- 

 oughly enough to obtain tho desired re- 

 sults. 



The principal reasons for smoothing 

 the trees are, that nearly all tho larvae 

 that find a lodging place upon them are 

 successfully transformed, while a very 

 small per cent of those on the ground 

 succeed in becoming beetles; and sec- 

 ondly, it makes them come to the ground 

 where it is easy to kill them. 



Chas. E. Keith, 

 Supt. of Parks, Bridgeport, Conn. 



KALAMAZOO, MICH, 



Since Easter the doniand for high- 

 grade roses and carnations has in no way 

 diminished, with prices fair and steady. 

 Owing to the increased supply of Beau- 

 ties prices have taken quite a drop. Bulb- 

 ous stock and violets are nearly out of 

 the market. Some belated lilies are now 

 in evidence; there is little demand for 

 them. Field planting of carnations will 

 be started by some of the growers this 

 week, but as we usually experience a 

 sharp frost about the first week of May, 

 others will defer planting till after that 

 date. " R. 



JoPLiN, Mo.— A. Hershey has bought 

 from Henderson & Sims the greenhouse 

 and stock formerly belonging to Thos. 

 Green, and has moved the whole to 1122 

 Maffet avenue, where he has erected a 

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