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small lots these isolated breeding places, which are often re- 

 sponsible for the loss of the entire fruit crop. It is safe to say 

 that there is hardly a house lot of any size in Honolulu which 

 possesses a few fruit trees, some of which have not been ren- 

 dered useless and unsightly from insect or fungoid pest. Often 

 these colonies are in a more or less dormant condition, or at 

 most, in such a balance that they remain comparatively quiescent 

 during part of the year, to awake to full activity whenever 

 the infested tree attempts to put forth new leaf or blossoms. At 

 these seasons their depredations are sufficient to destroy all de- 

 velopment. Many valuable trees are thus rendered unproduc- 

 tive and many unsightly blots are left to mar the appearance 

 of those plants which are sturdy enough to resist attack. In few 

 cases do the colonies appear sufficiently vigorous to spread their 

 destruction to other localities, their development beyond narrow 

 limits being probably due to the success of the methods of check 

 already alluded to. 



To a householder possessing infested trees, two alternatives 

 offer. Either he must allow the undesirable condition of af- 

 fairs to continue indefinitely, thus losing a great portion of his 

 crop and tolerating an unsightly appearance during most of the 

 year, or he must himself actively combat the pest with such 

 means and knovvdedge as are at his disposal. The local etno- 

 mologists have done much good and efficient work by dissemin- 

 ating in a readily obtained and untechnical form the knowledge 

 of the most approved methods of dealing with insect pests, but 

 however efficient these may be in the hands of an expert, the 

 average business man has often little opportunity to 

 use, or inclination to invest in apparatus, the working 

 of which he does not understand and which would be so sel- 

 dom used. To meet this condition of affairs and to place a ready 

 means to destroy these pests at the disposal of all who care to 

 avail themselves of it, it would seem an excellent opportunity 

 for some business house dealing in garden supplies to employ a 

 practical man and to teach him, under the direction of one of the 

 local entomologists, the necessary proficiency in the use of insect 

 sprays and washes. In this way, by payment of a reasonable fee, 

 the operation could be held at the disposal of such lot owners as 

 desired infested areas to be treated, and many valuable trees 

 could be cleaned and rendered productive, and many spots, now 

 unpleasing to the eye, could be rendered beautiful. 



