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addition to, liis own expi'rieiue. This adds considiT- 

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All the principal fruits ETrowii outdoors in the United 

 Kingdom are fully treated, regarding preparation 

 of lanil, manuring, distance apart, number of trees or 

 bushes required per acre, and subsequent cultivation. 

 Under each heading is given cost of preparing and 

 planting for the first year, and cost of cultivation till 

 the first crop is galhered, wilh the |Trobable profit 

 thereof. 



I'rominenl specialists deal with fungus pests, insect 

 pests, spraying and spray Hnids wilh necessary 

 apparatus. 



Cider orchards, the l.iw in relation lo fruit gTouing, 

 packing and grading, protection of fruit plantations 

 from frost, co-operation in maiUeling, are other im- 

 portant subjects written oi' by e-\perts in a lucid aiul 

 informing \va\\ 



.•\n interesting and instructive chapter is that on 

 self-fertile and selfstcrile vaiietics of apple, pear, and 

 plum, a subject to which Mi-. I looper has given imicli 

 study. 



For the coinmercifil fruit grower, ov those contem- 

 plating taking up fruit growing lor profit, no more 

 useful or up to-dale book could be recommended. 

 The private grower, loo, who has sery often to pro- 

 duce immense quantities of high-class fruit from a 

 small area, will find iniu-li information and help in 

 overcoming many of llic difficulties only too well- 

 known to those alread}' in practice. 



The bot^k is well printetl on good piiper, and is 

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The Larch Savvflies. 



.Vciiia/i/s Ari'/isoiiti, llarti!.;. i/>t</ X. /tirt'cis, 

 Hartig. 



C.-\TERIMl,L-\RSofboth these species were found 

 on larch at Avondale, in June, by Mr. A. C. 

 Forbes. The former occurred very sparingly, 

 but the latter was present in considerable numbers. 



Xcmntiis Eriihsonii, the large larch sawflv, has 

 attracted much attention during recent years in Great 

 Britain on account of the damage done by its cater- 

 pillars in larch plantations. For example, an extensive 

 wood belonging to the .Manchester Corporation, near 

 Thirlmere, in the Cumbrian Lake district, was almost 

 stripped of leaves by these insects. The fly belongs to 

 the section Lygajonematus of the large and compre- 

 hensive genus Nemauis, which includes the well-known 

 Gooseberry .Sawflv. The female of X. Krirhsonii 

 measures g mm. (Ks in.h) in length; she is black in 

 colour, with a reddish band across the abdomen, and 

 with the legs mostly \ellowish. The male insect is very 

 rare, and it has been shown by Dr. R. Stewart 

 .MacDougall that where the sawflies are so numerous 

 as to cause a veritable plague, the generatic)ns are 

 parthenogenetic. The caterpillar is about iS mm. 

 (-*4' inch) in length, w-ith black head and legs, and the 

 body black or greyi-,h-green above and yellovvishgreen 

 below. The fly has but one life cycle in the year, the 

 female laying her eggs in late spring or early summer, 

 and the caterpillars feeding until August. When 

 numerous the caterpillars feed in clusters, and in bad 



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