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Winter Spraying of Fruit Trees. 



THE followhag extracts are from the " Spraying 

 Calendar," given bj- Professor Pickering, M.A., 

 F.R.S., Director of tlie Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, 

 and F. V. Theobald, M.A., Vice-Principal, South Eastern 

 Agricultural College, AVye, Kent, in their A^ery useful hand- 

 book, "Fruit Trees and their Enemies." (Copies of this 

 book can be had post free for Is. 9d. each.) 



" Apart from the consideration of the direct action of a 

 winter wash in destroying various i>ests which ai-e probably 

 present, moss, lichen and dead bark must always accumu- 

 late, and the freer trees are kept fi'oni these the healthier 

 they will be, and the less will be the oppoi-t unities afforded 

 for insects to flourish on them." 



" From January to March. — Spray tree A\ith a caustic 

 paraffin emulsion for cleansing them of dead bark, and. 

 destroying moss, lichen, mussel scale, small apple, ermin 

 moth, gooseberry and currant scale, gooseberry spider, 

 currant shoot and fruit moth, pear leaf blister mite, and 

 possibh' other insects." 



Winter spraying is now resorted to by practically' every 

 up-to-date fruit grower. The formula most recommended 

 for Winter Spraying Emulsion is as follows : — Soft soap, 

 I lb. ; paraffm (solar distillate), 5 pints; caustic soda, 2 to 

 2^ lbs. ; water, 9| gallons. The necessary articles for this 

 and all other Spraying and Fumigating Mixtures can be 

 had, with directions for mixing, from D. M. Watson, 

 M.P.S., Horticultural Chemist, 01 South C4reat George's 

 Street. Dublin. "Plione. 1!)71. 



Changing Plant Names. 



Ax AmERTCAX VlKW. 



We notice there is a tencleney in the Eiif,lish 

 horticultural ])apers t<} advocate the changiiig of 

 l)lant rallies of Geiinan origir?, and doubtless the 

 same desire exists among the Germaric people to 

 change the names of other artagonists. 



One can sympathise with the irtense feeling 

 between the belligerent nations engendered by the 

 war, but not with such a childhsh way of showing 

 spite. 



Horticulture' is not national, plants are named 

 in Latin so they will be known to all men by the 

 samp name, and when it comes to varietv names. 



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