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covers tlio end of the Iwdy, enveloping tlie pale orange oval 

 eggs. 



It is especially injnrions to the camellia, hiding about the 

 buds, to the azalea, oi-angcs, lemons and similar plants. 

 Washing the plants with strong soap suds is a good remedy. 

 Prof. 8. G. Maynard, in charge of the fine plant house of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, recommends washing 



Fig. 77. 



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Woolly Scale Insect. 



the plants with ninety-five per cent, alcohol, applying it with 

 a small bristle brush. Fcav plants are injured by alcohol ; 

 thc}^ are the Pandanus, the paper Aralia and certain ferns. 



A step higher in the fa.nily of scale insects (Coccidjv) and 

 we come to the Lecanium bark-louse, of which the adjoining 

 figure by Mr. Riley gives an admirable idea (Fig. 77 a, 

 Lecanium acericola; b, L. Madura'.^ which lives on the Osage 



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