45 



at least in this section, has been most abundant and of great excellence, the variety mostly 

 Earhj Rose, the best potato that was ever given to the American people. Our remedies for 

 the beetle were hand picking ; and occasionally a dose of Paris Green applied as a liquid. 



The Grape Vine V>^Kii.Y. ( Pdidnota Punctata, see %^.Z\.) 



,1^. 31. 



as they were at wi^rk, which they readily 



A ^-3% 



Seems very fond of harboring about our 



grape vines, and has this season been pretty 



plentiful, l)ut wo fail to observe that its presence 



is an alarming evil or that its injuries are very 



distinctly marked. It rather appears a sort of 



harmless case, a pretty creature, whose only 



office is to vary and beautify nature. But these 



remarks are not in the least applicable to The 



Grape ViNK Flea Beetle, Fig. 32 larva; 



Fig. 33 the perfect beetle (Haltua C'hali/bea), 



whose numbers in the spring are rather alarming. 



This insidious, heartless little arch rogue 



attempts to baffle and frustrate our plans in the 



very start. This it does by boring into the 



swelling bud and totally destroying its promising 



contents, and tlius by one off rt he flattens our 



sanguine hopes by taking the entire product of 



the bud, leaf, cane, fruitand all. We this year 



hired our children to capture them on the vines 



cheerfully and effectually did. In this way their 



efforts were greatly lessened. It 



is becoming more and more evident 



that we also in this country may 



yet have trouble from The (tRAPE 



Vine Phylloxera ( PhijUmem 



Vadatrix). I have already seen 



specimens of it, and it is my most 



decided opinion that unless some 



effectual remedy is found, our grape vines will 



be found to suffer much from the injurious 



effects of this tiny insects, upou tlicir leaves and 



especially their root«. Grape growers should 



seriously study this subject at once ; for should 



the evil" become established upon their vines, 



it would at length be very difficult to eradicstc. 



For description and very full particulars, see 



Rev. Mr. Bethune's very able and instructive 



article on the .subject in the Society's Report 



for the year 1874. 



Plant Lice (Aphididae, Fam. Eriosoma), 

 ev .,., Kirva. particularly. Although aphidians in great 



numbers and different species feed very heavily upon the leaves of ^"■•, "-''>'-^">";,^«^"^' f f^P'^ 

 and other trees, yet this white woolly aphis feeding ,n .mmense "^^ers on the Mems nd 

 shoots of our youn.. apple trees seem to be the most injurious, -^nd .hou Id l^^^' "«^ » "^ ^^ 

 most vi-ilantlv TheV differ from most insects in one particular viz.; the> atacl, th.m- 

 reW s o a cJtain s^ or spots on the trees, and -''-[ 1?-"'°"- "''^.rAl ri^^^l^^ 

 them ! An opening; is made in the bark of the tree which bleeds freely for their support 

 AnTtheicuLlation of unused or unsuited matter ^^^^^ r^^^^^^'^^X^t £' ^' and 

 seems to me they pump very heavily on the vitality of the tree, especially in '« yo> ".i^ ""-J 

 tender y.^rsand^ho!ald be kept off by means of oil applications, or destroyed by the hand 

 vubbinjr thtm from the spot and crushing tliem. 



(it-rfectbeetle. 



