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Click Beetles were very numerous, working among the plum blos- 

 soms. They also were to be blamed, in some measure, for reducing the 

 crop in some districts. 



The Hop Flea Beetle, Psyloide punctulata, was still in evidence in 

 the hop yards at Chilliwack, but I think on account of the rather moist 

 season it did not do so much damage as usual and good crops were 

 gathered. This insect is very catholic in its feeding habits, as it will 

 eat nettles, clover, chickweed, tomatoes, beets and other farm crop. 

 It is very fond of the bright sunshine, when it is extremely active, and 

 correspondingly sluggish in dull weather. 



Cherry Slug, Eriocampoides limacina, did, on the whole, very little 

 damage during the past season in the coast districts, but in the dry and 

 semi-arid parts of the Interior it was very numerous and destructive. It 

 does not confine its attention to cherries and pears, but attacks the 

 thorn, the apple, and other plants of the Rosacae. 



Thrips during one or two hot dry spells which we had I noticed 

 did much harm by injuring the learves of some varieties of roses. They 

 seemed to suck the chlorophyl, leaving the leaves a pale, sickly gray. 



Saw Flies also injured the leaves of certain varieties. They seemed 

 to confine their attacks to roses of the Spinosissima class. 



We have had, in certain districts, some very bad attacks of root 

 maggots on early turnips, radishes and cabbages. I have recommended 

 the use of discs of tar paper which has been advocated by the Department 

 at Ottawa, but this is almost out of the question on a large scale, and 

 adds too much to the cost of production. In the event of discing not 

 being practical, a solution of crude carbolic acid and soap has been 

 found to be fairly effectual and it has the merit of being easily applied. 

 On a recent visit I paid to the Nicola countr)', I noticed a very serious 

 infestation of Chionaspis p'lnifolia on the bull pines, P. ponderosa. Some 

 of the trees were covered from the ground to the top and so conspicuous 

 was it that they seemed to have been powdered over with sawdust. 

 Many of the pines are dying, though whether from this cause or not I 

 am unable to say. 



I noticed some time ago some curious looking galls on the poplars in 

 some parts of the Okanagan. I thought at first that they were an aggre- 

 gation of buds, but on examination they were found to be the work of 

 one of the mites Eriophyes. Very little harm seems to accrue from the 

 attack, as most of the trees seem healthy enough. 



The dry belt seems to be the happy hunting ground for several of 

 those gall forming insects, more especially among the Artemesia. I 

 have found stems of those plants which were scarce recognizable on 



