ri!()i'Ki:i)i.\i;s. !!)](). 77 



advancing' ii|i tlic ( »lc,-iii:iu'aii \alli',\- Ilmiji IIk' State ol' Wasliiiiulnii. ami llial il was 

 iiiily a (|iii'sl inn nf lime w Inn ihc scali' woiilil i.cciir in I'.riiish ('nlinnliia as a L'cncral 

 oi-clianl |"'St. In tin' r,,„„,/;„,, riitmuol,,,/!-.! . XI. NIL. .\... J. A|i|-il. llll.",. il is slalcil 

 thai Ihc srah' had n^arhrd a |i..inl in I'.Ml' at thr jiiin-t i..n n!' thr ( ■,,liniiliia ami 

 ' )Uaiia:.'an Kivcrs. a |iidnl a|i|if(ixiinatcly sixty ndli's south of the llfitish Ccilninliia 

 h.inmltify-iiiir. 



Tin. histni-y ,,f this sralc. I hcirfon.. in Iliilish Cnluinlia has been very interest- 

 in;.', .ami we are walehiiiL' with .-i m'e.at deal ..1 r,.nreni ils I ill lire devehipiiK'nts. It 

 is to he h(i|ied that the Iriiil -^inw els nl' the rruvimc |ire|'erl.\' realize the iiii]K)rtan('e 

 of this insect, and that these slalenieiils ahov<> will assist them in y;iiii;iii,L; the present 

 conditions as they e.vist. 



A Ihoron^h drenching' of the trei'S infcste,] ly the scale with i-oininci-cial eon- 



centraled liine-siil|iliiir S(.liili liliileil 1-s. apiilied in spriim as the buds hri'ak. will 



effect eolltl-ol. 



SlK.wiilu- lv].ii-:il iniiu-v to Mpplrs liv Ihc rcsv :niliis. fi-c,|ii.'ii 1 1 V a 

 season of tll.- ynn- wlicn Ulr Mhovr is nol.^d ll.i ••iphidcs al-i. seal ill Ihc clusl 

 of k'Uvos or aiiph's. Tliis Is accounted for by the fact that lb.' ajibidcs ba' 

 migrated from the apple-trees to some other food-iilant. 'I'bp injury, as sw 

 is a result of an early spring attack, d'hoto l)y K. ('. T. ) 



Tin: Weoij.v ,\riiis \ I'.riiLKiiniii laiiii/ira llaiism.l. 



In the year Islii' Ihis well-known insect was repiirted to occur ;il .\ldei',i.'rove. 

 Chilliwaek. Maiile Uidse. Saltsprins Island, ami Coinox. In ls;i;;. acccu-dinu to ihe 

 rrovineial D(>|iartiiieiit of Agriculture reports, it was n-ported Iroiu l.an;.'ley. riie.im. 



llamuioiid. Port Moody. Viotcu-ia, and I 'o x. .and to have iiea-caseil iioticeahly in 



area oyca- |irevioiis records of infcsl.il ion. .\eveil helcss. we are infonued tlutt the 

 ■■woolly a|ihis used soinetiines lo be nut iced in Is'.lo."- which would indicale Ihaf 

 ill that year this insect was mil considered conimon in th(> Lower I'raser Valley. 

 Its oecnrrcaice. as may be seen froin lite l'oie;.'oiii- localities, was coiilined to the 

 Lower Mainland and to \ancou\cr Island, p.irl iciil.irly. il woiibl seem, lo Ihe lalliT 

 loeality, aeeordiuL' to .Mr. i:. 1 lni<-licrson. rrovimial liispcitor t,( I'mit Tests, in the 

 Second Iteport id' the 1 lepartinent of .\-iiciili tin', isiij, who claims that this aiiliis 



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