i'i!(ici:i:iu.\-(^s. line. 



Ill July. Un:!. .Mr. I,, i.. I'liliiirr rc'tcrs to llic wonlly a|iliis ms m f ilii. iiK.st 



scriniis iirsts In II VcliM 111 isl .irniiiMl \rniiiii. Mill) ilniws .illnilinii 1.1 ilii' pri'sriiii' 



or' r -iiilosl ill- forms in tliiil loinlily. 



In llir iiio.-iiiw liilc. ill till' Lower l-'i-.-isor \'.-illr.\- llir woolly ,-i|ilils has ^Towii lo 

 Ihr r.-iiik ol' ilic most coiiiiii.in on-luiril inscri in iho \:illry. II orcurs o\-rr.\ wlii'i-i- on 

 Vool .-uhI sli'iii I'roiii \':iiiroiivcr to .\:;assi/.. 



In I'.Hl. aiconlin- lo Mr. .\l. 11. Kuhni.- in llio l'ioi',Tilini.'s of tlio l!ritisli 



roliinilHa l-:nloiiioloi.'i.al .Si,riii.\, .\d. 7. I'.M.'i. tlio wooll.x' ajiliis '■ was lUTsciil in ;U1 

 tho ol.lrr oi-cliai-as lliroii-lioiit tlio nk.in.a;;.an \allc,\. Ilic rool form not hoiiis xi> 

 oftrl 1 Willi." 



Ihiriuu' I'.il I I hail the oiiport unity of visiliiiL: the (>kaiiai;aii \'Mlley for the first 

 time after Inniiit; spciil two \ears in the Coast ilislriets. If tin-re was one lliiii^' 

 more than an.\- other thai striiek me on that visil it was the ■' eomparal i ve " alseme 

 <if lliis Woolly aphis, ami the report from iiiaii.\' quarters of its increase in ni.anv 

 loe.alilies. There seems liltle iloiihl that, while Ihe wooly aphis may have been 

 present ill the (Ikaiiau'aii \'alley siiiee anil kefore Is'.i:;. il lias not as yei spreail over 

 the existiii- oreliaril area lo the same e.xteiil as it has done on the Coasl. 1 am 

 inrlineil to ihink that the woolly aphis, like Ihe oyster-shell seale. is an insert 



parlieiilarl.x- ailapteil to a hiimiil ist elimale. where il woiihl he more lialile t.i 



liiiil lonilitioiis siiiialiie to o|iiiiiiiiiii ilevelopment than in ariil se.-tions. However, 

 there is no 1 loll hi that elimatii- eonililions in Ihe I Ikana-an woiilil suit il well eiiou-li 

 lo eii.ahle it to eatise a eoiisiilerahle ainoiint of iiijiir.\ ; therefore it is ailvisahle Ihal 

 line re^.iril lie paid to its spread anil reprodini ion in the Ipper ronnlry. 



Tin; r.i ii-\ioTli i'l'iiirt'irrid i.rrUiniii SehilTl. 



The lirsl re|iort of the hnd-moili oeeiirrin;; in I'.rilish ('olnmlii.i is that reeorded 

 in Ihe iMlth .\iiniial Uep'H'l "f the I lort ieiill iiral and I-"riiit-L;rowers' Assmiation of 

 I'.rilish Colnmhia. 1n'.i4. In thai year spei-imeiis of the liiid-moih were reporied from 

 the vieiiiity ot \eriioii. W.r. This .i|ipe,-irs to lie the hrst re|iorl for the I'roviiiee 

 appeariin,' in prim. Init Ihe impression is Ljiven holh ill the Is'.U Iteporl as well as 

 in the IN'.I-^ l;ep"fl- Hiiil 'I"' iiisei-l oerlirred at the time in the Lower I'raser N'alley. 

 Dr. J. Fletcher, in his report as liominiim lOntoniolo.u'ist. Isp.-,, mentions reeeiviiif; 

 specimens of Ihe Imd-molli from the nrcharil of Mr. ( '. ]•'. I'oniid. Si. lOliiio. T,.('.. 

 and remarks that these were the tiist s|iecimens he liail received from I'.ritish 



('olnmlii.i. I':ven in llin.'l this insect did imr occur con il\- in Ihe I'nnince. Since 



Itlll il has 1 ceil found |ireseiil in every orcliard visited in the Lower Fraser \alley. 

 .\dillts have lieen hreil and coniiiared with l^aslcrn Canadian specimens and their 

 iileiilit.\- is certiticd. It is well to say this, lieiailse we are yet a litlle donhttiil as 



to the idem ily of s e other ■■ hiiil worms " \ cry similar in iialnre to ihe hiul niol h. 



Ill this year (I'.ll.'il. howe\er. we may state that the hnd-iiiol |i ( 7'. nrrlliiiiii ) ociirs 

 commonly lioili on Vancouver Isl.ind and on the Lower Mainiand. In the (ikanauan 

 it reinains somewiial scarce. .Mr. llrilt.iin reports it as workiiiL: in several orclianls 

 in the Keli.wna Hislrici in ilii> slimmer of I'.ii;;. hut ■■not in snilicieiil nnmlicrs to 

 do a L-reat deal of harm." In .\ii-iisl. I'.il 1. I \isiieil the ( ikana-'an and made a 

 special ciiilea\oiir to dclermine the ilist rihiit ion of Ihe hiid-mol li. I realized thai 

 doillil had heeii expressed as lo Ihe prohahle species iiiMilvcd in in.inr.N^ of a similar 



iialnre. hence I was careful in determinal ion. I am of II pinion tlial the Imd- 



nioth I v. nrrlhiiui) occurs at \eiiioii. Kelowna. and al I'eiil id on. Kelow iia was the 

 only poiiil where hnd-moth iii.jiiry altracied altcnlion; at oiher poiiils careful exam- 

 inations had to lie made hecaiise the insects were not common. It is lo he hoped 

 that the iie.M few years will throw more liirlit on the iilentily of ihe species of 

 ■■ hiiil-worms " iiiMiheil. lieea.use at present there is much confusion. .\| any rale. 

 Ilie important point is appai^ent llial e\ery year adds a litlle more area to Ihe 

 extent of infestalion in the Okaniman: lonseipieiitly ^'rowers are advised lo walch 



the aihance of this inseci lor fear it I niies as well estalilislied as il is at present 



in the Lower Fr.iser \allev. 



