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the season; the frequent rains during the spring and early summer causing a 
vigorous growth in the young plants 
and carrying them quickly beyond the 
reach of injury, while the wet weather 
would probably interfere greatly with 
the comfort of the Cut-worms and 
their ability to attack. The use of 
poisoned traps, as recommended by Mr. 
Fletcher in his address last year, has 
proved most effective wherever tried. 
I may repeat that they consist of loose 
bundles of weeds, clover or any succulent vegetation, which are tied together and 
then dipped into a strong mixture of Paris green and water, and scattered over 
the land three or four days before the crop is planted out or appears above the 
ground. 
The Tent-caterpillars (Clisiocampa) which are usually so abundant and so 
injurious to fruit trees in spring and early summer have been remarkable for 
their absence or rarity, in all parts of Ontario. We hope, however, that all fruit 
growers and gardeners will be on the look out for them next spring and consign 
the webs and their inmates to a speedy destruction. . 
The Fall web-worm, Fig. 3, (Hyphantria textor, Harris) has been 
exceedingly abundant in all parts of 
the Province that I have visited this 
year. I do not think that this insect 
causes much serious injury to the trees 
it infests, as it comes so late in the 
season when the leaves have to a 
large extent discharged their function 
as regards the growth and health of 
the tree, but it is a great eyesore e 
with its unsightly webs, and should be =< \pyepip 
got rid of by every tidy fruit-grower. —~# 
Nothing is easier than to strip off 
the web and its living contents with Fig. 3. 
the hands, or when out of reach, by 
means of a pole with a swab of any kind tied to the end. 
The larch saw-fly (Wematus Pricsonii), to which reference has been fre- 
quently made of late years, has not been nearly so abundant as usual in those 
parts of Ontario where it has hitherto prevailed. It is to be hoped that its 
natural enemies have multiplied to a sufficient extent to keep it in subjection and 
prevent its undue increase. 
The squash-bug (Coreus tristis, De Geer), Fig. 4, has been very 
WY Dag abundant and troublesome in many parts of Western Ontario 
\ this year. Where hand-picking and crushing under _ foot 
is impracticable, the insect may be readily destroyed by 
the application of a mixture of coal oil and sand, sprinkled 
over the stem and leaves nearest the root of the plant. 
I have this year found a new insect enemy in the caterpillars 
« \. of the beautiful wood-nymph moth (Ludryas grata, Fab.) Fig. 5 
oe * represents the caterpillar and moth. I have hitherto looked upon 
this lovely insect as an object of interest from its beauty and rarity, but this year 
Fig. 2. 
