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ratus later on. In the meanwhile the above suggestions, made 

 from memory and with the consent of the originator, may contain 

 hints for our nurserymen who are seriously suffering from the 

 depredations of this minute yet destructive insect. A nursery- 

 man in southern Minnesota, writing under date of September 7th, 

 says : "I,eaf hoppers just as numerous as ever." 



TWO STRAWBERRY INSECTS. 



Complaint has reached the Entomologist this season of the 

 "Strawberry W^eevil," Anthonomus signatiis, and of the ''Flea-like 

 Negro Bug,'' a species of Corinwlcena, attacking strawberries. 



Fig. 93. — Strawberry Weevil. Original. 



The Strawberry Weevil, shown in Fig. 93, is a hard pest to 

 combat ; there is no real remedy. Entomologist Sanderson of 

 Texas advises the burning over of old beds as helpful. In- 

 asmuch as it is claimed that the insect only attacks the staminate 

 varieties of strawberries, we have suggested -'planting chiefly the 

 pistillate varieties, using only occasional rows of staminate plants, 

 which latter rows may, if it seems desirable, be protected by cheap 

 coverings until the buds are ready to open.'' Spraying with Paris 

 Green in Bordeaux Mixture, i pound of the former to every 100 

 gallons of the latter, is said to be helpful to some extent. This 

 must be done before the beetles appear, once before blooming and 

 again two or three days after appearance of first blossoms. 

 There should be three applications in order to keep buds and 

 blossoms fairly well covered with a coating of poison. 



The fact that bees visit these blossoms forms a decided ob- 

 jection to the method, and it may be said that any insecticide has 

 but little value. 



