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hours collect over 2000 puparia, fifty people could collect 

 a proportionately larger number, ami there would be so many 



less left to work future damage. 



" Another thing which 1 believe is much wanted, — in 

 which opinion I am supported by Mr. G. E. Palmer, — is, 

 that every farmer should be supplied with a good figure of an 

 infected plant, for several fanners with whom 1 have conversed 

 upon the subject are totally ignorant as to the appearance o( 

 a plant when attacked; and one said to me 'We hear a 

 deal about this Hessian Fly, but we don't know what it's like 

 or what to look for.' Such being the case, an official report 

 is of little value to the farmers. 



'• Among the many letters which have appeared in the press 

 I think the following from the -Mark Lane Express,' headed 

 ' Where the Hessian Fly came from.' and signed ' English 

 Farmer,' deserves attention :- ' If any of your readers want 

 to know from whence this pest is coming, they have only to 

 examine the straw that is now being imported into this 

 country to satisfy themselves. Only a fortnight ago I 

 examined some rough straw lying in No. 1 Princess Dock- 

 shed, Hull, and found it badly infested.' &o. It the above 

 statement is correct, all remedial measures will be useless 

 so long as infected straw is allowed to he imported. 



" I must apologise for these somewhat disjointed notes, and 

 at some future time I will endeavour to give more detailed 

 accounts of my observations both on the Hessian Fly and its 

 parasites." 



Mr. Enock exhibited specimens of injured barley : and a 

 discussion ensued, in which Dr. Sharp, Mr. Jacoby, Mr. 

 Billups, Mr. Waterhouse, and others took part. 



October 5, 1887. 



Dr. David Shakp, M.B., F.Z.S., President, in the chair. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted 

 to the respective donors. 



