CENTRAL TRIAL STATION. 55D 
The saw fly on willows we have been successful in checking by use of Paris 
green and water sprayed on the foliage by a spray pump. In case of infested 
trees Gver twenty feet high they should be shortened, and then by using 
a spray pump in a wagon and long pieces of hose held up by means of 
bamboo poles twelve feet long the tops may be reached. For the tent 
‘caterpillar the same remedy is good, but should be commenced as soon as 
the young hatch out. 
During the last two years our lawns have been seriously injured in 
summer by the larvae of the May beetle. These grub worms eat the roots of 
SEEDLING PLUMS IN FRUIT AT THE FOREST PLANTATION OF COTEAU FARM 
; SUB-EXPERIMENT STATION. 
These seedling plum trees were used in some of the plats as secondary trees, and have 
borne well and given good shade. 
the grass so that the top dries out and can be raked up in piles, as the 
plants lie only on the top of the ground. We know of no satisfactory remedy 
for this pest. The grub worms probably remain in the soil for at least 
‘three years, and it is probable that they do the most injury in their third 
year. The best treatment seems to be to spade up the infested portion 
in the fall and seed down early in spring. 
The following shows the condition of some trees and shrubs of special 
interest on our grounds last spring. Ampelopsis veitchii, Ampelopsis cuspi- 
