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  Florida, 
  since 
  1889; 
  Washington 
  State 
  and 
  Ohio, 
  since 
  1890; 
  Georgia 
  and 
  Louisiana, 
  

   since 
  1891; 
  Long 
  Island, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  since 
  1892; 
  Delaware 
  and 
  eastern 
  Massachusetts, 
  

   since 
  1893. 
  

  

  The 
  plants 
  thus 
  far 
  found 
  subject 
  to 
  injury 
  by 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  are 
  the 
  apple, 
  

   pear, 
  peach, 
  apricot, 
  plum, 
  cherry, 
  quince, 
  grape, 
  raspberry, 
  blackberry, 
  gooseberry, 
  

   currant, 
  and 
  persimmon, 
  among 
  our 
  fruits; 
  the 
  chestnut, 
  hickory, 
  pecan, 
  English 
  

   walnut, 
  black 
  walnut 
  and 
  almond 
  among 
  the 
  nut-bearing 
  trees; 
  the 
  oak, 
  basswood, 
  

   elm, 
  catalpa, 
  birch, 
  poplar, 
  and 
  willow 
  among 
  our 
  shade 
  and 
  forest 
  trees; 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  

   miscellaneous 
  list 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs, 
  including 
  the 
  rose, 
  thorn-apple 
  or 
  red 
  haw, 
  

   crab-apple, 
  wahoo, 
  spirsea, 
  loquat, 
  cotoneaster, 
  flowering 
  quince, 
  flowering 
  currant, 
  

   acacia, 
  alder, 
  and 
  sumach. 
  This 
  insect 
  also 
  seriously 
  infests 
  the 
  osage 
  orange, 
  

   spreading 
  with 
  the 
  greatest 
  facility 
  through 
  the 
  thick 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  wayside 
  hedge. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  very 
  important 
  that 
  all 
  supposed 
  or 
  possible 
  cases 
  of 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  

   San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  in 
  Illinois 
  be 
  reported 
  at 
  once 
  to 
  this 
  office, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  twigs 
  or 
  

   pieces 
  of 
  bark 
  illustrating 
  the 
  supposed 
  attack. 
  To 
  all 
  communications 
  accompanied 
  

   by 
  such 
  specimens 
  prompt 
  reply 
  will 
  be 
  made, 
  and 
  enfergetic 
  measures 
  for 
  its 
  

   destruction 
  will 
  be 
  taken 
  wherever 
  the 
  scale 
  is 
  thus 
  detected. 
  

  

  EXTERMINATON 
  OF 
  THE 
  SCALE. 
  

  

  To 
  owners 
  of 
  premises 
  on 
  which 
  this 
  scale 
  is 
  found 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  will 
  give 
  all 
  

   information 
  and 
  assistance 
  necessary 
  to 
  the 
  prompt 
  extermination 
  of 
  the 
  pest, 
  sending 
  

   an 
  agent 
  to 
  inspect 
  the 
  situation 
  and 
  surroundings, 
  to 
  give 
  personal 
  instruction 
  as 
  to 
  

   methods 
  of 
  procedure, 
  and 
  to 
  supervise 
  and 
  direct 
  insecticide 
  operations. 
  An 
  effi- 
  

   cient 
  spraying 
  apparatus 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  furnished 
  for 
  use 
  where 
  this 
  cannot 
  otherwise 
  

   be 
  readily 
  obtained. 
  This 
  proposition 
  is 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  sole 
  condition 
  that 
  the 
  owner 
  

   will 
  destroy 
  stock 
  hopelessly 
  diseased 
  and 
  will 
  provide 
  the 
  necessary 
  insecticide 
  and 
  

   the 
  labor 
  for 
  its 
  preparation 
  and 
  for 
  its 
  distribution 
  to 
  infested 
  stock, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   whole 
  operation 
  will 
  be 
  carried 
  on 
  and 
  continued 
  to 
  the 
  satisfaction 
  of 
  a 
  representative 
  

   of 
  this 
  office. 
  Experience 
  elsewhere 
  has 
  shown 
  that 
  expert 
  assistance 
  of 
  this 
  sort 
  is, 
  

   as 
  a 
  rule, 
  necessary 
  to 
  insure 
  success; 
  and 
  expenditure 
  of 
  public 
  money 
  in 
  such 
  an 
  

   interest 
  can 
  be 
  justified 
  only 
  on 
  condition 
  that 
  everything 
  is 
  done 
  needful 
  to 
  the 
  

   accomplishment 
  of 
  the 
  end 
  desired. 
  

  

  The 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  is 
  commonly 
  regarded 
  by 
  those 
  best 
  informed 
  concerning 
  it 
  

   as 
  the 
  most 
  dangerous 
  and 
  injurious 
  insect 
  enemy 
  of 
  American 
  fruits. 
  It 
  now 
  occurs 
  

   in 
  Illinois 
  in 
  comparatively 
  small 
  colonies, 
  where 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  it 
  can 
  probably 
  be 
  

   exterminated 
  at 
  small 
  expense. 
  Considering 
  the 
  enormous 
  loss 
  which 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  fall 
  

   upon 
  the 
  horticulture 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  if 
  this 
  highly 
  destructive 
  insect 
  is 
  allowed 
  to 
  spread 
  

   generally 
  throughout 
  our 
  orchards 
  and 
  to 
  infest 
  our 
  nurseries, 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  

   every 
  person 
  upon 
  whose 
  property 
  it 
  appears 
  will 
  regard 
  the 
  situation 
  in 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  

   the 
  public 
  welfare 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  his 
  private 
  interest, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  will 
  take 
  

   without 
  hesitation 
  such 
  measures 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  protect 
  both. 
  

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  Bulletin 
  of 
  Information. 
  

   An 
  illustrated 
  bulletin 
  of 
  information 
  concerning 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  and 
  its 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  in 
  Illinois 
  has 
  been 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  

   (Bulletin 
  No. 
  48), 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  furnished 
  on 
  application 
  to 
  Prof. 
  Eugene 
  Davenport, 
  

   Director 
  of 
  the 
  Station. 
  A 
  later 
  and 
  more 
  comprehensive 
  article 
  upon 
  the 
  subject 
  

   will 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  forthcoming 
  biennial 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist, 
  which 
  will 
  

   probably 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  distribution 
  this 
  fall. 
  * 
  

  

  *For 
  omitted 
  section 
  see 
  page 
  8. 
  

  

  