﻿selves, 
  by 
  exposure 
  to 
  the 
  weather. 
  The 
  trees 
  in 
  this 
  orchard 
  were 
  in 
  

   very 
  good 
  condition, 
  showing 
  but 
  little 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  attack. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  orchard 
  visited, 
  that 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Thalimer, 
  was 
  in 
  very 
  much 
  

   worse 
  condition, 
  the 
  fungus 
  having 
  been 
  introduced 
  too 
  late 
  to 
  save 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  trees. 
  The 
  plat 
  contained 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy-five 
  

   peach-trees, 
  three 
  years 
  old, 
  which 
  had 
  become 
  infested 
  two 
  years 
  

   previously 
  by 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  from 
  the 
  premises 
  of 
  a 
  neighbor. 
  

   Nine-tenths 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  in 
  this 
  orchard 
  were 
  dead, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  

   owner's 
  estimate, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  those 
  to 
  which 
  pieces 
  of 
  oak 
  branches 
  had 
  

   been 
  tied 
  in 
  July 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  Where 
  the 
  trees 
  and 
  the 
  scales 
  

   upon 
  them 
  were 
  still 
  living, 
  the 
  scale 
  fungus 
  could 
  yet 
  be 
  found 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  history 
  and 
  condition 
  of 
  these 
  orchards 
  and 
  from 
  other 
  

   observations 
  made 
  upon 
  this 
  visit 
  it 
  seemed 
  clear 
  that 
  the 
  SpluBrostilbe 
  

   could 
  be 
  made 
  useful, 
  especially 
  where 
  for 
  any 
  reason 
  immediate 
  insec- 
  

   ticide 
  work 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  done, 
  but 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  at 
  best 
  serve 
  only 
  as 
  a 
  

   strong 
  check 
  upon 
  the 
  multiplication 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  and 
  not 
  as 
  an 
  efficient 
  

   means 
  of 
  its 
  complete 
  extermination. 
  I 
  consequently 
  decided 
  to 
  apply 
  

   it 
  in 
  Illinois 
  on 
  those 
  premises 
  only 
  which 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  reach 
  with 
  the 
  

   insecticide 
  spray 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  exhaustion 
  of 
  funds 
  available 
  for 
  this 
  field 
  

   work. 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  region 
  remaining 
  without 
  insecticide 
  treat- 
  

   ment 
  was 
  that 
  at 
  Sparta. 
  Some 
  orchards 
  at 
  Richview 
  likewise 
  had 
  been 
  

   only 
  imperfectly 
  sprayed, 
  and 
  others 
  remained 
  heavily 
  infested 
  and 
  in 
  

   condition 
  to 
  afford 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  testing 
  the 
  efficiency 
  of 
  this 
  fungus 
  

   parasite. 
  

  

  This 
  scale 
  fungus 
  was 
  distributed 
  to 
  orchards 
  at 
  Sparta 
  and 
  Rich- 
  

   view 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  B. 
  Forbes 
  on 
  three 
  separate 
  visits; 
  one 
  from 
  April 
  30th 
  

   to 
  May 
  5th, 
  the 
  second 
  from 
  May 
  2Sth 
  to 
  June 
  7th, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  on 
  

   June 
  23d. 
  Thirty 
  trees 
  belonging 
  to 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Newcome, 
  were 
  thus 
  

   infected 
  near 
  Richview, 
  and 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  fourteen 
  trees, 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  twenty 
  owners, 
  in 
  the 
  Sparta 
  district, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  S 
  A. 
  Blair, 
  6 
  trees. 
  H. 
  A. 
  W, 
  Otten, 
  5 
  trees. 
  

  

  Henry 
  Bodiker, 
  iS 
  trees. 
  JefiEerson 
  Porch, 
  35 
  trees 
  

  

  Robert 
  Conch, 
  i 
  tree. 
  Louis 
  Pritz, 
  i 
  tree. 
  

  

  James 
  Davison, 
  8 
  trees. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Robinson, 
  85 
  trees. 
  

  

  Henry 
  Lout, 
  6 
  trees. 
  John 
  Steel, 
  7 
  trees. 
  

  

  George 
  Lyons, 
  4 
  trees. 
  Jacob 
  Stahlman, 
  4 
  trees. 
  

  

  Fred 
  Marshall, 
  1 
  tree 
  J 
  M. 
  Temple, 
  76 
  trees. 
  

  

  John 
  McHenry, 
  3 
  trees. 
  Silvenus 
  Wilson, 
  7 
  trees. 
  

  

  Riley 
  McKelvey, 
  11 
  trees. 
  James 
  Wood, 
  Sr., 
  8 
  trees. 
  

  

  Sidney 
  McKelvey, 
  2 
  trees. 
  James 
  Wood, 
  Jr., 
  26 
  trees. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  earliest 
  visit 
  only 
  infected 
  scales 
  on 
  pieces 
  of 
  bark 
  or 
  twigs 
  

   of 
  oak 
  obtained 
  from 
  Florida 
  were 
  used. 
  The 
  twig 
  or 
  bark 
  with 
  the 
  

   fungus 
  on 
  it 
  was 
  tied 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  limb, 
  as 
  high 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  