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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Figure 



The Spotted Pelidnota. 



a represents the full grown larva, 



the persons employed can walk from 

 one vine to another. The expense 

 necessary is very trifling, and boys can 

 do the work quite as well as men. 

 Warm, bright afternoons are the proper 

 times for this work to b3 done, and it 

 should be performed faithfully every 

 sunny day until the vines are out of 

 danger. This mode of combating the 

 beetle promises to be much more eftec- 

 tual than any other which has been 

 hitherto suggested ; for it can be used 

 early in the season before the vines are 

 seriously injured and before the insects 

 have b3gun to multiply. In connection 

 with the above, the remedies which 

 have been recommended often should, 

 if necessary, be used. These are as 

 follows : First, all rubbish should be 

 removed fi'om the vineyard, and the 

 stakes and trellises which support the 

 vines be well cleaned of bark and 

 splinters, so as to afford the beetles 

 little chance for hibernating in the 

 vineyard. Second, if the larvae appear 

 in great numbers, lime should be sifted 

 over the vines. 



The spoited Pelidnota, shewn in 

 Figure No. 7, feeds on the leaves of 

 the vine, and it is just as well to kill 



No. 7. 



{Pelidnota punctata). 

 6 the pupa, c the perfect beetle. 



the beetles when you find them,^ lest 

 they should multiply suthciently to 

 commit serious damage, though I am 

 not aware that they have yet been so 

 numerous as to become seriously trouble- 

 some. (To he continued). 



THE CEDARS OF LEBANON. 

 The once famous and extensive cedar 

 forest of Lebanon, according to a writer in 

 the Politkchz Correspond :nz, has dwindled 

 down to the dimensions of a mere thicket, 

 numbering about four hundred trees. To 

 save it from complete destruction, and 

 preserve it at least in its presejit extent, 

 Rustem Pacha, the Governor-G^aieral of 

 the Lebanon, has issued a special ordi- 

 nance, containing a series of stringent 

 regulations calculated to check, if not 

 quite put a stop to the vandalism and 

 carelessness of most travelers. It is ex- 

 pressly forbidden to put up tents or other 

 kinds of shelter within the district of the 

 trees, or to light fires or cook any provi- 

 sions in their vicinity. No one is allowed 

 to break oflf a bough or even a twig from 

 the trees. It is forbidden to bring any 

 beasts of burden within the district. 

 Should oxen, s leep, goats or other pas- 

 turage cattle be found within the pre- 

 scribed limits they will be irredeemably 

 confiscated. 



