78 GARDEN FOES. 



Examine the baiiiU frequently to aee if the grease is moist. 

 If at all dry, add more. Do this till December. Early in 

 INIarch again grease the bands, and continue to do so till 

 well into July ; then you will trap the female March Moth, 

 the Apple Blossom Weevil in May, and the Codling Moth 

 larva? in June, and so circumvent their possibilities of 

 doing mischief. (2) In the case of caterpillars infesting 

 the trees, spraying with Paris Green (Formula No. 11) or 

 Lead Arsenate (Formula 10), will either render tlie foliage 

 unpalatable or kill the larvae. These washes must, how- 



[I'hoto: H. A. Smith. 

 Ari'l.K J. EAVES INFESTED WITH GALLS. 

 Apple leaves are 6ometinie6 furnieheJ with biu;ill protiib-eranc<?e, evid^utiy 

 the work of Gall Midg<?6 or Mites. 



ever, be applie-d just before the blossoms open and directly 

 the fruit has set to be effectual. (3) Spraying the 

 trees with Caustic Alkali Wash (Nos. 1 or 8) in February 

 will also kill the eggs. 



Wood Leopard Moth (Zeuzera iesculi).— The larvai 

 )f this pretty moth bore into the branches and trunks 



