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balance of nature, the danger is eliminated 

 and the foe and the pest go on living together 

 in safety. 



These are illustrations of the work which 

 this commission is doing. Other pests are 

 being subjugated in the same way. When a 

 foe to a given pest is found while the pest 

 is not sufficiently active to warrant operations, 

 the eggs may be kept indefinitely in cold stor- 

 age ready for hatching when needed. In the 

 insectary of the commission I saw a little 

 orange tree one day about to set out upon 

 a journey which illustrates the scope of the 

 work done and suggests its possibilities. The 

 little tree was possessed of a scale insect which 

 promised serious damage. It had but begun 

 to show itself in California, but it was known 

 to be dangerous. It was learned that in an 

 interior Chinese province the foe to this pest 

 and the pest thrive together with no harm to 

 the fruits, — a complete balance. The tree was 

 about to be sent to Hong Kong, where it 

 would meet the agent of the commission who 

 would take it on its long journey into China, 

 place it where it would accumulate on its 

 leaves a supply of the eggs of the foe and 



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