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purpose which it serves in the economy of the insect 

 il not known." 



It has also been ascertained that the allies of this 

 little insect infest other trees, as the applo, elm, oak, 

 pine, hickory, alder, and so on. 



These early entomologists made record of many other 

 interesting facts bearing upon the habits, structure, and 

 peculiarities of these strange little insects, much of 

 which is of value to any one interested in the history of 

 the insect enemies of our trees. 



The writer just quoted goes on to point out that "of 

 course all the aphides are injurious to the vegetation that 

 they attack, the amount of their harm depending upon 

 their numbers, and the quantity of the sap that, by 

 means of their beaks inserted into the bark, they are 

 able to withdraw from the circulation. 



"As the peculiar coating of these woolly aphides pro- 

 tect them from most of the insecticides that could be 

 applied to them in a liquid form shedding the fluid 

 without absorption the best remedy for them to be 

 found is crushing them with a cloth, stiff brush, or 

 broom, as they occur in their conspicuous masses upon 

 the trunks and branches." 



It has further been shown that "this species is quite 

 resistent to cold, since it was observed the latter part of 

 October, 1903. in New York State, after the temperature 

 had been quite low, and while an inch of snow was to 



be seen on adjacent hillsides." It is a widely dis- 

 tributed species over the State of New York, and ten or 

 twelve years ago it gave a great deal of trouble in 

 Oneida County, the beech trees being covered with the 

 pest, killing all the branches. The limbs become much 

 twisted and distorted after the insects have sucked nearly 

 all the sap out of them, and it is a curious sight to see 

 a big tree having all of its limbs 90 thickly covered with 

 these insects that it looks as though it had been dusted 

 over with powdered lime from the topmost twigs to the 

 lowest branches. Thousands of beech trees have been 

 destroyed by this pest, and the menace has become a 

 very serious one to this valuable tree. In other sections 

 the sycamores have suffered to nearly the same extent. 

 It is an interesting fact, and an important thing for 

 the forester to know, that the insect has a natural enemy 

 in the caterpillar of one of our native butterflies, known 

 as the Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius), which has a 

 range all over the Atlantic States and the Valley of the 

 Mississippi. It is a small, bright orange form, its nearest 

 relatives being butterflies occurring in Africa and Asia. 

 One of the entomologists of New York has pointed out 

 that "the mother insect deposits her eggs upon the twigs 

 of beech, alder, etc., in the midst of colonies of woolly 

 aphides. The caterpillars, upon hatching, spin a thin 

 web and devour many of the plant lice, completing their 

 growth within thirteen days." 



EUGEJNE BRUCE DEAD 



A DEEP sense of loss is felt throughout the profes- 

 ** sion in the death of Eugene Sewell Bruce. Mr. 

 Bruce was one of those who earliest believed in forestry, 

 and his vision, coupled with his highly practical knowl- 

 edge and experience, did much to bring about some of 

 the most important work which has been accomplished 

 in forestry today. He 

 had as well those traits 

 in a strong man which 

 so endear him to his 

 associates, and "Gene" 

 Bruce will be genuinely 

 and widely mourned. 

 The Society of the 

 American Foresters, of 

 which Mr. Bruce was a 

 senior member, in fram- 

 ing resolutions on his 

 death, said in part : 



"In the death of 

 Eugene Sewell Bruce, 

 the Foresters have lost 

 a man unique in the his- 

 tory of American fores- 

 try, a pioneer builder of 

 forestry in this country, and a wise and practical leader 

 of the profession. . . . He was recognized as one 

 of the most efficient of the practical lumbermen of the 

 north woods, when twenty years ago, he abandoned a 

 career rich in promise as a lumberman in private em- 

 ploy, to join the little band of foresters in Washington. 



LEAVES 



By Leila Brechenser-Rostiser 



[ wish that I at death might please 

 To journey as the wearied leaves. 



[ wish that I might gently go 

 Xo sleep, beneath the sort, white 

 snow. 



I wish that I might smiling die 

 And by God s grace as safely lie. 



"His ability to grasp what foresters were thinking 

 about and his intimate knowledge of the difficulties in 

 their path, made his services of inestimable value. He 

 was the necessary connecting link between foresters and 

 lumbermen. He led foresters to understand lumber- 

 ing and lumbermen to apply forestry. He was quick 

 to grasp the conception of forestry, its place in the 



ultimate development of 

 our forests and its rela- 

 tion to the practical side 

 of the lumber industry. 

 In those days he was 

 perhaps the one lumber- 

 man who saw clearly 

 that the vision held by 

 foresters must soon be 

 realized, and to the 

 realization of this vision 

 he gave the better part 

 of his life. ... To 

 those of us who are still 

 plodding along the trail, 

 his loss is softened by 

 the knowledge that he 

 lived to see the accom- 

 plishment of his aims. 

 He brought his vision 

 down to earth and 

 made it work. . . . He placed public interests above 

 his own personal advantage, and with the zeal of a new 

 convert to a great cause, fought for them courageously 

 without sparing himself in the face of opposition and an- 

 tagonism. . . . He has left his mark upon the for- 

 esters of the country. There is no other like him." 



