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leaf, and this may be, or really is, one cause of curled 

 leaf, but another form exists as has been previously 

 described ; the leaves thus affected drop as other curled 

 leaves. Soap-suds, or soap-suds and tobacco, sprinkled 

 on the leaves will destroy these pests. Insectivorous 

 birds will destroy them. Fruit growers, spare the birds 

 when possible. Plant some cherries and such, for them, 

 and they will work for you when all fruit has gone, and 

 before it comes. 



BARK-LICE -(Coca if iS — Harris.) 

 These infest the bark of the peach tree to a certain 

 extent, but the peach has not yet suffered as the apple 

 has in this country, but, if the peach continues to be 

 grown much longer, all these pests will attack it, for 

 what ever lives in this world has enemies which cause 

 life to fight its way, and whilst on the peninsula we have 

 no scientist to tell us of these things, to forewarn us 

 and give us remedies, our trees may be overwhelmed 

 at any time. A favorable place to find bark-lice of one 

 species is on the powder-willow, and in summer if you 

 sit under one of these trees thus infested, you will soil 

 your clothing with a dye of a cochineal color, which 

 comes from the juice of the crushed bugs, and is, I 

 suppose, a really very good cochineal dye. These bark- 

 lice live on the bark of the tree, roots and limbs, and are 

 found again on the leaves. They are scaly, male and 

 female, and increase rapidly. They live by suction from 



