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these large willows are striking figures in the landscape. The common white 

 willow, Salix alba, were used to a considerable extent throughout the States of 

 Iowa and Illinois, in stockyard windbreaks, and boundary shelter belts. More 

 valuable trees are now planted. 



Squash Bug and Striped Beetle. 



568. Sir,— Please tell me through the journal the best way to keep off squash bugs, 

 and also the little striped beetle from the cucumber and melon vines? They destroyed the 

 first plants last summer, and the second lot did not ripen well before the frost. 



Subscriber. 



For young squash bugs, sprinkle or spray with kerosene emulsion, but it 

 will be necessary to hand pick the largest ones. If pieces of board are placed 

 among the plants, the bugs will collect on it at night, and may be easily caught. 

 The best way to keep the striped beetle from cucumber vines is to cover the 

 plants with a netting during the time when they are abundant. 



Pruning- the Grape. 



569. Sir.— Please give further directions in the Canadian Horticulturist on 



grape pruning. I followed your directions so far with good success, but want to know it 

 any of the young growth has to be removed in blooming time, after the second spring 

 pruning? Mrs. B. Kirkman, Stoforth. 



Most of our fruit growers neglect any farther attention after spring pruning ; 

 but the proper method is to pinch off the ends of all useless growth, in order to 

 stop it, and throw back the strength into the fruit. It is not considered wise to 

 aemove much wood or foliage in the summer. 



Spraying- among Raspberries. 



570. Sir. — Would spraying apple trees with Paris green injure raspberry plants 

 under them? I have two acres so planted. W. H. Chaplin, Newcastle. 



No, not the slightest. The spraying is over a month before raspberries are 

 ripe, by which time all traces of poison would be washed off. 



Currant Leaf Blight. 



571. Sir. — The leaves on my currant bushes for the past two years have dropped 

 considerably. How can it be prevented ? \V\i. Harris. Eockn-ooil. 



Try spraying with the Bordeaux mixture when leaves first appear, and 

 repeat two weeks after. 



