WORK OF HORTICULTURAL BOARD. 



Need of Remedy for Red Scale. Our colonial citrus orchards 

 have long been afflicted with the Red Scale. By applications of 

 washes, frequently and thoroughly, some of the most enlightened 

 growers have managed to clean small trees and to keep the scales 

 well in check on large ones ; but the expense and trouble for these 

 results have been too great to induce the mass of growers to spray. 



BED SCALE, Aspidiotus auranlii Mask. 1, infested leaves ; la, male ; 16, cmale 

 scale ; Ic, male scale ; 1 is natural size and the others are much enlarged. (From 

 U.S.A. Dept. Agr.) 



The Red Scale is by far the most injurious scale insect affecting citrus trees in this 

 colony and in most other countries. 



Orchards have fallen into neglect, and consequently, with the 

 increasing demand, oranges and lemons have become scarce and 

 high-priced. 



Resolution of the Board. The Horticultural Board realized the 

 necessities of the case and determined to do its utmost to popularize 

 remedies. A resolution was passed during March of last year to 

 utilize certain funds placed at its disposal by Parliament in provid- 

 ing a demonstration on a large scale which would prove the value 



