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THE WESTERN POMOLOGIST. 



[1871 



The Banana : — Buis's American Flower Direc- 

 tory says: "We especially recommend the in- 

 creased cultivation of the Dwarf species. Cav- 

 endishii and Dacca,— which can be very success- 

 fully grown and fruited in tubs, as they grow only 

 from four to six feet high, and can so easily be 

 removed to the cellar, stable or other out buildings 

 for protection during winter. AVith this treatment, 

 we have seen them bearing excellent fruit as far 

 north as Memphis, and even Cincinnati." 



Radishes.— The radish ought to be grown in 

 every garden, and found on every farmer's table. 

 It is one of those few things that are indispensable 

 in every well regulated family, for it is healthful, as 

 well as palateable. 



The radish likes a deep, light, rich soil. Its per- 

 fection depends upon its rapid growth. If it grows 

 slowly it is apt to be tough and stringy. Give it a 

 warm and rich soil, therefore, and force it ahead by 

 stimulating manures. 



The CATjLrPLOWER. — To attain the best success 

 with this delicious vegetable it must have a cool, 

 moist, rich soil. If grown on a dry, sandy loam, to 

 produce good heads the soil must not only be made 

 rich, but the plant mulched, to keep the ground 

 cool, and to retain all the moisture possible. 



Mildew on Roses. — A correspondent of the 

 Cottage Qardsner gives the following cure for mil- 

 dew on roses : Rub down in a gallon of soft water 

 one pound of soft soap ; with the solution syringe 

 the upper and under surface of the foliage, and the 

 mildew will disappear as if by magic. 



Repelling Insects. — For repelling insects, the 

 Gardener's Chronicle recommends a dry mixture of 

 four parts of road dust, two parts of powdered 

 tobacco, of any kind, and one of sulphur — to be 

 dusted by hand over the plants, after sprinkling 

 them with water. 



No Fragrance, Fruit or Song. — The rose of 

 Florida, the most beautiful of flowers, emits no 

 fragrance; the bird of Paradise, the most beautiful 

 of birds, gives no song ; the cypress of Greece, tlie 

 finest of trees, yields no fruit. 



Growth of the Pepper Tree. — In Los Angeles 

 there is a pepper tree grown from a seed planted 

 three years ago, the trunk of which measures over 

 eighteen inches in diameter. 



Large Onion Yield. — Last season Mr. W. P. 

 Watson, of Multonomah county, Oregon, raised a 

 patch of onions on Beaver Dam land, which pro- 

 duced at the rate of 1.100 bushels per acre. 



Planting Forests in Maine. — The Maine peo- 

 ple are talking about sowing the seeds of forest 

 trees for lumber, and especially of the white pine. 



^ntomologg. 



DK. S. H. KKIDBLBAnOH, EDITOR, ClAKINCA, IOWA. 



I^^Send in the Insects.— Dr. E. is chairman of the Com- 

 mittee on Entomology for the State Horticultural Society, 

 and would take it as a favor to be furnished with specimens 

 of insects from the various localities of the State, by mail 

 during this year. Those sending will please state all they 

 know concerning the habits of the insects sent; what they 

 are found feeding on, etc. 



The Canker "Worm, 



Anesopteryx Vernata. This insect, which of all 

 others, is perhaps the most destructive among 

 apple trees, exists in quite a number of localities in 

 the West. Hence its natural history should be 

 familliar to every orchardist. 



The A. Vernata generally makes its appearance 

 in early spring, about the middle of March, some 

 times earlier and sometimes later, depending on the 

 early or late warm temperature of the season. But 

 while it has a general time for appearing in its per- 

 fected insect form, there are with it variations from 

 this general rule— as a few come out late in the foil 

 and of warm days during the winter. Open, mild 

 winters being very favorable to the variations from 

 the general rule. 



The annexed 

 cut, (fig. 1) here 

 given represents 

 the female moth 

 in every partic- 

 ular natural. 



FIG. 1. FIG. 3. 



She is wingless, and cannot fly, hence her only 

 mode of locomotion is to creep — which she instinct- 

 ively does to the nearest tree, on which she in due 

 time deposits her eggs. 



The male moth is a four winged, ash colored 

 insect, with a body much smaller than the female. 

 It is very active, and may be seen fluttering around 

 the whereabouts of the female, and from cluster to 

 cluster of her eggs. His natural size and figure is 

 here given in the annexed cut, (fig. 2.) 



The female deposits her eggs in clusters of f/om 

 sixty to a hundred in a place, in rows, on their 

 ends, and firmly glues them together, and to the 

 bark, with a grayish varnish, which eflfectually 

 keeps them from being injured by moisture. 



" They appear as shown in this cut, a 

 little cluster of the natural size on the 

 bark, and a few magnified. These clus- 

 ters are usually found in the forks of ' 

 small bi'anches, or close to the young 

 twigs." 



In a short tiuu- both the male (3) and female (1) 



