е ur the agation of 
inexactitudes which, once having en ‘wing, 
are so difficult to b о t he proof 
might also seize opportunity of 
correcting the spelling of several French names 
No student of the history of fruit culture can 
afford to neglect this work, and we h it will 
runner 0: ers America, where 
give us y ints on the 
icated question of the origin of 
European rens which so often, as they say 
ce, **lose themselves in the ni ght of 
—— 
TWO PESTS OF THE ROSE. 
NEPTICULA ANOMALELLA 
Е-ГЕАЕ MINER. 
dam ag 
not very serious, considerable Pics 
grub is very small, y i 
ig 
ippery interior of un leaf than rond 
as the mal 
e insect has 
pte caterpillar си system of 
but has improved on 
are tw nerati 
о “thy a the e 
found in J and also in Sep- 
October. The moth appears in 
d August, and is aboat 5-6 mm. (4 inch) 
across the outspread win It belongs ta the 
Бе group of the Tineidae, a group containing 
mbers of small, inconspicuous moths, 
y of which are leaf станаа Тһе fore-wings 
are greenish-bronze olour, becoming ligh 
th rounded off p? a well- 
e hin 
: moth a spears at i5 айі 
E" June ‘an ane бре to fly during July. 
hand picking or by spraying with lead arsenate. 
A. Н. Lees 
Fic. 66.—1INSECT 
ROSE-LEAF MINER (NEPTICULA ANOMALELLA), 
REMARKS ON THE CONDITION OF 
THE FRUIT CROPS. 
Summaries, ante pp. 64-70.) 
(See Tables and 
(Continued from p. 128.) 
ERN COUNTIES. 
MipprrsEx.—Tne continuous hot dry weather 
had an injurious effect upon crops Кыска eed 
ebrius but л x. 
ch that med Le of t 
St 
and Red Currants were 
Corrente suffered so mu 
trawberries а 
SEPTEMBER 13, 1919.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 139 
demonstrated that the ''straw ” origin is now The larva, which is found in May and June  shrivelled almost beyond recognition. W. Swan, 
quite discredited, and сас had their оп the Rose, is at first pale greenish grey, but The Gardens, Jamnagar Housc, Staines. 
name long before any stra in their as it grows older and larger it becomes а 
culture. It is rather Benin doe that t ee a low. In its frst 8 5 it spins — The crops are a great improvement on 
Frenc. me ‘‘ fraise’? comes from Frezier, the the edges of a young leaf together and lives in the ове ч of 1918. "Phe great blizzard on Sunday 
Fren = first introduced e Chili interior, p later on it lives amongst the shoots, April 29 ма зыб. = great majority of Plum 
variety to Eur Readers might wonder what drawing down the lea silken strands growers, as and icy юн, Кшз к пей 
. the native pans was called before his arrival so as form a sort of tent. When fully grown to ruin the er psk SP: ;now, how ved a 
ar. "are П points which pupat oo a Бн. їо p This good deal 2 fruit, LM pop e ү 
ht ` pest is capable of doing conside: ата AE a di стор, ost of the ot 
author will doubtless correct in a future on to tis en d iui “be атыс either a Та е -— 
ants and Rasp Tels ries, 
pese EC Curr: 
My trees are free from boris man 
e good. 
NY 
Ау. T 
ENEMIES OF 
ROSE GRUB (TORTRIX BERGMANNIANA). 
THE ROSE 
but i been troublesome. 
John W eather Park View, Isleworth. 
—— бооз i Raspberries, Strawberries, 
an d Ch E alee Jd: cro 
I have had fo: me years. Several standard 
Apple trees in the orchard are bearing freely, 
but espaliers are poor! ed. Peaches and 
Pears satis. i d D ns 
are sca: All t now g freely 
lthough caterpillars were very troublesome 
and did much ome H. Markham, Wrotham 
Park erre 
Fruit trees are very clean and free from 
blight, ME the drought they have with- 
