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Borers in trunk and limbs 49 



Indications of attack 49 



Elm and maple borers 49 



Pigeon Tremex 50 



Leopard moth 50 



Kemedies 51 



Cottony maple tree seale insects, 

 Pulvinaria innumer- 



a b i 1 i 8 Kathv 52 



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Remedies 62 



Value of our native birds 52 



Spraying trees 53 



Rules for spraying 53 



Proper apparatus 54 



Arsenical compounds 55 



Contact insecticides 56 



Explanation of plates 67 



Index 59 



[Voluntary entoraologic service of New York] (Country gentleman, 8 June 

 1899, 64: 447^; New York farmer, 8 June 1899, p. 4) 

 Summary of reports from voluntary observers. 



Forest tent caterpillars. (Country gentleman, 8 June 1899, 64: 448*^) 

 Gives remedies for these caterpillars, Clisiocampa disstria Hiibn. 

 when they occur in numbers on shade trees. 



[Voluntary entomologic service of New York] (Country gentleman, 15 

 June 1899, 64: 466^^; New York farmer, 15 June 1899, p. 4) 

 Summary of reports from voluntary observers. 



Bordeaux mixture. (Country gentleman, 15 June 1899, 64: 470") 

 This fungicide should cover the plant. 



Tent caterpillars. (Country gentleman, 15 June 1899, 64: 470^^) 

 Recommends arsenical poisons for controlling these pests. 



Forest tent caterpillars. (Country gentleman, 15 June 1899, 64: 474^^) 

 Protection and encouragement of native birds is probably the most practi- 

 cal way of keeping Clisiocampa disstria Hiibn. under control in 

 woodlands. 



17 year cicada. (Union Springs advertiser, 15 June 1899, p. 2; Cazen- 

 ovia republican, 15 June 1899, p. i; Caledonia advertiser, 15 June, p. 2) 

 Brief notice of the appearance in western central New York of Cicada 

 septendecim Linn. 



Galls on maple leaves. (Country gentleman, 22 June 1899, 64 : 486^*) 

 Galls of Phytoptus quadripes Shim, briefly described and treat- 

 ment indicated. 



[Voluntary entomologic servi(j^ of New York] (Country gentleman, 2s 

 June 1899, 64:486^^; New York farmer, 22 June 1899, p. 4) 

 Summary of reports from voluntary observers. 



Kill the elm grubs. (Argus [Albany] 22 June 1899, p. 2) 



Brief uotice urging the destruction of the grubs of the elm leaf beetle, 

 Galerucella luteola Miill. as they descend for pupation. 



