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  new 
  york 
  state 
  MUsEtiM 
  

  

  Species 
  still 
  unrepresented 
  

  

  Acer 
  negundo 
  L. 
  Pinus 
  divaricata 
  (Ait.) 
  Sudw. 
  

  

  A. 
  nigrum 
  Michx. 
  P. 
  virginiana 
  Mill. 
  

  

  Carya 
  tomentosa 
  Nutt. 
  Populus 
  balsamifera 
  L. 
  

  

  Fraxinus 
  lanceolata 
  Borck. 
  Quercus 
  macrocarpa 
  Michx. 
  

  

  Gleditsia 
  triacanthos 
  L. 
  Tilia 
  heterophylla 
  Vent. 
  

  

  Picea 
  canadensis 
  (Mill.) 
  B. 
  S. 
  P. 
  T. 
  michauxii 
  Nutt. 
  

   P. 
  mariana 
  (Mill.) 
  B. 
  S. 
  P. 
  

  

  IV 
  

  

  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  

   The 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  reports 
  that 
  the 
  climatic 
  conditions 
  of 
  

   1907 
  have 
  departed 
  widely 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  normal 
  years 
  and, 
  as 
  a 
  

   result 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  animal 
  and 
  plant 
  life 
  was 
  exceptionally 
  

   late. 
  Warm 
  weather 
  finally 
  came 
  on 
  very 
  rapidly 
  and 
  all 
  vegetation 
  

   grew 
  at 
  such 
  a 
  rate 
  that 
  insects 
  appeared 
  unable 
  to 
  inflict 
  material 
  

   damage 
  in 
  many 
  cases, 
  consequently 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  an 
  unusual 
  

   dearth 
  of 
  injurious 
  outbreaks, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   year, 
  and 
  presumably 
  due 
  largely 
  to 
  this 
  cause. 
  An 
  exceptional 
  

   event 
  was 
  the 
  capture 
  by 
  Dr 
  Theodore 
  P. 
  Bailey 
  of 
  this 
  city, 
  of 
  two 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  the 
  exceedingly 
  rare 
  Leucobrephos 
  breph- 
  

   o 
  i 
  d 
  e 
  s 
  Walk 
  ; 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  taken 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  April 
  in 
  St 
  

   Lawrence 
  county 
  and 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Fruit 
  tree 
  insects. 
  The 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  serious 
  

   insect 
  enemies 
  of 
  the 
  horticulturist. 
  The 
  spread 
  of 
  earlier 
  years 
  

   has 
  continued, 
  and 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  very 
  little 
  effort 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  

   to 
  check 
  its 
  ravages, 
  the 
  scale 
  has 
  become 
  extremely 
  abundant 
  and 
  

   in 
  some 
  instances 
  at 
  least, 
  has 
  practically 
  ruined 
  the 
  crop. 
  Our 
  

   experiments 
  of 
  earlier 
  years 
  show 
  very 
  clearly 
  that 
  a 
  lime-sulfur 
  

   wash 
  is 
  thoroughly 
  effective 
  in 
  destroying 
  the 
  scale 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  bene- 
  

   ficial 
  in 
  checking 
  certain 
  other 
  insect 
  pests 
  and 
  fungous 
  diseases. 
  

   We 
  have 
  steadfastly 
  insisted 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  wiser 
  to 
  use 
  some 
  such 
  

   material 
  than 
  to 
  employ 
  the 
  more 
  easily 
  applied 
  mineral 
  oils 
  or 
  

   preparations 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  known 
  as 
  " 
  soluble 
  oils," 
  because 
  the 
  

   latter 
  under 
  certain 
  conditions 
  may 
  seriously 
  injure 
  the 
  trees. 
  This 
  

   has 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  a 
  determined 
  effort 
  by 
  interested 
  parties 
  

   to 
  introduce 
  oils 
  and 
  oil 
  preparations 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  available 
  remedies 
  

   for 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale. 
  Despite 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  these 
  last 
  named 
  materials 
  

   are 
  valuable 
  under 
  some 
  conditions, 
  it 
  remains 
  true 
  that 
  we 
  must 
  

   still 
  rely 
  in 
  large 
  measure 
  upon 
  the 
  lime-sulfur 
  wash 
  for 
  the 
  

   control 
  of 
  this 
  pest. 
  Our 
  conservative 
  recommendations, 
  we 
  be- 
  

   lieve, 
  have 
  deterred 
  many 
  from 
  seriously 
  injuring 
  valuable 
  orchards 
  

   by 
  making 
  injudicious 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  dangerous 
  oil 
  preparations. 
  

  

  