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  usually 
  laid 
  on 
  a 
  solid 
  surface, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  great 
  abundance. 
  

  

  The 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale, 
  which 
  for 
  fifteen 
  years 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  serious 
  enemy 
  

   of 
  fruit 
  trees, 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  now 
  on 
  the 
  wane, 
  probably 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  

   of 
  parasites 
  and 
  to 
  spraying. 
  The 
  poplar 
  sawfly, 
  Trichiocampus 
  

   viminalis, 
  Fallen, 
  has 
  been 
  common 
  on 
  Carolina 
  poplars. 
  There 
  are 
  

   two 
  broods 
  of 
  larvae 
  each 
  year, 
  the 
  first 
  appearing 
  in 
  June. 
  These 
  

   larvae 
  feed 
  upon 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  poisoned 
  by 
  spraying 
  the 
  tree 
  

   with 
  lead 
  arsenate. 
  The 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  Longicorn 
  beetle, 
  Saperda 
  

   vestita, 
  were 
  rather 
  common 
  in 
  young 
  linden 
  trees 
  in 
  one 
  nursery 
  this 
  

   year. 
  They 
  tunnel 
  under 
  the 
  bark 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  wood 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Where 
  this 
  borer 
  causes 
  damage, 
  the 
  only 
  remedy 
  is 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  

   trees 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  September 
  and 
  to 
  dig 
  out 
  the 
  larvae 
  or 
  kill 
  them 
  in 
  

   the 
  burrows 
  with 
  a 
  wire, 
  or 
  by 
  injecting 
  a 
  few 
  drops 
  of 
  carbon 
  bisul- 
  

   phide 
  and 
  closing 
  the 
  opening. 
  

  

  Lygus 
  pratensis, 
  L., 
  was 
  unusually 
  abundant 
  in 
  1913, 
  and 
  injured 
  

   many 
  plants 
  by 
  sucking 
  the 
  sap 
  from 
  the 
  bud 
  or 
  leaf 
  stem. 
  Several 
  

   complaints 
  were 
  received 
  regarding 
  injury 
  to 
  dahlia 
  buds, 
  and 
  in 
  

   Litchfield, 
  potatoes 
  were 
  damaged 
  by 
  this 
  bug. 
  

  

  Britton 
  (W. 
  E.) 
  & 
  Walden 
  (B. 
  H.). 
  Inspection 
  of 
  Imported 
  Nursery 
  

   Stock 
  and 
  of 
  Apiaries. 
  — 
  Rept. 
  Connecticut 
  Agric. 
  Expt. 
  Stn.for 
  

   1913, 
  New 
  Haven, 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  191-198. 
  

  

  A 
  Federal 
  quarantine 
  and 
  inspection 
  law 
  came 
  into 
  operation 
  on 
  

   1st 
  October 
  1912, 
  which 
  provided 
  for 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  notices 
  and 
  permits 
  

   covering 
  all 
  imported 
  field-grown, 
  woody 
  stock 
  entering 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  from 
  other 
  countries, 
  and 
  its 
  enforcement 
  is 
  vested 
  in 
  a 
  board 
  

   designated 
  as 
  the 
  Federal 
  Horticulture 
  Board. 
  When 
  the 
  Federal 
  

   law 
  became 
  operative 
  the 
  inspectors 
  received 
  notices 
  as 
  for 
  all 
  other 
  

   stock 
  and 
  the 
  consignee 
  was 
  requested 
  to 
  send 
  notice 
  to 
  the 
  inspector 
  

   immediately 
  on 
  arrival 
  of 
  each 
  shipment. 
  Return 
  post-cards 
  were 
  

   furnished. 
  In 
  some 
  cases 
  the 
  consignee 
  complied 
  with 
  the 
  request, 
  

   but 
  in 
  many 
  instances 
  the 
  stock 
  was 
  unpacked 
  and 
  distributed 
  without 
  

   sending 
  such 
  notice, 
  or 
  the 
  notice 
  was 
  sent 
  and 
  the 
  inspector 
  found 
  

   that 
  the 
  stock 
  had 
  been 
  unpacked 
  and 
  mixed 
  with 
  other 
  stock. 
  It 
  

   became 
  necessary 
  therefore 
  to 
  obtain 
  thorough 
  and 
  proper 
  measures 
  

   for 
  inspection. 
  The 
  matter 
  was 
  placed 
  before 
  the 
  legislature 
  and 
  

   Section 
  4388 
  of 
  the 
  General 
  Statutes 
  was 
  amended 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  All 
  nursery 
  stock 
  shipped 
  into 
  this 
  State 
  shall 
  bear 
  on 
  each 
  package 
  

   a 
  certificate 
  that 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  said 
  package 
  have 
  been 
  inspected 
  by 
  

   a 
  State 
  or 
  Government 
  Officer 
  and 
  that 
  said 
  contents 
  appear 
  free 
  

   from 
  all 
  dangerous 
  insects 
  and 
  diseases. 
  If 
  nursery 
  stock 
  is 
  brought 
  

   into 
  this 
  State 
  without 
  such 
  a 
  certificate, 
  the 
  express, 
  freight, 
  or 
  other 
  

   transportation 
  company 
  or 
  person 
  shall, 
  before 
  delivering 
  shipment 
  

   to 
  consignee, 
  notify 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  of 
  the 
  facts, 
  giving 
  name 
  

   and 
  address 
  of 
  consignee, 
  origin 
  of 
  shipment, 
  and 
  approximate 
  number 
  

   of 
  cars, 
  boxes, 
  or 
  packages, 
  and 
  probable 
  date 
  of 
  delivery 
  to 
  the 
  con- 
  

   signee. 
  The 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  may 
  cause 
  the 
  inspection 
  and, 
  if 
  

   infested, 
  the 
  treatment 
  of 
  the 
  stock. 
  No 
  person, 
  firm, 
  or 
  corporation 
  

   shall 
  unpack 
  any 
  woody, 
  field-grown 
  nursery 
  or 
  florists' 
  stock 
  brought 
  

   into 
  this 
  State 
  from 
  foreign 
  countries, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  an 
  

   inspector, 
  unless 
  given 
  permission 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  by 
  the 
  said 
  State 
  Ento- 
  

   mologist 
  or 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  deputies. 
  If 
  such 
  stock 
  is 
  found 
  infested 
  with 
  

  

  