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  (a) 
  Before 
  the 
  unfolding 
  of 
  the 
  flower-buds, 
  spray 
  with 
  Djipsin 
  (about 
  

   2 
  lb. 
  in 
  about 
  46 
  gals, 
  of 
  water) 
  as 
  a 
  remedy 
  against 
  Rhynchites 
  and 
  

   with 
  Bordeaux 
  mixture 
  (4 
  lb. 
  of 
  lime 
  and 
  4 
  lb. 
  of 
  sulphate 
  of 
  copper 
  

   in 
  46 
  gals, 
  of 
  water) 
  against 
  Monilia 
  ; 
  (b) 
  during 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  blossom- 
  

   ing, 
  spray 
  with 
  weak 
  Bordeaux 
  mixture 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  

   Monilia, 
  this 
  Uquid 
  being 
  quite 
  harmless 
  to 
  bees 
  ; 
  (c) 
  immediately 
  

   after 
  the 
  petals 
  have 
  fallen 
  off, 
  spray 
  with 
  djipsin 
  and 
  kerosene 
  

   emulsion 
  against 
  C. 
  funebrana 
  and 
  other 
  pests, 
  and 
  with 
  Bordeaux 
  

   mixture 
  against 
  Monilia 
  ; 
  (d) 
  15 
  days 
  after 
  that, 
  spray 
  again 
  with 
  

   weak 
  Bordeaux 
  mixture, 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  repeated 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  half 
  of 
  

   July 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  August 
  ; 
  (e) 
  if 
  Aphids 
  should 
  appear 
  spray 
  with 
  

   tobacco 
  extract 
  before 
  the 
  leaves 
  begin 
  to 
  curl. 
  

  

  La 
  Diaspis 
  pentagona 
  ed 
  il 
  modo 
  di 
  combatterla. 
  [Aulacaspis 
  (Dias- 
  

   pis) 
  pentagona 
  and 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  combating 
  it.] 
  — 
  U 
  Agricoltore 
  

   pratico, 
  Genoa, 
  vii, 
  no. 
  1, 
  Jan. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  5-6, 
  7 
  figs. 
  

  

  The 
  endophagous 
  parasite, 
  Prospaltella 
  berlesei, 
  How., 
  has 
  proved 
  

   of 
  great 
  value 
  in 
  controlling 
  the 
  mulberry 
  scale. 
  In 
  Italy, 
  huge 
  trees 
  

   entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  A. 
  pentagona 
  were 
  completely 
  freed 
  in 
  18 
  months. 
  

   The 
  female 
  Chalcid 
  pierces 
  the 
  Coccid 
  with 
  her 
  ovipositor 
  and 
  deposits 
  

   an 
  egg 
  in 
  its 
  body. 
  The 
  larval, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  the 
  nymphal, 
  stage 
  of 
  

   the 
  parasite 
  is 
  passed 
  in 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  its 
  victim, 
  which 
  is 
  devoured 
  until 
  

   only 
  the 
  skin 
  is 
  left. 
  The 
  scales 
  killed 
  thus 
  assume 
  a 
  bright 
  red 
  brick 
  

   colour 
  and 
  become 
  transparent 
  and 
  fragile, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  case 
  when 
  

   death 
  is 
  natural. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  useful 
  indication. 
  Prospaltella 
  has 
  four 
  to 
  

   five 
  generations 
  in 
  a 
  year, 
  all 
  the 
  offspring 
  being 
  females, 
  which 
  lay 
  

   about 
  a 
  hundred 
  eggs 
  each. 
  

  

  GouKLEY 
  (J. 
  H.). 
  Spray 
  Calendar 
  for 
  New 
  Hampshire. 
  — 
  Neiv 
  Hamp- 
  

   shire 
  College 
  and 
  Expt. 
  Sta., 
  Durham, 
  Extension 
  Circular, 
  

   no. 
  10, 
  Jan. 
  1914, 
  12 
  pp. 
  3 
  figs. 
  

  

  The 
  actual 
  spraying 
  tables 
  are 
  preceded 
  by 
  spray 
  formulae, 
  with 
  

   full 
  instructions 
  for 
  their 
  preparation. 
  With 
  these 
  is 
  given 
  a 
  three- 
  

   column 
  dilution 
  table. 
  The 
  first 
  column 
  shows 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  hme- 
  

   sulphur 
  solution 
  expressed 
  in 
  Beaume 
  degrees, 
  the 
  second 
  the 
  corres- 
  

   ponding 
  number 
  of 
  gallons 
  of 
  water 
  required 
  to 
  dilute 
  1 
  gallon 
  of 
  hme- 
  

   sulphur 
  for 
  dormant 
  spray, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  the 
  corresponding 
  number 
  

   of 
  gallons 
  for 
  summer 
  spray. 
  For 
  instance, 
  to 
  make 
  up 
  a 
  dormant 
  

   spray, 
  2 
  gals, 
  of 
  water 
  should 
  be 
  mixed 
  with 
  1 
  gal. 
  of 
  Hme-sulphur 
  of 
  

   15° 
  B., 
  or 
  8 
  gals, 
  water 
  with 
  1 
  gal. 
  of 
  33° 
  B. 
  

  

  Pratt 
  (H. 
  C.) 
  and 
  South 
  (S. 
  W.). 
  Progress 
  Report 
  on 
  Locust 
  Work 
  

   to 
  November 
  30th 
  1913. 
  — 
  Agric. 
  Bull. 
  F.M.S., 
  Kuala 
  Lumpur, 
  ii, 
  

   no. 
  6, 
  Jan. 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  152-156. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  ascertained, 
  locusts 
  are 
  still 
  confined, 
  in 
  the 
  Federated 
  

   Malay 
  States, 
  to 
  the 
  States 
  of 
  Selangor 
  and 
  Negri 
  Sembilan. 
  Many 
  

   swarms 
  of 
  hoppers 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  Malacca 
  territory, 
  but 
  

   none 
  as 
  yet 
  from 
  Pahang. 
  No 
  northerly 
  advance 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  

   since 
  the 
  last 
  generation. 
  In 
  Selangor 
  during 
  November, 
  there 
  have 
  

   been 
  no 
  hoppers 
  and 
  the 
  mmiber 
  of 
  swarms 
  decreased 
  from 
  the 
  

   beginning 
  of 
  the 
  month 
  onwards, 
  swarms 
  probably 
  joining 
  forces. 
  

  

  