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  malus 
  egregiiis 
  occurs 
  over 
  the 
  same 
  area, 
  its 
  numbers 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  

   increase. 
  

  

  Collins 
  (C. 
  F.). 
  The 
  Peach 
  and 
  its 
  Culture. 
  — 
  Mthly. 
  Bull. 
  State 
  Comm. 
  

   Hortic, 
  Sacramento, 
  Cal., 
  iii, 
  no. 
  3, 
  March 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  144-149. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  peach 
  worm 
  or 
  twig 
  borer 
  {Anarsia 
  

   lineatella), 
  which 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  serious 
  insect 
  pests 
  of 
  the 
  peach 
  in 
  

   Cahfornia, 
  is 
  best 
  controlled 
  by 
  spring 
  spraying 
  with 
  Hme-sulphur. 
  

   Mention 
  is 
  also 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  almond 
  mite 
  which 
  often 
  attacks 
  trees 
  

   in 
  the 
  interior 
  valleys 
  during 
  early 
  summer. 
  These 
  are 
  effectively 
  

   controlled 
  by 
  dusting 
  the 
  trees 
  with 
  flowers 
  of 
  sulphur, 
  which 
  should 
  

   be 
  used 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  mites 
  appear, 
  with 
  a 
  hand-operated 
  sulphur 
  

   machine 
  from 
  a 
  wagon, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  where 
  

   the 
  mites 
  are 
  most 
  numerous. 
  One 
  man 
  with 
  a 
  steady 
  team 
  should 
  

   easily 
  cover 
  400 
  fully-grown 
  trees 
  in 
  ten 
  hours. 
  

  

  CooLE 
  (A. 
  J.). 
  Idaho 
  Quarantines 
  against 
  California. 
  — 
  Mthly. 
  Bull. 
  

   Sta. 
  Commis. 
  Hortic, 
  Sacramento, 
  Cat., 
  iii, 
  no. 
  3, 
  March 
  1914, 
  

   p. 
  156. 
  

  

  The 
  importation 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Idaho 
  of 
  potatoes 
  from 
  Cahfornia 
  

   has 
  been 
  prohibited, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  prevalence 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  State 
  

   of 
  the 
  potato 
  tuber 
  moth 
  (Phthorimaea-operculella). 
  Idaho 
  has 
  also 
  

   placed 
  an 
  embargo 
  on 
  all 
  shipments 
  of 
  nursery 
  stock 
  from 
  21 
  Cahfornian 
  

   counties, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  pear 
  thrips 
  (Euthrips 
  piri) 
  

   in 
  their 
  orchards. 
  While 
  recognising 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  keeping 
  

   orchards 
  free 
  from 
  pests, 
  the 
  author's 
  investigations 
  lead 
  him 
  to 
  think 
  

   that 
  this 
  embargo 
  is 
  unnecessary, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  doubtful 
  if 
  the 
  insects 
  are 
  

   in 
  the 
  soil 
  in 
  the 
  nurseries. 
  Should 
  they 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  where 
  

   young 
  trees 
  are 
  grown, 
  the 
  thorough 
  washing 
  of 
  the 
  roots 
  would 
  

   undoubtedly 
  remove 
  all 
  danger. 
  

  

  Borodin 
  (D.). 
  MtpaxTj 
  6opb6bi 
  c-b 
  npoBO/iOMHbiM-b 
  HepeeMij. 
  

  

  [Measures 
  against 
  Elaterid 
  larvae.] 
  — 
  «XyT0pflH11H'b» 
  [Chuto- 
  

   rianin], 
  Poltava, 
  no. 
  12, 
  2nd 
  April 
  1914, 
  p. 
  382. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  best 
  remedies 
  for 
  Elaterid 
  larvae 
  are 
  

   various 
  baits, 
  poisoned 
  or 
  otherwise, 
  consisting 
  of 
  slices 
  of 
  potatoes, 
  

   carrots, 
  beets, 
  oil 
  cakes, 
  cabbage 
  stalks, 
  etc., 
  which 
  are 
  buried 
  in 
  the 
  

   earth 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  3-4 
  inches 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  fields. 
  These 
  

   baits 
  are 
  poisoned 
  by 
  adding 
  to 
  them 
  either 
  Paris 
  green 
  or 
  arsenic, 
  in 
  

   which 
  case 
  they 
  need 
  no 
  further 
  attention 
  ; 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  unpoisoned 
  

   baits 
  they 
  must 
  be 
  inspected 
  practically 
  every 
  week 
  and 
  the 
  larvae 
  

   found 
  on 
  them 
  destroyed 
  with 
  boiling 
  water. 
  He 
  also 
  recommends 
  

   maize 
  baits, 
  prepared 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  About 
  | 
  lb. 
  of 
  white 
  arsenic 
  and 
  2 
  J 
  

   lb. 
  of 
  maize 
  well 
  boiled 
  in 
  about 
  2 
  J 
  gallons 
  of 
  water, 
  care 
  being 
  taken 
  

   not 
  to 
  inhale 
  the 
  vapour. 
  

  

  The 
  baits 
  can 
  be 
  best 
  used 
  in 
  autumn 
  and 
  spring, 
  before 
  sowing, 
  or 
  

   even 
  afterwards, 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  seedlings 
  are 
  not 
  too 
  high. 
  

  

  The 
  Narcissus 
  Fly 
  {Eumerus 
  lunulatus). 
  — 
  Gardeners' 
  Chron., 
  London, 
  

   28th 
  March, 
  4th 
  and 
  18th 
  April 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  223, 
  240 
  and 
  272. 
  

  

  Referring 
  to 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  narcissus 
  bulb 
  containing 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  

   narcissus 
  fly 
  (Eumerus 
  lumdatus) 
  exhibited 
  at 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Roy. 
  

  

  