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  Report 
  of 
  Horticultural 
  Inspector, 
  Chief 
  Inspector 
  of 
  Fruit, 
  etc. 
  — 
  RepL 
  

   S. 
  Australia 
  Dept. 
  Agric, 
  1912-13, 
  Adelaide, 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  42-52. 
  

   [Received 
  4th 
  August, 
  1914.] 
  

  

  This 
  report 
  includes 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Fruit 
  and 
  Orchard 
  Inspectors 
  of 
  

   the 
  various 
  districts 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  Government 
  fumigation 
  plant 
  

   now 
  operates 
  against 
  citrus 
  red 
  scale, 
  Chrysomphalus 
  (Aspidiotus) 
  

   aurantii, 
  at 
  the 
  owner's 
  cost, 
  upon 
  neglect 
  of 
  the 
  inspector's 
  notice 
  

   to 
  disinfect. 
  Besides 
  citrus 
  trees 
  in 
  South 
  Austraha 
  the 
  red 
  scale 
  

   has 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  holly 
  (Ilex), 
  Euonymus, 
  sweet 
  bay 
  (Laurus 
  nohilis), 
  

   Coprosma 
  lucida, 
  roses, 
  carob 
  (Ceratonia 
  siliqua), 
  grapevines 
  (Vitis 
  

   vinifera), 
  and 
  common 
  fennel 
  (Foeniculum 
  vulgare). 
  None 
  of 
  these 
  

   plants, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Ilex 
  and 
  Euonymus, 
  are, 
  however, 
  beheved 
  

   to 
  be 
  permanent 
  hosts, 
  as 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  where 
  the 
  scale 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  

   on 
  them, 
  citrus 
  trees 
  were 
  growing 
  or 
  had 
  recently 
  existed. 
  Vine- 
  

   growers 
  successfully 
  protested 
  against 
  the 
  landing 
  at 
  Port 
  Adelaide 
  

   of 
  several 
  shipments 
  of 
  potatoes 
  and 
  onions 
  grown 
  in 
  Italian 
  vineyards, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  danger 
  of 
  conveying 
  Phylloxera. 
  Consignments 
  of 
  Fiji 
  

   bananas 
  were 
  fumigated 
  owing 
  to 
  their 
  being 
  infested 
  with 
  what 
  was 
  

   believed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Aspidiotus 
  ; 
  fruit-fly 
  larvae 
  were 
  not 
  so 
  

   numerous 
  as 
  usual 
  on 
  bananas 
  from 
  Queensland. 
  

  

  No 
  traces 
  of 
  red 
  scale, 
  C. 
  aurantii 
  (Aspidiotus 
  coccineus), 
  have 
  yet 
  

   been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  south-eastern 
  district, 
  where 
  the 
  more 
  common 
  pests 
  

   of 
  the 
  year 
  were 
  Cydia 
  (Carpocapsa) 
  pomonella, 
  Schizoneura 
  lani- 
  

   gera,) 
  Tetranychus 
  telarius, 
  Otiorrhynchus 
  cribricollis, 
  Lepidosaphes 
  

   ulmi 
  (Mytilaspis 
  pomorum), 
  Phthorimaea 
  operculella 
  (Lita 
  solanella) 
  

   and 
  Heterodera 
  radicicola, 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  attacking 
  potatoes. 
  Additional 
  

   pests 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  district 
  included 
  aphis, 
  red 
  spider 
  (Bryohia)^ 
  

   harlequin 
  bugs, 
  coon 
  bugs, 
  and 
  Aspidiotus 
  ostreaeformis. 
  In 
  the 
  

   north-eastern 
  district, 
  root-borers, 
  Otiorrhynchus 
  and 
  red 
  spider 
  

   (Bryobia) 
  were 
  all 
  in 
  evidence. 
  The 
  Otiorrhynchus 
  weevils 
  were 
  trapped 
  

   in 
  a 
  trough 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  round 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  filled 
  

   with 
  oil, 
  while 
  red 
  oil 
  or 
  crude 
  oil 
  emulsion 
  applied 
  in 
  winter 
  was 
  

   effective 
  against 
  Bryobia. 
  A 
  house 
  to 
  house 
  visitation 
  in 
  the 
  Adelaide 
  

   Plains 
  district 
  showed 
  Chrysomphalus 
  aurantii 
  to 
  have 
  taken 
  a 
  very 
  

   great 
  hold 
  on 
  the 
  citrus 
  trees, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  other 
  shrubs, 
  and 
  fumigation 
  

   appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  only 
  reHable 
  remedy 
  against 
  it 
  ; 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead 
  was 
  

   found 
  to 
  be 
  fairly 
  successful 
  against 
  codHng 
  moth 
  and 
  Otiorrhynchus, 
  

   In 
  the 
  northern 
  district 
  the 
  pear 
  and 
  cherry 
  slug 
  (Selandria 
  

   cerasi) 
  [probably 
  Eriocampoides 
  limacina, 
  Ketz.] 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  new 
  

   pest, 
  and 
  a 
  prompt 
  and 
  thorough 
  apphcation 
  of 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead 
  con- 
  

   trolled 
  it. 
  Woolly 
  aphis 
  and 
  red 
  spider 
  were 
  controlled 
  by 
  red 
  oils 
  

   in 
  winter, 
  but 
  injections 
  of 
  carbon 
  bisulphide 
  into 
  the 
  soil 
  were 
  not 
  

   satisfactory 
  against 
  the 
  apple 
  root-borer, 
  a 
  weevil 
  nearly 
  alHed 
  to 
  

   Leptops 
  hopei, 
  for 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  which 
  arsenical 
  sprays 
  and 
  hand- 
  

   picking 
  are 
  now 
  relied 
  upon. 
  The 
  cottony-cushion 
  scale 
  (Icerya 
  

   purchasi) 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  few 
  citrus 
  trees. 
  

  

  Beal 
  (F. 
  E. 
  L.) 
  The 
  American 
  Thrushes 
  valuable 
  Bird 
  Neighbours. 
  — 
  

  

  Yearbook 
  U.S. 
  Dept. 
  Agric, 
  1913, 
  Washington, 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  135-142, 
  

   1 
  plate. 
  

  

  A 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  diet 
  of 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  thrush 
  family 
  justifies 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   tection 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  shows 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  useful 
  to 
  farmers 
  in 
  checking 
  

  

  