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tree. In a few days a few leaves will come out at the top of the tree 

 and so it will remain for a month or more. 



When willows have been cut back and come up rank and close to- 

 gether the worms do not seem to like them for the first year. They do 

 not seem to like the creek willows but will try the pussy willow if hard 

 up for food. 



In examining the imago I found that one mandible had two poiuts 

 and the other only one. Upon examination I saw that, while working, 

 they sink the two-pronged jaw into the wood as far as possible and 

 work with the other on the outside." — [Herbert Osborn, Ames, Iowa, 

 August 2, 1890.] 



HONORS TO MR. WIGHT. 



Our valued correspondent, Mr. R. Allan Wight, of Auckland, New 

 Zealand, has recently been appointed Consulting Entomologist to the 

 Bay of Islands Horticultural and Agricultural Society, and to the 

 Papakura Fruit-growers Association in recognition of valuable infor- 

 mation conveyed in his contributions to the New Zealand Farmer. Mr, 

 Wight, although past seventy years of age, is a most energetic and in- 

 defatigable worker in the interests of New Zealand horticulture and 

 agriculture. Moreover, his work is largely a labor of love. 



LEGISLATION AGAINST THE GIPSY MOTH. 



Our readers may be aware that the State of Massachusetts has taken 

 hold of the destruction of the imported Gipsy Moth with great energy. 

 The matter was mentioned by the governor in his message to the leg- 

 islature last winter and a bill was introduced and passed appropriating 

 $25,000 for the work. The governor appointed three men to take entire 

 charge of the work and we learn from recent correspondence and from 

 articles in the Neiv England Farmer and Massaclmsetts Ploughman^ 

 Garden and Forest, and Scientific American that a large force of men 

 was employed early in the spring to go over the infested districts mark- 

 ing the trees upon which eggs had been laid. They were followed by 

 other men furnished with torches who burned the eggs thus marked. 

 One hundred men were employed in this labor, which lasted until May 1. 

 The young larvae began to appear early in May and spraying with Paris 

 green was at once commenced. Some fifteen machines were purchased 

 at a cost of about $75 each. These consisted of barrels mounted on carts 

 with pump, spray nozzle and other accessories and from 100 to 200 

 feet of hose, besides ladders. The spraying was done with Paris green 

 in the proportion of 1 pound to 150 gallons of water, and five men accom- 

 panied each machine. 



One hundred inspectors were appointed whose duty it was to prevent 

 the moths from being carried beyond the limits of the infested regions. 

 They were divided in gangs of five each, and all teams leaving the in- 

 fested locality were examined and all caterpillars found destroyed. 



