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Harris) has been 



the season ; the frequent rains during the spring and earlj" summer causing a 



vigorous growth in the young plants 

 and carrying them quickly beyond the 

 reach of injury, while the wet weather 

 would probably interfere greatly with 

 the comfort of the Cut-worms and 

 their ability to attack. The use of 

 poisoned traps, as recommended by Mr. 

 Fletcher in his address last year, has 

 Fig. 2. proved most effective wherever tried. 



I may repeat that they consist of loose 

 bundles of weeds, clover or any succulent vegetation, which are tied together and 

 then dipped into a strong mixture of Paris green and water, and scattered over 

 the land three or four days before the crop is planted out or appears above the 

 ground. 



The Tent-caterpillars (Clisiocampa) which are usually so abundant and so 

 injurious to fruit trees in spring; and early summer have been remarkable for 

 their absence or rarity, in all parts of Ontario. We hope, however, that all fruit 

 growers and gardeners will be on the look out for them next spring and consign 

 the webs and their inmates to a speedy destruction. 



The Fall web-worm. Fig. 3, {Hyphantria textor, 

 exceedingly abundant in all parts of 

 the Province that I have visited this 

 year. I do not think that this insect 

 causes much serious injury to the trees 

 it infests, as it comes so late in the 

 -season when the leaves have to a 

 large extent discharged their function 

 as regards the growth and health of 

 the tree, but it is a great eyesore 

 with its unsightly webs, and should be 

 got rid of by every tidy fruit-grower. 

 Nothing is easier than to strip off 

 the web and its living contents with 

 the hands, or when out of reach, by 

 means of a pole with a swab of any kind tied to the 



The larch saw-fly {Nematus Ericsonii), to which 

 quently made of late years, has not been nearly so abundant as usual in those 

 parts of Ontario where it has hitherto prevailed. It is to be hoped that its 

 natural enemies have multiplied to a sufficient extent to keep it in subjection and 

 prevent its undue increase. 



The squash-bug (Coreus tristis, De Geer), Fig. 4, has been very 

 abundant and troublesome in many parts of Western Ontario 

 this year. Where hand-picking and crushing under foot 

 is impracticable, the insect may be readily destroyed by 

 the application of a mixture of coal oil and sand, sprinkled 

 over the stem and leaves nearest the root of the plant. 



T have this year found a new insect enemy in the caterpillars 

 j.^^ of the beautiful wood-nymph moth {Eudryas grata, Fab.) Fig. 5 



• represents the caterpillar and moth. I have hitherto looked upon 

 this lovely insect as an object of interest from its beauty and rarity, but this year 



Fig. 3. 



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