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s /stem are said to be due to the aeration that it secures to 

 t ie soil. It would be interesting to have the method put to 

 the test in this country. 



The Apple Leaf Miner (Lyouetia clerckella) was very abundant 

 in 1903. It seldom occurs on large trees, but usually on trees 

 from eight to fifteen years old, and on low- 

 Apple Leaf growing trees. The damage caused is due 

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to the larvae, which make long sinuous 



tunnels in the leaves ; this, when they are abundant, causes the 

 leaves to shrivel up. Hand-picking the leaves is all that can be 

 done, as the larvae only feed inside the leaves. They spin small 

 silken cocoons on the under surface of the leaves, which can 

 easily be seen on small trees, and these should be collected 

 and burnt. No wash is likely to affect them, and nothing can 

 be done to prevent egg-laying. 



The Foreign Office recently issued a series of Reports upon 

 the forestry laws in force in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, 

 Russia, Sweden and Norway, and the 

 Legislation in United States.* Since then the Foreign 

 Sweden. Office have received, and forwarded to the 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, a 

 despatch from H.M. Minister at Stockholm, containing further 

 particulars regarding forestry legislation enacted in 1903 in 

 Sweden. 



With the view of maintaining forests in the vicinity of shifting 

 sands, trees on the verge of the limit of vegetation may not be 

 cut down, as otherwise land where growth is possible when 

 protected might be rendered barren by the encroachments of 

 such sand, &c. In such districts, accordingly, timber may only 

 be felled with the sanction of the local inspectors. 



Forestry Boards are established in each district, their functions 



[* Cd. 1805.] Price 4c!. 



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