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Insect, Fungus and other Pests. [jan. 



elms, I found they were driven back by the sap as soon as they 

 reached the cambium layer, they fed for some time on the outer 

 bark and then died. 



" A dozen caged on an old apple tree burrowed and came to a 

 torpid state but did not lay eggs. They refused to touch 

 young apple trees. The species does not seem able to 

 enter Ulmus Montana. 



" Trees that were taken down were cut up for firewood. 

 The heaps that remained unsold were freely sprinkled with 

 paraffin and limewash. In a plantation of old elms that were 

 treated by severe loppings, I have a few good butts lying as 

 traps. These are now full of burrows and will be barked 

 during the coming winter. Autumn broods are an exception 

 here. In the autumn of 1906 I noted a few in September, 

 but this autumn I have found none on the surface." 



Destroying Garden Pests. — For the destruction of slugs, 

 woodlice, small beetles and some other pests in gardens, a 

 correspondent informs the Board that 

 Notes on he has found the use of earthenware and 



Insect, Fungus, and other jars with narrowish necks very 

 Other Pests.* valuable. The method is to sink the 

 jars in the soil until the tops are flush 

 with the surface. In the bottom of each jar is placed a couple 

 of inches of strong brine, while the necks are smeared with 

 sticky sweet material — treacle, moistened sugar, or butter, 

 or a mixture of the two latter boiled down and thickened. 

 If the jars are examined once a week, especially where pests 

 are numerous, many noxious insects, &c, will be found trapped. 

 The jars may be moved from place to place in the flower garden, 

 while in the kitchen garden old soft-soap tins, &c, may be 

 utilised in a similar manner. The correspondent remarks 

 that during last summer he sank ten jars in a rockwork about 

 70 ft. long and on taking up the jars about ten days later, he 

 found that a quantity of vermin of all sorts had been trapped. 



The Goat Moth.— From Buckhurst Hill (Essex) came an 

 inquiry as to the saving of an oak tree attacked by the 



* Notes on insect, fungus and other pests, dealing with the specimens submitted 

 to the Board for identification, and their apparent prevalence, will appear in t his 

 Journal month by month. The notes commenced with the issue for June, 1907. 



