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to establish it, while in others it grows so rampantly as to crowd out 

 everything else. But the pleasant scent of its flowers compensates 

 largely for its other drawbacks. Bullrushes, if kept within bounds, give 

 a pleasing appearance to the margin of a lake, but one ought to be very 

 careful how they are introduced, because they will grow well into 

 deepish water and spread far out, making it very difficult to get them 

 out by the root, and unless tiiey are kept in bounds by pulling them 

 out roots and all they soon diminish the size of the lake and become 

 a nuisance. Some of the rushes are as bad, and Acorus CalaruiLs is 

 apt to spread too hluch. With such a host of beautiful aquatic plants 

 to choose from that give little trouble it is scarcely worth while to 

 plant those of a doubtful character. 



Destructive Insects and ^ests. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries are making determined 

 efforts to deal with several of the more dangerous pests of cultivated 

 crops, and the attention of Fellows is drawn to the following " Order " 

 recently issued by the Board, particularly as some of the pests are 

 widespread and common and liable to be met with in almost any 

 garden. Most of the pests mentioned in the " Order " have been 

 referred to frequently in the " Notes and Abstracts " in this Journal, 

 and some have been recently dealt with at length. 



It should be clearly understood that " The American Gooseberry 

 Mildew Order of 1909," which ordered the notification of the occur- 

 rence of the American Gooseberry Mildew, and gave directions for the 

 action to be taken by Local Authorities in dealing with it, is not 

 revoked by this Order, so that the " American Gooseberry Mildew, ' 

 S phaerotheca mors-uvae, is still a notifiable pest. 



The following is the text of the recent Order : — 



DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS AND PESTS ORDER OF 1910. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, by virtue and in exercise 

 of the powers vested in them under the Destructive Insects and Pests 

 Acts, 1877 and 1907, do order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: — 



Notification of Discovery of Insect or Pest. 



1. — (1.) The occupier of any premises on which an insect or pest 

 mentioned in the Schedule to this Order exists, shall forthwith notify 

 the fact, with particulars of the time and place of discovery, to the 

 officer appointed by the Local Authority to receive such notices, or, 

 if no such officer has been appointed, to the Board; and, where practic- 

 able, a specimen of the insect or pest shall accompany the notice. 



(2.) An officer of a Local Authority who receives a notice under j 

 this Article shall forthwith report the fact to the Local Authority. 



(3.) The Local Authority on receiving in any manner notice of the 

 existence or apparent existence of an insect or pest mentioned in the 

 Schedule to this Order shall forthwith transmit the information to the 

 Board and take such steps as may be necessary to determine to what 

 extent the insect or pest exists. 



