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trees. In both instances the affected stock was from the New Jersey 
firms. Most of the infested trees in question have been burned and 
the others sprayed. 
In a letter dated November 22, 1895, Mr. Beckwith informs us of 
the discovery of the scale at new points in the following locations in 
Delaware: Newark, Possum Park, Blackbird, Grubbs, Carrcroft. State 
Koad, Port Penn, Bridgeville, and Wyoming. With the exception of 
the points at Port Penn and Wyoming, only from one to half a dozen 
trees were found infested at the localities mentioned. In about half 
the cases the trees have been removed and destroyed, and the others 
have received several treatments. Of the old localities, with the excep- 
tion of the one mentioned at Newark, infested trees have been destroyed. 
At Newark four treatments with kerosene emulsion have been given 
without entirely cleansing the trees, but better results have been ob- 
tained in one instance by the use of "sludge'' mixed with four parts of 
water and applied with a soft brush. 
FLORIDA. 
The Florida case at De Funiak Springs, brought to our attention in 
March, 1894, has already been alluded to. Mr. P. H. Rolfs, entomolo. 
gist to the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, reports (Bulletin 
29, Florida Experiment Station, August, 1895) that the first orchard in 
which the scales were found is now practically killed out, less than 5 
per cent of the trees remaining scattered over the original tract. That 
they were diseased was first noticed about 1888 or 1889. Several other 
orchards were also found to be infested, and out of 1,200 acres of 
orchards about De Funiak Springs 160 to 200 acres are affected. The 
origin of the infestation seems not to be known. Mr. Bolts (loc. cit, 
p. 95), referring to the possibility of the scale occurring elsewhere in 
Florida, writes: "It would seem very remarkable if this were the out- 
place in the State infested, because the nursery stock comes largely from 
the same places. However, only one infested place has been found, and 
the disease was there stamped out immediately by burning the infested 
trees. As- this was on stock only one year from the nursery, the loss was 
not very heavy. The nursery that sent the stock out was visited imme- 
diately, but no trace of scale could be found on the premises. Just 
how the trees became infested could not be learned." 
The director of the State Experiment Station, Prof. O. date, has 
taken a lively interest in the matter, and inasmuch as the infested 
locality at De Funiak is near the headquarters of an active fruit- 
growers' association, remedial work is in proper train. Dividing the 
expense between the station and fruit growers, California washes have 
been applied with care and thoroughness, and at last reports a deter- 
mination existed to repeat the applications as often as might be ne 
sary. The important consideration in the matter of extermination here 
lies in the fact that the infested locality is almost completely isolated 
