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GLADIO LUS 
GLADIOLUS THRIPS ( Taeniothrips g ladioli M.& S.) 
Connecticut. B. H. Walden (September 23): Where corms were treated before 
planting there was but little injury from thrips until about tlie first 
of September. There have been a few reports of heavy infestations 
where corms were not treated or where improper treatment was made. 
New York. P. J. Parrott (September 27): Gladiolus thrips generally scarce, 
but injury bad in certain scattered plantings. 
Florida. J. R. Watson (September 23): Heavy rains the first part of the 
month reduced the thrips on gladiolus to very small numbers. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (September 23): Gladiolus thrips reported destructive 
in several widely separatee localities of the State. 
Colorado. G. M. List (September 21): The gladiolus thrips are now quite 
general over the State, but the reports do not indicate as severe injury 
as occurred last season. Many commercial plantings have had almost a 
normal cut of flowers. 
Utah. G, 7. Knowlton (September h)l Gladiolus have been damaged much less 
by thrips during the current season than during the preceding summer. 
LILAC 
OYSTER-SHELL SCALE ( Lepidosaphes ulm i L. ) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (September): In a planting of 600 small lilac 
shrubs at Rochester 10 percent were found infested September lb to 21, 
and a number of them were badly incrusted. This plantation was almost 
entirely free of scale 2 years ago. 
MAGNOLIA 
MAGNOLIA SCALE ( Neolecanium c ornuparvum Thro) 
New York. R. E. Horsey (September): I was surprised to find a few large 
adult scales with live young enclosed as late as September 12 on 
magnolia at Rochester. 
