1868 . ]' 
AMERICAN BLIGHT. 
85 
Picotees — Bed-edged. 
Exhibition (Elkington): heavy edge, moderately full, large, and very fine. 
Forester (Taylor) : very heavy edge, moderately full, very attractive. 
Lauretta (Smith): light edge, large, fine full flower. 
Mrs. Brown (ITeadly): very bright heavy edge, large, and fine. 
Mrs. Reynolds Hole (Turner) : light edge, fine smooth petal, good white, a fine large 
flower. 
William Summers (Simmonite): heavy edge, very smooth petal, moderately full, and 
very constant. 
Picotees — Purple-edged. 
Bridesmaid (Simmonite) : light edge, fine, large smooth petal, the white very pure, 
without the slightest bar. 
Ganymede (Simmonite) : light edge, fine large petal, good substance, and very pure 
white. 
Jessie (Turner) : medium edge, very fine large flower, smooth broad petal, of great 
substance ; very fine. 
Lady Elcho (Turner) : light edge, very smooth broad petal, good white, large, and very 
constant. 
Mrs. Summers (Simmonite) : heavy edge, very fine smooth petal, and the edge very 
solid, without spot or bar; very fine. 
Mary (Simmonite) : light edge, large full flower, very smooth petal, good shape, and very, 
distinct. 
Picotees — Bose-edged. 
Flower of the Bay (Norman) : heavy edge, very bright, good smooth petal, very con¬ 
stant and distinct. 
Miss Williams (Norman) : heavy edge, very smooth fine petal, full size, and very distinct. 
Miss Sewell (Kirtland): light edge, very fine smooth petal, good white, and very constant. 
Miss Wood (Wood) : light edge, fine large full flower, and very distinct. 
Scarlet Queen (Wood) : heavy edge, very bright, constant, and most attractive. 
Lucy (Taylor) : light edge, large and moderately full, good smooth petal, fine white, 
without the slightest spot or bar ; very fine. 
Royal Nursery , Slougli. Charles Turner. 
AMERICAN BLIGHT. 
MERICAN BLIGHT, the name given to the woolly aphis (Eriosoma 
lanigera), is a most inveterate enemy of the Apple tree. It makes 
its appearance in the crevices of the branches in the form of white 
dow T n, which is composed of a great number of minute woolly lice, 
and these, if allowed, increase with fearful rapidity, and produce a 
sickly and diseased state of the whole tree. Fortunately, the insect is 
easily destroyed. When, however, a whole orchard or even a whole tree 
is infested, it is by no means an easy task to completely eradicate it. 
The great point is, to attack it as soon as possible after it makes its appear¬ 
ance ; it is then easily destroyed, hut if allowed to overrun the whole tree 
before it is attacked, then it is not an easy matter to thoroughly dislodge it. 
There are many recipes for destroying it, all more or less effective. 
Perhaps one of the most effectual is to wash the infested parts with dilute 
sulphuric acid, formed by mixing f oz., by measure, of the sulphuric acid 
of the shops, with 71 oz. of water; this should be rubbed into the part 
affected by means of a piece of rag tied to a stick, the operator being careful 
not to let it touch his clothes. Coal tar, turpentine, pyroligneous acid, 
