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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
teiition it merits from every one who owns 
a farm or villag'e home. 
Gov. Hogg was a man of wide exper¬ 
ience, a close observer of cause and effect 
and he doubtless saw in the future of nut 
growing much to interest him and much 
of prospective good to his state. We like 
monuments of this kind, that help others 
to better lives and more profitable and 
pleasant surroundings. 
The statement is generally made that 
the Pecan will succeed wherever the large 
species of hickory are found in the State, 
and this is doubtless true, as the Pecan 
belongs to the same family of trees. 
Our experience in a small wa}^ in graft¬ 
ing some of the choice varieties of Pecan 
on young Hickory has been very satis¬ 
factory, as to the growth, and we trust in 
a few years to be able to make a good re¬ 
port as to our success in getting them to 
bear fruit. 
In working the jiecan on hickory we 
find it an advantage to graft under 
ground and for this reason advise select¬ 
ing the small trees in the forest where a 
grove may be desired on account of the 
hickory being plentiful. 
There is no doubt that the Pecan is ex¬ 
tremely hard to work, and only when the 
budding or grafting is done by an exper¬ 
ienced hand is it likely that good results 
will be obtained. 
The Pecan will grow on any soil ex¬ 
cept springy boggy land where the water 
stands near the surface or where the soil 
is underlaid with ledge rock at a slight 
depth. 
AN ENTOMOLOGICAL CALENDAR FOR THE PECAN. 
BY H. A. GOSSARD. 
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
The following calendar is approximate¬ 
ly accurate but must be admitted to be in 
a measure conjectural, because observa¬ 
tions on pecan insects have not yet been 
sufficiently thorough to make possible an 
absolutely authoritative schedule. We 
hope that this imperfect one will stimulate 
observation and thereby contribute to the 
making of a perfect one in the near fu¬ 
ture. 
JANUARY. 
The twig girdler is at this time, a lar¬ 
va tunneling in the fallen twigs which 
were severed in the preceding fall. These 
infested twigs may be gathered and 
burned. 
Other fallen limbs may contain larvae 
and pupae of the oak pruner, hence, 
should be collected and burned. 
The larvae and pupae of various borers 
are in their tunnels in the heart-wood of 
the trunks. The burrows may be located 
by the particles of sawdust on the ground 
and clinging to the bark beneath the ex¬ 
ternal openings; also by the discolored 
bark below the orifices, caused by the ooz¬ 
ing of the sap. By means of a spring bot¬ 
tom can or in some similar manner, inject 
bisulphide of carbon or chloroform into 
the furrows and at once stop the openings 
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