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CATALOGUE AND PRICE-LIST OF 
INSECTS AND REMEDIES. 
Nearly all kinds of trees have their insect enemies, and although, as a general 
thing, a tree that is well fed and properly cultivated will come off victorious over all 
these insect enemies, still if they become troublesome it is not best to entirely 
ignore their depredations. 
Peach Borer. — This is a small white borer or grub which hatches on the 
bark of the tree just at the surface of the ground and punctures the bark, eating the 
inner bark and sap-wood. If the earth is pulled up around the trees in March to 
the height of one foot, and allowed to remain so until November and then leveled 
of! again, the moth that lays the eggs will have to deposit them so high on the 
trunk of the tree that the bark will be too hard for the young borer to puncture. 
Repeat this process (hilling up in March and leveling off in November) each year 
and but little trouble will be experienced from borers. This is both simple and 
effective. Stiff wrapping paper tied around the trunk of the tree is said to answer 
the same purpose. 
Root Knot (Anguillulla).—This microscopic insect, which has of late years 
been troublesome, is gradually disappearing, and we t hink that it will be but a short 
time longer till nothing more is heard of it. The small roots of the trees on which 
this insect has worked, possess a peculiar knotty appearance, much resembling a 
string of beads. There is no known remedy for this insect, except to give the tree 
liberal fertilizing and thorough cultivation; and if it has not become too badly 
affected it will outgrow the attack. This insect seems to be very fond of the roots 
of cow peas, and land that lias been recently planted in these peas is in more danger 
of being infested with root knot than any other. Do not plant cow peas among 
peach trees. 
Plum Ourci lto. — This is a small dark brown beetle that punctures the fruit 
of plums (and sometimes apricots and nectarines) soon after the blossoms fall and 
the fruit is fairly set. The beetle lays its egg in the puncture, and after a short 
time this egg hatches into a grub, which destroys the fruit. One method of treat¬ 
ment is to spread a sheet under the tree and jar off the curculio by hitting the tree 
a quick sharp blow with a wooden mallet; this should be done early in the morn¬ 
ing (before sunrise if possible) and followed up every few days for a month or more, 
commencing as soon as the blossoms have fallen. Burn all the insects and stung 
fruit thus collected, and there will be little or no damage result from the curculio. 
Another effectual method of treatment is to spray the trees soon after the blossoms 
tall, with a solution made by dissolving one pound of Paris Green, or London Pur¬ 
ple, in 200 gallons of water. 
Scale i xsects. —There are several kinds of scale insects which prey upon 
orange trees, nearly all of which can be readily subdued by using the Kerosene 
Kmulsion, made as follows: Dissolve one pound of Whale Oil Soap in one gallon 
of boiling water and add, while hot, two gallons of kerosene; churn violently with 
a spray pump or garden syringe until the mass becomes of the consistency of thick 
cream. Add thirty gallons of water before using as a spray. 
