144 Report OF THE HORTICULTURIST OF THE 
EVERGREEN TREES. 
Abies balsamea — Common balsam. 

Canadensis — Hemlock spruce. 

excelsa — Norway spruce. 
Cupressus Lawsoniana — Lawson's cypress. 
Juniperus Virginiana — Red cedar or savin. 
Pmus Austriaca — Austrian pine. 
Strobus — White pine.’ 
sylvestris — Scotch pine. 
Taxus baccata — English yew. 



elegantissima — Beautiful variegated yew. 
———— erecta — Erect yew. 
Thuja occidentalis — American arbor vite. 
compacta — Parson’s arbor vite. 
—_—— ericoides— Heath-leaved American arbor vite. 
—— Hoveyi— Hovey’s golden arbor vite. 
—— globosa — Globe-headed arbor vite. 
pyramidalis— Pyramidal arbor vite. 
Siberica — Siberian arbor vite. 
orientalis Tartarica — Tartarian arbor vite. 






algae 
EXPERIMENTS WITH INSECTICIDES. 
Applications for the codling moth. 
Potassium sulphide for insects. 
Applications for the cabbage maggot. 
Experiments with kerosene. 
The bean plant as a repellant for the striped cucumber 
beetle. 
The turnip flea-beetle. 
A trial of hose nozzles. 
An experiment with home-grown pyrethrum. 
Summary. 
APPLICATIONS FOR THE CopLina Morn. 
Three arsenical poisons were tested for the codling moth, 
Carpocapsa pomonella (Linn), viz.: Paris green, London purple 
and the “ Zoektein poison.”* The last named is a waste product 
sent to the Station for trial by the “Zoektein Company,” of 
* The “Zoektein poison’’ was also tested in 1887, for details of which see 
’ Report New York Agricultural Experiment Station for 1887, pp. 98-99. 
