Entomological Circular, Issues 1-15 |
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Page 10 - Christmas trees," and parts thereof, and decorative plants, such as holly and laurel, known and described as "Christmas greens or greenery...
Page 11 - Canada unless such forest plant products shall be accompanied by a certificate showing that they have been inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture and found free from the gypsy-moth.
Page 11 - Any inspector entering any lands, nursery or other premises where there is reason to believe that any of the insects, pests or diseases hereinafter specified are or may be present, shall give instructions for the treatment or destruction of any tree, bush, crop or other vegetation or vegetable matter or the containers thereof, which may be found or suspected to be infested with any of the insects, pests or diseases hereinafter specified, and such instructions shall be carried out by the owner or...
Page 11 - ... of any tree, bush, crop or other vegetation or vegetable matter or the containers thereof, which may be found or suspected to be infested with any of the insects, pests or diseases hereinafter specified, and such instructions shall be carried out by the owner or lessee of the infected or suspected vegetation, vegetable matter, or containers thereof, and such remedial treatment shall be carried out and continued until the insect, pest or disease shall be deemed by the inspector to have been exterminated.
Page 2 - Fab. This is another plant bug which is very destructive at times to dahlia, zinnia, weigelia, snap-dragon, etc. It is of a bright greenish-yellow colour, onequarter of an inch long, with two black spots on the thorax and four stripes of the same colour down the back. Remedies. — A spray of strong kerosene emulsion (1 to 6) will destroy the nymphs, but the perfect insects are more difficult to kill. Many of these latter may be beaten from the plants as recommended for the Tarnished Plant Bug. ATTACKING...