, 1870-01-17
METEOROLOGICAL,

II A6jou1nng to the "soctsble" Which VIA going
:, In tho bcAoolsro0u.
= CHRONOLOGICAL.
70 Imported Insects and Native kxfe
= lean lnsccts-notuFaltzh OF o
IA World Plants and insects tu Anne e
ica-AntcrestanE Paper by Mr.
g T. RAIny, Ytato EntomoloElss
Missouri,
From TIC 81 Louis Republican, Jan. L.
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II 70 s1artns tnto tho history Of the tmpurt'
> curIant Nesm and Tho ns1t7e curranr worm, '
s1an 1Id .e1y eoz1ous state OF shtogs. The
. ! slosely nilec to each other that, although rht
ase ttfe11ed 10 A. distinct genera By cntoma
o9ats, u mg b dghtea xhelher the gem
: i eiss.,red te not 5 me1r subgeaos
tnse under which The Imported spee1ts u class
g. Is sna 9 ns; ne ,se9!
sIuct;se poscss Of theae Two worm. capectall
~ each q Ihem intes1. tne lesvea bon. u tue re
cufs on those Of the hlAck or Imported. Bu
What are sae actnal fzels7 On rae one nsnd "
Gee n4tiv: Ausrtcan species-uaich mast 1ag
existed here from time mmemor1aL, feeding Of
our Wild goosthe1rtes and perhaps on cur vi,
red cor1anf, md which Jet mas tfo1bied onr tan
Eoosene.mnes m = and tame rsd cur11nta 50 ?eE
certainty 70 ha!e ever done co at all
On me other hand we Zee species only Intro
yeara ago. which hass already si@oss put a s1of
10 the cultivation Of tho goosebeHy and red cur:
4ss 1ss PR q 5a Ne
tbs 1tole Of Canada West, and IL slowly but
ss1ely extending tts:4 IN ali directions fTsn tns
pens5 + whete ~ T. was originally ingored Wsat
feeding o. exactly tie 1anae plants, but oae oi
ported ito Aner,es IRON EUROPE ron - Sos % i :ats a
9 s9, rs. !; case Of re Kid W. caa point our Il
arthoas. ohsf suc9 sa,sa Tho
East. thoasu y has not JET made ls way out
ion ~ t0stais a1cda!a, Wa1ket), which ia close
y allled spec1es a1d has almost exactly the saue
5abltA, nae only been heard Of In one Or tvo CIR
dtes coI patauyeIJ but little damage. Agaln, he
imported oJster she!l bark louse {Aspidtotus cou-
c%nno1mig % j. far worae foe to the apple and ceE.
oask lonse tAsp Aar1ao>. though cach OF them ,o-
tests ne aane species Belonging - the botanical
worm bte,le irenebro molitor3 saarnas % - through @
the United Htafes, and ia great pest, Ehlle the
Sasss a. Ieoeeo oosear9 which
lAe sane se1u1, and III Of very nearly the satne
hze. thspe, and color, aud is comparatively quiie
Taie amotg Us t1d u scarcely known tp our mu.
On careful and close examination 1t viii be
iouDd that a,Host all our worst insect foes nave
the Atlantic The ucasiAn Fly was imported
alqcss Ninety yeata ago: tue aheas midze nsii
PRESENT century; soe eodliug moth, Tue cabbage
ucea. The boseE OF the rcd cu1rant, the oyater-
acell bark lunse. the grain plant lo1se tue apple
uee Plant louse, the pear tree lea louso tue
cneeee EAgKot, the commou meal worm. tbB
gislt eesu. the nouse nY, the leal bsete OF tue
eIm, the eocEroach, the cro1on bag, and tue dit.
Even Within the last few JeaIa the sspalaVos
Nav jersey, Ahsnce it vii no dou5t spread
gradually westward through the whole un,ied
~ ,sss pe e es
vas lntruo1ced some eight or ten yeard ago and
nss been gtsuuall5 spreading from Qu.bec. Cana
unless preventive measures are tateu; and ouly
Jear Bgo the 1arva Of celta!n oaletmotn iiIJ.
PoRympa ditparh which Is gteAt pest IN Europe
s. sa Mse ssiaSs
@ into New ,l Ene.apa, whe1c y Is spreading with
essats sn be = ;;' III nas
se.sa es.slay sssoas1 sss afsys assusi Ms a'ss q
ereton Ill cytpt.QaEA, aud ali doubtful cases, aEu
~ cs.s Hhete tne ss.1e plans Ia sapposed 70 be
On oosh sass Ct the less
ported among n iEom the Old Worid, ill OF which
are the worst and most per- lotous weeds teat We
pave t0 contend agMnat 1n the United states
innEd a lit OF ninety. nine Of inc principal
nwesds Of American Agriculture" i" BY tue lsie
20 lets than IortJ-three, or neary onehaii,
are species tnss nave been introduced among
eDna crate here, as ins best iaoEn s aud most S
pern'ctous, nn telcops [swo specles}, shephrrdx
per.s, s.. Jonn1 wosi coW:o3ckle, Hay.weed
Canada thiitle, burdoct, plantain, MULLEN, toad.
nax, BIZ d. SEQ, Jamestown Ulmson) weed,
LanbA quatter, tnalt weed, teld garlic, lox-tali,
totougn Eou strange ose7!ght, has been omiltei
IN ! D! p nna,',pRtont cataioene =
about as Espy vot ages made IRON America to
Ea,oae a. from itops g America, that we niye
brethren t1e ,avors they have conferred ap5n
q. 10 the *py OF uo1ions lnsecta and noxious
xsefs + 70 susn hing Tas{e are bus
lzed IN Europe, n1l even tbea4 do not appear t3r
the mo,s part TO do any tettoos amouut Of dan.
sge tEere. For example, % oae or t@o occas,oss
an,d us.ipaneta}, have b:en csptured ia Eosiant;
bns she Insect has never tpre ID and becoms 1uo-
ps sesor s0e ases - III A9ees
isSsd ss Il -, Esssee - -
Curtis. has Become becoms na:aarn,.aed a i1s u the
warmer departments Of France, klroy and Spence |
ITO any very Injurious e1tent,'' aud Carts teems
to dount The ract OF rs being asufaIlxed In EpR.
land At AL Again, the only species Of white ant |
tTernes i1ouiaIls} nas been fn5an tor sloog dine |
N Germaty: but Is rot recoraed 10 have cscr ~
Curtis ates that i, has been Introduced into Eng.
sometimes anupdhnt IN Locuon and the proyinces;
but knoy aud spence Say not nee word aoout It,
std It teeH. &c to ne confined 70 the Eoglah sea-
tr ctr.
4 very minnie yellow ant, ho.eye. tdhyrn,ca
*.bf come geuefany dlalrsbuted and uat1raiized''
,,ts Il e0q.S nsi. IN AZ az x: soS
pe1s ~ neoses u nsaton L2nao9 a1d s
Two principal apple .1ree oofefa, our can.
o I'll es1 sRfes 9nf pesease Ss!s aad
o.ner Indigenous peAs among the great army OF |
bad rues nobody erer get found single one Of |
AtisDuc. And Win reKsfd to plso,s, ,he only TWO
American plants tnat we tno1 10 hare become 80
nrnlJ established IN Europe - 70 b 9 nuIkauce
weed tAtaeAGsis enuaderai+). which has choked |
up many Of tne canals in Epglaud, and our com-
ne We.t tt:nrtgso1, eanadt...e, xhich has spread
f.oa An srca Ies1ly over The uooe Eorid:
tse, shss @ Aaercaa p plsa nd .asec,s 10 @ not 81
come natural red inf he Old World With 1Itnlng
IKE The facility with which the plants and Insects
sone or ohs
for tnts ~ gular Stale Of tntnE1 What Il t1as
csuse7 Isls, as We believe, simple 1set which
aedern nstnraiist., namely. that The plants and
ann 1 sls ot A@ssies bsonG. ~ general rule, e
aEt E1HGOHd the IHpdcTuiLAd CJEatiOu
which e. A's n Europe In other words, although
e t1' 1sy aeS ods+ shs Void NJ, saa
Wes1d. Cotseque1tl1, our plants and anl
European compeu'oEs imported from shroad, than
the red IEc.sn las been able to stand ns ground
AgatIst tie walsa CAtctsan race On the otnes
can .nirs, a1ds iss ~sy INTO Europe, it cao. ss 4
general ruiz. no uoro stand it, ground therc
1ed r. disos - cold stand sbe;r sroaod il Ensisnd
even II Jon gaEe them xnoe county Of lana And
an enple supply 9, ssoss, ,Gols aqd p.ov1s'on. o.
been conclnslvey sho 70 BY Charles Darwin, there
IL q continual ssIaeg!e for extsletce, the stronger
ina ~ starsfaF ous lion tine 10 lime IL taeir isss
vigorous AID Less faror8blF otganlzed competitors |
aence !! Il as no:eless task for a poor, ,pnuJ.
gtroug e1 eIge &c, ntRoly deTeope1 European bug,
as Il II ould be for neet OF o!d.Lashioned wooden
ehips 10 ogns aga.1as nees OF our modern tron- |!
Let cot Young America however, be alto
9e,hsr discouraged and dItgu,ted A. hearing thax
our animal and sege;anle cfeauou IL more old
fashioned than thai OF whst Is commonly known
as the o!d World. The oideat geological 1orn1-
ropt, IN shich the reuuaina Of manpR1s occur.
contain the re1ua,uE OF such mammals exclnavely
.Mspupesle8) I. bring forth their younG only par
Tally Developed. and carIJ tnose Jouug aoout
With them in q pouch, TIL Tue day Of CON-
nlete deVeFopmens and peJLeA second blrtu"
dgityez. In AInts1ca We hare s1nQle genus
me Opossum-thst belongs 70 this ante
duuT1an tJpe. In the three ancient connI enes