Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-08-08

EpTTOR HERAI,D.-Tbe article of Mr.
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cannon DO regarded as oeinR reP'y 70
mine Of last Tuesday, but is simply
personal attack ON myself: the charges
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he ol'nsS iorwaa' no"''o'' a"oans -
nothing, and ! should not have taken
| the trouble Of making a reply but for the
fact that so many of his ststements in
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resaio 70 INC oo'soAy 's"s"'V" 'S",' A''
erroneous. Ii Is TOR the purpose Of cor
rectinQ these errors that pen this pres
an, .r,;e,s
An
mr.. '. denies inc eAs'en0e Vi = ''A.
| in the cottony scale insect, and
| ssys that the bristles l described as com.
1 pricing the beak are sslike the ones we
| fiad al around the border Of the body;"
vet. If he had borrowed somebody's
| microscope and intellect, and examined
these bristles in living insect, he would
have discovered that they are furnished
with powerful muscles, which enable
| the insect to move them about in any
direction. as well as TO coil them up and
then uucoil them again-a feat it can
never do with the bristles found upon
any other part Of the body.
He also saws that the insect is at
tsched to the tree, not by its beak, but
| bv the cottony cushion; this cushion,
however. il not attached to the bark,
but rests lightly upon it; moreover, it
vocId be interesting to know by what
means the Younger ones which have not
A. vet excretsd any Of the cottonny
matter. are attached to the treel The
fact 4. AZ any one can prove to his own
| satisfaction. that the organ of attach.
ment i the beak. which, Is before
stated IL inserted into the bark of the
tree.
n speakipe Of the cottony egg sac. he
| .sv.. uthat cushion ia Theoretically
closed. during the time Of layina. with
4 onn substapce insider--which is not
the case. as there is a narrow
| ,pace ou the undereide which il
covered with a very loose layer
| Of the cottonv matter through which the
| young insects after Matching can easily
| sscape from the egg sac. Were the sac
"bcrmeticsIIy closed with q gum sub
at nee. the Young ones after Matching
would be imprisoned alive, since they are
not provided with pair Of Jaws or any
other organs bv the use of which they
could cut their way to the outside world.
Again. in speaking of the recently
| Matched ipsec.s. he saws: CAT this stage
of the growth the I, males spread all
through the tree, and are at This time
impregnated by the males" Is it
possible that q person who has had
Twenty years Of practical study in diff
| ferent parts Of the world, after training
in an agricultural college," is ignorant q
this simple fact, viz ,to-wit, namely, L. e,
| that is to say, that it is absolutely impos-
sible for an insect to become pregnant
| while in the FIRST stage after Issuing from
| the egg. As well clsim that pup or
| kittea one week old could become preg-
nanti With insects, AS with the higher
animals. a certain degree of maturity
mist be attained b fore il is possible for
impregnation to take place. The female
coitony- cushion scale after issuing from
the egg passes through two stages,
marked by az msny shcddinqs Of the
skin- before attaining the adult stage in
which impreg nation lakes place.
We are also told that the male has
1onq white wings.n when in reality his
wincs ara oky.brown.
RS fur,ber stated that atbe leaves
are M. pnnatured nv The iseria." nor
| show the yellow SPOT that the black and
red scale make on the parts of the tree
| " kere thew prey"-but the black scales
do not make yellow spot "on the parts
az The tree where they prev" and the
icerya Tor ;seria as he writes i,) does
immature the leaves with its beak.
This peryersion Of the facts by per.
son claiming 10 be A graduate Of an agri-
cuitaral college, is most pernicious and
isleading. Facts are not only estubborn
thinos.n but hey are sometimes extreme
lv d,saereeabIe: stili he public shouId be
made aware OF the fact that in the cot
tonv.eushion scale they have a most
dangerous and formidable enemy to the
orange and other citrus trees. Had they
been Acquainted with this fact when the
pest was first introduced into this coun.
~ thew could. by sacrificing a few trees,
have saved to the county what has al
readv cost it thou sands of dollars; and
the end is not vet.
Az TO his sshavinp found in nv opin-
ion remedy that will kill the insects on
| the tree and for certain space of time
prevent new corners from breeding
HERE the readers Of the HERALD will
call to mind the time when week or SO
ago . number Of our more prominent
citizens. Including members OF the City
Council, Board Of Supervisors. Horticui.
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