The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-20
GOVERNMENT |NSPEC TON
NOT EQUAL 70 OURS
Board of Agriculture and of Forestry Receives
Reports From Its Superintendent
of Bureaus.

horticultural quarantine laws against
imports, but the government should
certainly see that plants imported by
their officials are properly freed from
pests and disease before being propa-
gated and distributed broadcast over
the country.
If some of the plant-loving citizens
of this Territory would patronize our
local nurseries and florist establish
ments. or consult them regarding GER
tain plants they intended ordering from
Florida and other states, it would save
them the modification of finding out
that they had purchased such plants
as that miserable imported pest of our
hillsides and pasture lands "kolu'
acacia farnesiana), the white Plu
maria (Plumaria alba) so common on
the islands that cords of wood suita-
Bile for cuttings can be had. Even
such we'll known old trees as the "Ka-
mani is brought in under its botan-
ical title Calophyllum inophyllum,
seeds of which can be obtained here
in abundance. Such cases can be liken-
ed to shipping GOALS to Newcastle"
and since my residence here this has
frequently occurred, even with plants
as cheap and as common as the fore
but recently and are fresh in my mind
On September 1st a Wardian case of
plants arrived from Singapore via
Honkong. The DIVING plants consist
ed of "a "Mangosteens" (Garcinia
mangostena). 1) Hevea brazilliensis
a rubber of Brazil and (5) trees of the
true nutmeg" (Myristica fragrans)
The plants were not in very good con-
a L
a few specimens of Lepidosaphes pali-
dae and fumigated all the plants and
the soil in which they were plunged
In the case-we dumped overheard in
to the salt water after having looked
it over for larvae, or beetles, finding
nothing but few living slugs and
worms.
Last summer DIR. N. Russell of Noun
tain View. Hawaii, went on a visit to
Japan. AS his citrus trees are much
infested with the purple scale" and
he expressed a desire to investigate
parasites and predaceous insects of
that pest while there I gave him let
tiers of introduction to two of the
leading entomologists of that country
On the 9Th of August I received a
package of beneficial insects from Dr.
Russel consisting of three living beetles
and five pupae of the ''Asiatic 1ady-
bird" (Chilocorus similis). These were
turned over to Mr.. Kotinsky who has
succeeded In breeding a newx genera
uon Of this beneficial beetle Thev
nave gone through a complete cycle
IN about thirty-f1ve days, much short
er period than what he found it took
IN the Department of Agriculture at
washington. D. c., with the same
beetle. Colonies of this beneficial in
sect will be liberated on various nor
lions of the Territory DR.. Russell also
sent samples of Pulvinaria psidii that
mad been destroyed by a fungus. Speci
mems have been sent to coffee planta
lions where this scale can be found
although it is nowhere on the island
round in numbers owing to being prev
ed upon by the larvae of the ..mealv
pug lady-bird'' Crytolaemus montrou-
zlerL He also sent few twigs in
rested with Aulacaspis pentaeona.
Iarg., for food for the ladv-birds
from this material Mr.. Kotinsky bred
a number of internal parasites: Aphe
mus 1usclpennis, Howard; Aspidioto-
phagus cltrinus, Craw; also two unde-
termlned species, all of which were
liberated upon scale insects. The two
mere and are the principle insects that
prevent the increase and spread of the
san Jose scale on the islands
Gu August 25th I received from NJ
e. NJ. Ehrhorn, First Deputy Commits
sloner of Horticulture of California !.
colony of the South African fv,,
tScuteliista cyanea). This is the in
ternal parasite of the black scale IN
troduced into California in the fan of
1SVI. through the kindness of Prof
I. Lounsbury, Government EntonoI-
og1st, Cape Town, [ received fo,,,. 1i1,
ing FEMALES, the progeny of which has
accomplished wonders in supnressine
Ihat dirty scale in California. We have
very rev OF the same black scala
toalssetla oleae), but have another that
IL Closely allied thereto (Saissetia
hlgra) upon which we liberated on An
gust 50th portion of the COLONY we
received from Mr.. Ehrhorn On Sem
TEMPER 18th we had the first II issna
thus completing their cycle in thirty
Gays, whereas in California it took from,
Iofty 10 forty-seven days to comnlete
cycle. Two small colonies were lin
Grated in two places-out of doors
at the same time as those that 1pero
bred in confinement
On MS return from Queensland Last
April Prof. Koebele requested me tn
SEND parasites of the red wax SCALE,
oeFoplastes rubens to the Acclina tiza-
uon Society in Brisbane AS that sca1a
could not be found at the time unless
IN small numbers we could not con1n1v
with the request. On June 2sth. the
Rev. DR.. FraekIeton arrived on his v.,v
- lhe MAINLAND and handed me a letter
OF introduction from Mr.. Leslie G. Gov
re president of the Society inform
ed the doctor that we had not snc-
ceeded In locating the red wax scala
III any number. but we would s4;1
keep a lookout for it and try ana g
cure colony for him on his return ~,
september 23rd. In this we were snc-
cessful and turned over to him a col
ony. Some of the previous brood of
scales showed indication of the VOL.
OF parasites, so we hope thew win
prove successful. A few years ago tb;e
was a very serious pest here un,o