The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-01
SAVING THE TREES FROM INSECTS
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smooth bark Of white pines. lie Is
| donnifp 81 pines growins in parks
and under other artificial conditions.
The young Of the winged form, rs de-
lEeFibedh ly an expert areAoval in
shape, nastenea, yeIiowish, and light
brown IL color. When young. tIley are
50 small a. hardly u Be visible 10 the
naked eye, and in early May are more
abundant than at any other time.
when the young emerge from the
BAN Of woody matter which protects
the eggs. they Gravel oTef the bark
Of ssahe tree.& But travel ceases at
length and they attach tAeinselves to
young and stender twigsg They do
great damage In Comparatively
short time. me insect Is easily
reached by sprays. and as. Or. South
wick observes. stiff sprays. are quite
efficient. in combating this pest,
Other qualified experts say that
spraying with Kerosene emulsion in
May proved efFicients The standard
emulsion should probably be diluted
with nine parts ofwater. In case it
is undesirable to use kerosene emul-
sion, the insect is Said to- be easily
susceptible to whole oil-soap solu-
ton, one pound to four gallons Of
water, or even forcible spray Of
cold water, would wash off large
number Of the pests. This can be-
done handily by having a hydrant
and long hose CONVENIENT.
( Df. William "a Wheeler specialist
on insects, and Curator of the DEPART
ment of invertebrate zoology, Museum
Of Natural History, says that theres
are SO many kinds of Insects attack
ing all Kinds OF trees and vines, that
1t is hard to enumerate or classify
them, He has heard offthe existence
of a green fly or aphid, which was
said to be very Injurious to trees and
vines in his own county, Westminster,
but as vet he has had little practical
experience. with them. He, is watch
ing for the appearance Of such ala in
sect among his own trees and grape
vines, ana will be ready to combat it
with the most effective means at his
disposal when It appears, The aphid
lis said To be destroying the chestnut
trees in Westchesters County, and
the best remedy given for its exter-
nit1ation is the one furnished by
Charles w. Leayitt, Jrg.of New York
city. ATT IFS to cut cat the wood that
Is affected BY the fungus and CAREFUL
ly spray with fungus spray, and
with an insect spray to kill the green
fyA T8s.h $685. Fs hAA
ak Insects That 4eIpss
There are caterpillars, beetles,
moths, flies, and many species of bugs
that attack trees, and it seems that
no kind Of timber is spared. At the
same time, according to DR.. Wheeler,
there reglseveral kinds Of beneficial
insects that help to kill the tree-de-
stroying pests, some of them being the
parasite of the fiuted scale, the fig in
sect the Hessiana fly parasite, the
black scale parasite, the cardinal
ladybug, the Chinese ladybug, the
black ladybug, the European praying
mantis, and the Chinese praying man
tiss Trees most subject to damage in
New York, are the ash, birch, elm,
larch lime, oak, pine, poplar, spruce,
fir, and Willows SCI
One radical way that is given to.
get rid Of destroying insects ii to
shake and beat them from the trees,
The best time to do this is noontime
Or early on a bright, warm day, when
the, beetles and bugs are clinging be-
meath the leaves and are dull and
sluggish They may be shaken down
on q large cloth spread beneath the
tree, swept together and destroyed. if
care is taken that the flying insects do
not have time to recover and take
wing. Pigs win eat them greedily, as
will poultry. New York Post.
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