. Report of observations of injurious insects and common farm pests, during the year ... : with methods of prevention and remedy . by spray-ing, and also by running soap wash on and down the infested boughs,so as to lodge in the rough bark and kill the tenants. Probably anyof the common soft-soap washes, especially those that are mixed withsulphur or mineral oil, would be of use ; and in communication withone of my correspondents he mentioned that he had found ChiswickCompound very effective in destroying Scale on his infested Goose-berry bushes. This mixture is procurable from the Chiswick So
. Report of observations of injurious insects and common farm pests, during the year ... : with methods of prevention and remedy . by spray-ing, and also by running soap wash on and down the infested boughs,so as to lodge in the rough bark and kill the tenants. Probably anyof the common soft-soap washes, especially those that are mixed withsulphur or mineral oil, would be of use ; and in communication withone of my correspondents he mentioned that he had found ChiswickCompound very effective in destroying Scale on his infested Goose-berry bushes. This mixture is procurable from the Chiswick SoapCompany, Chiswick, Middlesex, and probably it would be as serviceablean application as could easily be found, as it is a mixture of soft-soapand sulphur, which act well against these kinds of bark infestations,and it has the advantage of the sulphur becoming soluble (so as to becompletely mixed with the wash) in from sixteen to twenty-four hoursafter the requisite amount of hot water to dilute the mixture to a safestrength has been added. 44 FLEAS. House Flea, Pulex irritans, and Dog Flea. Pulex serraticeps, PuLEx IRKITANS, larva, and pupa—all much magnified.* On September 22nd, in the past season, my attention was veryurgently directed to an outbreak of what on examination proved to bemale and female Fleas, but in such numbers and so pervading thedistrict reported from, that our common house and domestic pestshad not been recognised. On mentioning the occurrence to anothercorrespondent, information was sent me of the appearance of similarannoyance, although not on such a great scale, in other localities,these infestations presumably being all due to the long drought, whichleft the haunts of Flea maggots round farm or homestead in the drycondition most favourable for their feeding and progress, instead ofthis being checked, as in common seasons, by ordinary rainfall andplentiful supply of water being available to wash their lurking-places,respectively out of
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