. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . ne gallon of Avater added to eachgallon of the mixture; Xo. 5 or 7, four pounds of mixture toeach five gallons of water. Apply all the above at a tempera-ture of one hundred and thirty degrees Fahrenheit. (Spray.) CHAPTER Cottony Cushion Scale. (Cal.)(Irerifa pnrrhasi.—Maskell.)I Order, Hemipteka ;Sub-order, Homoptera Familv. Fi^. 141. [A white cushion-like scale insect, feeding upon citrus trees,deciduous fruit tre


. Injurious insects of the orchard, vineyard, field, garden, conservatory, household, storehouse, domestic animals, etc., with remedies for their extermination . ne gallon of Avater added to eachgallon of the mixture; Xo. 5 or 7, four pounds of mixture toeach five gallons of water. Apply all the above at a tempera-ture of one hundred and thirty degrees Fahrenheit. (Spray.) CHAPTER Cottony Cushion Scale. (Cal.)(Irerifa pnrrhasi.—Maskell.)I Order, Hemipteka ;Sub-order, Homoptera Familv. Fi^. 141. [A white cushion-like scale insect, feeding upon citrus trees,deciduous fruit trees, forest trees, and on some varieties ofvegetables.] Fig. 141.—Ior- Fig. of a l)rancli in-fested In- CottonyCushion Scales. Fig. 142. —Cot-t o n y C u s li i o iiScales, naturalsize-colors, orange,red, Avhitish andpale yellowish. This species of scale insect(Figs. 141 and 142) I considerthe most dangerous of any thatinfests fruit and other trees inCalifornia, as it may be said tolie a general feeder ; it is foundon all varieties of citrus trees, deciduous fruit trees, on manyvarieties of ornamental trees, forest trees and shrubs : also on.


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