. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. THK 'ST HOKKK. 5 nmdo by thciii. l\v (lie l'<mIi dl" .Inly llu' liiivii' iittaiiicd their full sizp, by tht' 'JStli somo of tlit'iii flianj^rd t i)U[)a', and the perfect insects were on tlie trees Septenilier 15. These ()l)ser\ati()iis were made on his ijrounds near Hoxbury, (hirintr se\cral years j)it\ ioii> to IS:>1, wlien th(>y wei-e reportetl in a h'tter to Joiin Lowell, and [)ul)lished, toti'etlier with an account nj' liis unsuccessful expei'iinents with white- wash, mortar, and
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. THK 'ST HOKKK. 5 nmdo by thciii. l\v (lie l'<mIi dl" .Inly llu' liiivii' iittaiiicd their full sizp, by tht' 'JStli somo of tlit'iii flianj^rd t i)U[)a', and the perfect insects were on tlie trees Septenilier 15. These ()l)ser\ati()iis were made on his ijrounds near Hoxbury, (hirintr se\cral years j)it\ ioii> to IS:>1, wlien th(>y wei-e reportetl in a h'tter to Joiin Lowell, and [)ul)lished, toti'etlier with an account nj' liis unsuccessful expei'iinents with white- wash, mortar, and })Ia>tcr. in the Massachusetts Auiicultural dournal. Volume VI, isi'l. pa^cs L'To-i'T.'). Col. T. Pickerini*-. in a letter to Mr. Lowell the same year and pul)- lished in the same volume, stated that there were trees in New Hamp- shire uninjured hy the borer, as well as in some of the Southern States; that he had obsei-ved the stems of younj; trees in Washint^ton, D. C, infested, while in () he saw lartj^e th ri f ty trees uninjured; and he concluded that natural uTowth in groves was much less liable to injury than transplanted •growth. Fitch, wiitinii' in 1S5S, stated that numbers of s]>eci- mens were sent to him year after year from Indian Teni- tory. Schwarz {ls\H\) observed that in and around the Columbia the insect lives in lare-e colonies, aH'ectinj^all trees of small frr()V(>s. while lonj^- hillsides full of locust are not infested. K. S. Kcllo^jLT, i" his discussion of forest plant in*,'- in western Kansas, says:" By locating plantation on pood gronml and giving it tirnt-claRs care, the trees will reach fence-post size l)efore tlie liorers flo much <himage. They should th«-ii he cut and utilized. The rapiil sprout growth will soon make a new crop. A stinii]) sprout sometimes attains a height of 10 feet the tirst season. Hamlled in this manner, hlaek locust can he prolitahly raised in many places where it is altogether
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