Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XI, Number 50, 26 July 1890 — THE BLIGHT ON OUR TREES. [ARTICLE]

THE BLIGHT ON OUR TREES.

Tlio wulo ov»M' Uio v»!o |*M NJUHVKI Ih> o<;ut< for alimi oa!!|?c* iust*ui actio;i " v l ' K v ott y u , Oo !>'| r«ucU^\ Y 1 aiul on iho \vu|lo N\ «ikiki, at»«.l its huorito fonkl IV (l>rt. ivso 1»«sIk rho f;kot thnt t|u> C;Uhoi|ic ooniotoi\ oa strwt h t»l! of it i>, in itso! . no suj«l! v!»n£jor. I *i\os< i^t ion lu xv. ;ts o!soxvhoiv, \ i> ,loul»t ;mwo ths( tho onomaoh >< < nt of j }iv;isito}., taWo ausi * t <»v u«o vorr sUkv» • *> •» i ?

, manures—]>otasU, espec'īally—and eul-1 t"iYHtion will pf o yaj uaL 1 e -precau-j iu. warding«eti' Mte-active«uemiea! of plani liie. — ' ! In ihe United States Kepprt the' Comu.)issioner of Agriculture for 1885, at page 77, we read: "It is true that I !macy difef:ases ean be avoided by r feeepvng tlie plants in full Yigor'off growth, as a luan may eseape a conta-' gious "dise.se l>y o!ircfnīlj : atte3iding' "ta.hifi : t)hyftical corid'rtioi), acquiring a[ degi-ee of vitality suflicieht to resistj infection/ .Plant diseasct; ure chiefly' i mfecti'ous,'amt the hn\s that apply to | animals in snch cases are, in the main, l appheahle to plunts. | £caie M*sset>j—to mhieh faunlj oui pest beloug- uro eheekeā and the ■irees k©pt elean by preserving with aael &praymg , witb ealkeline s«lntious of whieh potash is tlie basis ' Alb-wash«& «ud mixtures jnrtde up either fiSr poisoning- or suf?bcarting inf?ects;-sc»les: etc v , have.'to be uspd here. with gmater precautiotis than iii ' n colder cliuiate, owing to tlie greater rapidity of evaporatlou here. Tbe afteiuipon,, toM T ard!s evening, or verv eariy mprjmig, and, if pQssibie, while the ai.r. -is.it:, a molst or humid.stāte, is the tiuie ,to. do ,QHectivQ ,wort agains? j int><3ct, pusttj .withQiit ,iujury tp the trt;es, The.eifect is.not uetu'ly s;o goodj indrj,-.iyeathor> bēcau§& of the tepi(.city ,with whieh tUe fecale clings to the }>lanW . . . Where tho plant or tree affected is of no great value, fche best plan is to cut, it dowu to iii© root aud burn every paiiielo of it on thc spoi,. Where tlie sl:rub or tree seeras eapahlo of timtment it may yield to an al&ali wasU. either in the form of coacentrated lye. (80 per ceut. canstic sadu (90 per ceut, alkali), or soft so»p |11Hy be triH'd. Korosene wiU*, s troug soa]i-.uW | The fol}oVing oiay-'i : , aiufc is iu verv | nse in ' three pouncis of su\p^ ur beateu into two gallons of wafcer; about five pouhds ōf tresh.jy burnt liuiestone is iiest added to tho water. This causes \ ioleut boiliug and a desirable eheuii--0»i <4iauge. TUe wlioie is theu ,thorougUly beateu up, and two gallous rnore water added. w.ith as uiucl> clay as makea a thick paint. It is laid ou quickl3' an d easily with an old paiutbrush, so thick as to cover the scales couipletely. They ai~o scorehed and, suffocated by this treatment. As thfi mixture dries it holds them as iu a matm; and, -4tliole mass pe"els off tlie w6od is left elean, while all thē iugreuienls aro uianuiial to the * ree ' otlier Ūnngs this paiut vnay haye to be used $overal tiuies. It īh a good plan to so ooat trees as fcir uj> as wiuter— tke best time t« t-ackle pests. It ia woll t?o avoid irrigating duriu« ihe heat o{ tue l %- will ūever do to waiv fc,r a su va-i v '' lud i to %hl ihe pest, although we sliall >veicom© them ou arrival, m>d they hava antivoil.