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Excerpt from Bulletin of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, Vol. 26: Some Insect Enemies of Shade Trees and Ornamental Shrubs
Introduction How Insects are injurious to trees A. Leaf-eating Insects 1. The Apple-tree Tent-caterpillar 2. The Forest Tent-caterpillar 3. The Tussock Moth 4. The Mourning Cloak Butter?y 5. The Elm Leaf-beetle 6. The Elm Leaf Miner B. Boring Insects 7. The Bronze Birch Borer 8. The Flat-headed Hemlock Borer. 9. The Elm Borer. 10. The Locust Borer 11. The Sugar Maple Borer 12. The Twig Pruner 13. The Mottled Poplar and Willow Borer 14. The White Pine Weevil 15. The Hickory bark-beetle 16. The Leopard Moth. 17. The Pigeon Tremex or Brown Horn-tail C. Sap Eating Insects Scale Insects (coccidae) 18. The San Jose Scale. 19. The Oyster Shell Scale 20. The Pine Leaf Scale 21. The Scurfy Scale 22. The Rose Scale. 23. The Elm Bark Louse. 24. The Cottony Maple Scale. 25. The Black-banded Scale. 26. The Tulip Tree Scale 27. Plant Lice Sprays and Spraying Apparatus A. Sprays in general: 1. Stomach Poisons. (a) Arsenate Of Lead. (b) Paris Green (c) London Purple 2. Contact Insecticides. (a) Kerosene Emulsion (b) Miscible Oils.. (c) Lime-sulphur..
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