CORRESPONDENCE.
THE LADYBIRDS.
(To the Edtor.) Sir, —I am exceedingly pleased to read Mr. W. W. Smith’s notes in this morning’s News re the liberation of the ladybirds in this district. It is quite true* that some of the above insects were brought here 30 years since from California to demolish the Isherya Purchasii, or cottony cushion scale. I remember seeing this pest in the late Mr. Alfred Drake’s prehard, near the Waiwakaiho bridge, where, in a very short time, they stripped the lemon trees of their leaves. Mr. Drake introduced the ladybirds, and the following year the pest all vanished. It is my intention to procure, if possible, some of these insects to clear the aphis from the tree tomato. I think that the matter should be taken up by our Horticultural Society.—l am, etc., W .B. DAVIES. New Plymouth, Sept 9, 1921.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1921, Page 6
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144CORRESPONDENCE. Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1921, Page 6
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