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even severe wilting and finally ýdeath of the branch in which the larva isî working, Controlling this. pest consists .of looking carefully over plants dur- ing late June and JUlY to discover the adult in 'the act of egg-laying, or, iftnt successful in tiat .. least t9 discover, and destrc, the eggs after they are laid. ..... ' The aduit is a hard-shellIed, rusty .... red beetle, almost a haîf inch long,... With black spots above and al «....... ...... . *.............. black, below. Tt has >a long snoui Mie the trunk of-an elephant whi............ giveg it the commnon name "bill bug." May Destroy Eggs ' In Iaying its eggs it cuts out an eye-shaped piece of the plant tissue .. places an egg in the hole, 'and re- places the piece of tissue. As these eut out -eyes" wilt soon after thýýy are replaced, frequent looking over the plants will enable one to locate thern .in time to eut them out and destroy the tiny white eggs before they hatch. They wilI bc found most frequently on the dahlia sterns though sometimes they are located! on the mid-rib of the leaves on the under side. ..:.- If any eggs are overlooked they .- will hatch in a day or so into tiny whitish grubs. dark with stripDes, which hurrow on into the center of iV the 'rtalk where thev feed for the rest of the summer. If they can bc located before the injury has. gone too far, thev cari he cut out by slit- ting the stemn of the plant. No Effective Spray will kili the bill-bug, and obviouslyl AT 'CONFERENCE I~ ~~~C 8merlua os tlOtlEt No Man's I*uId