In the discussion on insects at the late meeting of the Minnesota Horticultural Society, many interesting facts were elicited concerning insects in that State. Much trouble has been experienced with leaf lice, borers, moths, curculios, etc. A number of remedies were given for these pests. For leaf lice, a decoction of tobacco is sometimes successful, when applied at the proper season. A wash composed of three pounds of sal-soda dissolved in a pailful of rainwater, is another remedy, and also three ounces of whale oil soap to a pailful of water; apply upon the first indications of the lice. The trees will be injured if much soap is used. Carbolic acid will kill trees if not carefully used. Mr. Gideon binds ashes around the affected parts to kill borers. Others out them out with a sharp knife, or punch them with a wire. Moths are destroyed in various ways. Several kinds of traps have been invented, some of which are very successful. The idea is to furnish a hiding place for the moths where they can be destroyed.

Bands of hay or old rags are sometimes bound around the trunks of the trees to serve as moth traps.

Mr. Mendenhall stated that there are 1,600 kinds of leaf lice, and 400 kinds of curculio.