Ladybird Frees Firs of Predatory Bug
IN SCOTTISH FOREST LONDON, April 5. Thanks to the ladybird, the giant Douglas firs whose growth until recently was being hindered, if not completely checked, in Scotland by tho destructive insect, chermos colleyii, are now showing signs of resistanco J and recovery. To-day there is more greenness about these “lords of the forest” than there has been for two years. These facts -were brought out at the annual meeting of the Aberdeen branch Of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society in Aberdeen. Mr. John Michie said the chermes colleyii ,was discovered in the New Forest in 1913 and had spread north to Inverness, leaving the west coast of Scotland untouched. Mr. Johnston Edwards, the King’s forester, said ho found at Balmoral that the ladybird had increased enormously during last autumn, and he believed they would end tho threatened destruction of the Douglas fir. Mr. E. C. Duthie said he hoped that when it was known that the trees could be mado practically immune there would be a more optimistic outlook.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19300426.2.115
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7201, 26 April 1930, Page 15
Word Count
175Ladybird Frees Firs of Predatory Bug Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7201, 26 April 1930, Page 15
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in