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[[strikethrough]] 37 [[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] 49 [[/strikethrough]] 26 [CHARLES V. RILEY.] Late Experience in dealing with Insects injurious to fruit. Boston Transcript, January 26, 1892. Editorial abstract of a lecture on the above subject given before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, Mass., January 23, 1892. The following topics were discussed: the Plum Curculio, its natural history and the arsenical poisons as a remedy against it; recent results as to the value of various arsenical mixtures in spraying orchard trees; Combined insecticides and fungicides; the Hydrocyanic acid gas treatment; Resin Washes; the Fluted Scale and the importation of Vedalia cardinalis; some new insect enemies to fruit; the Apple Maggot; danger of the possible introduction of some foreign fruit insects; Conclusion.