In May last I became the tenant of a house in the central part of the city of Quebec. To this house is attached a garden, which contains a few plum trees and a considerable number of currant and gooseberry bushes. The plants, however, are very old, and as the garden has been neglected noxious insects have increased and multiplied to no small degree. I intend in this paper to give my experiences as regards the currant and gooseberry bushes, leaving the rest till another time, and trust that I shall be able to add something to the history of the insects, unfortunately too common, which infest these small fruits.