328 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



BOOK NOTICE. 



Handbook of Insects Injurious to Orchard and Bush Fruit. — 

 By Eleanor A. Ormerod. Simpkin, Marshall & Co.: London, Sept., 

 1898. 8vo., 286 pp. 



The excellent work which has been done for economic entomology 

 by Miss Ormerod, particularly in England, but also in many other parts 

 of the world, is well known to everyone. Her valuable annual reports 

 are eagerly looked for every year by all interested in the practical appli-. 

 cation of the study of insects for the prevention of their injuries to crops. 

 We have just received from this talented authoress another evidence of 

 Tier unselfish labours for the good of her countrymen. The above named 

 volume is in reality a compendium of the original observations made 

 during the last twenty-one years by Miss Ormerod and her correspond- 

 ents, together with the latest results and the most approved remedies 

 for the various pests of large and small fruits. 



As in all former publications bearing Miss Ormerod's name, the 

 arrangement of the subjects for convenience of reference, the presswork 

 and the general get-up of the volume bear the stamp of a most careful and 

 tasteful master hand. The different fruit crops treated of are ; Apple, 

 cherry, currant, gooseberry, medlar, nut, pear, plum, quince, raspberry, 

 and strawberry. At the end is a list of the fruit crops infested by insects, 

 with the names of the insect infestations ; the subjects are arranged 

 alphabetically ; and after the name of each tree or crop mentioned in the 

 work the names of each of the infestations to which it is liable in England 

 are classified under subordinate headings as Bark, Blossoms, Fruit, 

 Leaves, Shoots, Wood, according to the nature of the attack. The 

 insects are given with their scientific and popular names, and so far as 

 possible are arranged together as to kinds, as Aphides, Beetles, Moths, 

 etc., with the number of the page of the detailed observation in the 

 volume. In four instances where the pests are causes of much mischief 

 to several kinds of crops, the infestation appears under its own name. 

 These exceptions are : Earwig, Red Spider, Root-knot Eelworm, and 

 Wasps. 



Particular mention must be made of the excellence of the illustra- 

 tions, which seem to be perfect types of what such illustrations should be 

 in works on insects for the use of practical fruit-growers. 



j. Fletcher. 



M.iiled Decenilicr i.^ll), iSqS. 



