Nov. 2, 1908.] Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 891 



A list of electrical engineering and supply firms in Sydney is given here- 

 under : — 



Australian General Electric Co., Equitable Buildings, .Sydney. 



Crompton & Co., Ltd., 56 Margaret-street, Sydney. 



Dick, Kerr, k Co., Ltd., .'{50 George-street, Sydney. 



Edison and Swan United Electiic Light Co., Ltd., 5S Clarence-street, 

 Sydney. 



Gibson, Battle, & Co. (Mather and Piatt, Ltd., Manchester), 7 Bent- 

 street, Sydney. 



Hayes, Oswald, 2 Hunter-street, Sydney. 



Hordern, Anthony, and Sons, Universal Providers, Brickfield Hill, Sydney. 

 (Telephone and other electrical supplies.) 



Hungerford, B. B., 165 Pitt-street. 



India-rubber, Gutta-percha, anrl Telegraph Works, Ltd., 279 George-street. 



Lawrence and Hanson, 55 York-street, Sydney. 



Lohniann ife Co., 9 Castlei-eagh-street, Sydney. 



Noyes Bros., 109 Pitt-street, Sydney. 



Siemens Bros., Ltd., 16 O'Connell-street, Sydney. 



Warhurton, Franki, & Co., 167 Clarence-street, Sydney. 



Note on Amsinckia echinata, a very bad Weed. 



J. H. MAIDEN. 



The following letter has been received : — " Per bearer, I hand you specimen 

 of a weed which, for some two years past, has made its presence felt in wheat 

 paddocks in the Yass district. It grows to a height of about *2 feet or more, 

 and shoots out from one firm stem, It literally chokes the wheat, which is 

 simply annihilated by the weed. Horses eat it with relish, and pigs will fight 

 each other to get at it. I have been asked to ascertain if the weed is known 

 to your Departnif^nt, and, if so, the best means to have it eradicated (ploughing 

 the ground seems to have failed in that direction) ; or you a)ight be able to 

 say whether it could be made into hay. Any information that you can 

 furnish will be greatly appieciated. The specimen herewith was handed to 

 me by Mi-. Laurence Boche, of Nanangtoe Station."' 



This is an American weed, with yellow flowers, belonging to tlie Borage 

 Family, and named Amsinckia echinnta, A. Gray. I know no coiiiinon name 

 for it, and it is not convenient to publish a plate of it just now. 



It was first referred to in the Gazette for January, 1905, page 27, and 

 May, page 430. It was first recorded from Blayney, and later from Wagga 

 Wagga, so that it is surely spreading. It is getting a firm hold in the Yass 

 district. The only way to deal w ith it is to eradicate it before it seeds It 

 is a profuse seed-bearer. 



