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Our species agrees so closeh' with Howard's figure and description that it 

 is here given specific rank under the name of Dicyphus iabaci. It is a 

 long-legged, slender, pale-green bug, with dark-brown, prominent eyes ; the 

 basal half of the first joint of the antennse and the basal and apical por- 

 tions of the second are blotched with dark brown, with the apical joints dull 

 yellow. The rostrum is long, clouded at base, and with the extremity black ; 

 legs long, with the base of the tibia of the first and second pair of legs and 

 the tips of the tarsi of the three pairs marked with black. Tegmina with 

 the apical nervures outlined and clouded with black, looking like a double 

 row of black blotches across the hind portion. The whole of the dorsal 

 surface and legs are clothed with stiff, scattered, dark hairs. Length, 4 mm. 



Small Green Tobacco Bug. 

 A second green bug, found upon the foliage in company with the previous 

 species, was of a uniform vivid green colour, changing to a yellowish-green 

 tint at death ; the whole surface clothed with scattered, fine, yellow hairs, 

 stoutest and darkest on the legs and antennaj ; eyes brown 3 tip of rostrum 

 and tips of tarsi black ; the head short and -narrow, with eyes large and 

 globular. Antennte composed of four joints, first thickened, second slender, 

 and three times the length of the first. Thorax contracted behind the 

 head, fitting close to the abdomen ; the whole insect viewed from above 

 broadly oval. Length, 5 mm. 



The Production of Ginseng. 



Inquiries are received from time to time on the subject of ginseng-growing 

 in New South Wales, and lately an officer of the Field Branch of the 

 Department was instructed to call ujoon a farmer in the Bega district who 

 some years ago published a small book on the subject, copies of which 

 (together with a package of seed) were sold at 5s. each. 



It was gathered from this farmer that he had no ginseng plants to show, 

 but it appeared that he had once raised a plant, which, however, did not live 

 for niDre than a few months. As far as could be learned, this farmer had 

 had no practical experience anywhere in regard to it, and further inquiries 

 did noc disclose that anyone else in the Bega district had attempted the crop. 



It was gathered, too, that the seed could not at present be imported, as the 

 Koreans are not allowed to export it. Some expense seems to be necessary 

 to provide a pprmanent shelter for the crop, which may be raised from seeds, 

 though these do not germinate for eighteen months, having in the meantime 

 to be carefully supplied with moisture. The roots are not fit for har\esting 

 until five years aftei- the plants are up. 



The business of agricultuie is different from that of most industries. It 

 gives the all-round man a chance to use his talents. It is not a matter of 

 doing the same thing over and over again day after day, as in some factories, 

 for every month and every day brings its own special problems on the farm, 

 and the man who is ingenious and clever at doing a variety of things has a 

 chance to make good. — E. T. Mekeuitii, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 



