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and they did great service. The worm spoiled the currauts, aud we meekly 

 gave them up. 



Now, this is to bear witness that white hellebore dusted on the bushes w^hen 

 the desv is on will save the currants, and any one who has lost his bushes 

 should forthwith replace them and take care of them. 



One of two or three things that we expect to find in country gardens 

 besides weeds is cahbacje. A green worm about an inch long acquired a taste 

 for them and quietly took them. 



Sprinkle on soapsuds, or salt, or dust from the road, and the worm will be 

 disgusted. Shake into the cabbage cayenne pepper, or sprinkle on boiling hot 

 water, and you will soon be rid of him. A moderate application of hot water 

 will not injure the plant, as it has a thick, tough leaf. 



Coop a hen among your squash vines with a brood of chickens, aud the 

 chickens will take care of the squash, if you only plant plenty of seed. 



Don't fail to put boxes, twelve inches by fourteen, round your cucumbers, 

 and ten inches high. Do this when you plant, and then it will be done. 

 Neglected gardens don't pay: well cultivated ones do pay. 



We conclude by earnestly invoking your aid during the coming year in a 

 determined effort to rout all our insect enemies. We demand it as a duty you 

 owe to your country and your kind. 



Allow us to ask that you will communicate with this committee in reference 

 to your success and disappointments: give us your experiments and experi- 

 ence. 



Do all you can, — at least do something. The man who can lay his hand in 

 yours, and, looking you in the face, declare that he has killed, or very seriously 

 crippled, one codling worm, has not lived in vain, as we fear some people have. 



Dr. E. Ware Sylvester, of Lyons, read the following report on the same sub- 

 ject : 



Phylloxera Vasfatrix — Since the last meeting of this Society, the reports in 

 reference to the success of the sulphuret of carbon seem to be in a measure 

 contradictory; at all events, it has as yet not been so successful as to command 

 the entire confidence of the grape-growlers. In some portions of Europe the 

 Phylloxera extends rapidly, while in other sections the vines seem strong 

 enough to resist the attacks of the insect. A congress has been, or is about to 

 be, held in Paris, to discuss the subject: aud there are eleven questions pro- 

 posed for consideration at this meeting, embracing the whole range of topics 

 connected with this disease. 



Some carefully instituted experiments by the Department of Agriculture at 

 Washington seem to establish two facts, so far as one series of experiments can 

 do : That the leaf-gall louse (Paraphygus Vitifolia) is not identical with the 

 root-gall louse (Phylloxera Vastatrix) ; and second, that the root-gall louse 

 will transfer itself to neighboring vines, and is catching as small-pox is catch- 

 ing. Experiments in Europe favor the last conclusion. 



The main remedy appears to be : healthy vines, well cultivated. This has 

 made a demand in Europe for cuttings and vines of our stronger American 

 vines (our own beloved Concord among the number), which are reported there 

 as having vigor of constitution sufficient to resist i\\e attacks of the Phyllox- 

 era. 



In this country the disease does not seem to be spreading rapidly, and if our 

 vineyardists exercise their usual common sense, and do not give their vines the 

 gout by over-feeding, or the Phylloxera from under-feeding, there is in all 

 probability a successful future for the American grape growers. 



