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Ohio Station, Bulletin Vol. V, No. 4 (Second Series), April, 1892 (pp. 28). 



Insect.s which eurrow in the stem of wheat, F. M. Webster 

 (pp. 59-84, figs. 18). — Historical accoiiuts of obsei-vtitions on the follow- 

 in*;- insects, with su}4gestions as to means of rei)i'ession: -loint worm 

 {Isosoma hordci), wheat straw worm {Isosoma tritici), wheat stem sawtly 

 [Cephus pygmcvns), grain sphenophorus {Splienopkorus 'parvulus)^ ^tdXk. 

 borer [Gorii/nd nitela), wheat stem MMiiigot {Meronnjza americana), com- 

 l^auiou Avheat fly {Osciuis sp.), American fritfly {Oscinin variubilis'i). 



Oregon Station, Bulletin No. 18, March, 1892 (pp. 16). 



Insects injurious to young fruit trees, F. L. Washburn, B. A. 



(figs. 14). — Popular accounts of the followiug insects, with suggestions 

 as to remedies: San Jose scale, oyster-shell scale, woolly aphis. Western 

 ])eacli tree borer {Scinnina pacifica), flat headed apple tree borer, green 

 aphis ^2)his mali), peach aphis {Myzus persicce) and plum aphis, pear 

 and cherry tree slug, peach moth, white marked tussock moth, cutworms, 

 flat-headed peach and cherry borer {Buprestis divaricafus)^ red spider 

 {Tetranychus telarius), tent caterj)illars, caiikerworms, branch and twig- 

 borer, unicorn prominent, plum tree catocala, red humped caterpillar, 

 locusts, scolytid borers, round-headed apple tree borer, pear blight 

 beetle. Glover's scale, purple, lemon, and white scales, wireworms, flea 

 beetles, and the codling moth. Formulas are given for kerosene emul- 

 sion. 



Pennsylvania Station, Bulletin No. 19, April, 1892 (pp. 13). 



Spraying fruits, G. C, Butz, M. S. (figs. G). — Popular information 

 on the preparation and use of insecticides and fungicides, with illus- 

 trated descriptions of si)rayiug ai)j3aratus, 



Rhode Island Station, Bulletin No. 15, April, 1892 (pp. 25). 



Loose smut of oats, C. O. Flagg, B. S. (pp. 3-10, figs. 3). — Com- 

 piled information regarding the nature and treatment of loose smut of 

 oats ( Ustilago avence). 



Fungicides and insecticides, L. F. Kinney, B. S. (])p. 11-25, figs. 

 G). — Compiled information, including formulas for fungicides and insecti- 

 cides, and notes on spraying and other apparatus, and on the treatment 

 of black rot of grapes, apple scab, codling moth, cankerworm, and plum 

 curculio. 



South Dakota Station, Bulletin No. 27, November, 1891 (pp. 68). 



Sugar beets in South Dakota, J. H. Siiepard, M. A. — An 

 account is given of tests of beet mothers selected in 1890 from beets of 



