312 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOKl). 



Leaf diseases of pine in the Saxony forests, F. Nobbe ( Thm-and. Forst. Jahrhnch, 

 43 (1SU4), pp. 39-55). — A description is given of a disease of the pine leaf caused by 

 Hypoderma maerosporum . 



A disease of pinks, L. :\Iaxgin {Kev. Uori., 66 {hS94), So. 17, jjp- 410-412).— 

 Piuks attaciicd l>y llvicrosporium echinulatmn. Copper sulphate and otlier sprays are 

 advised. 



Concerning a remarkable appearance of fungi on shade trees, causing their 

 destruction, C. Weiimku {.fahr.fber. naiurlnst. Ces., 1S91-93, pp. 37-61, pi. 1). 



Progress in the study of the fungus of wheat scab, A. D. Selby {Ann. Upt. 

 Ohio Acad. .Set., .? (1894), JW- 33, 34). 



Some fungus diseases of wheat and rye, Fkaxk {.Mitt. deui. landic. Gea., 1894, 

 No. 6, pp. DO, 91). — Descriptions and notes are given of Liptosphwria herpotrichoides 

 and ()})hi(il>i>lns hcrpotrichus. 



ASeptoria disease of cultivated veronicas, P. Hennincs {Ztscin: I'tfanzcnkmnk., 

 4 {1S94), No. 4, pp. 203, 304). 



Experiments in combating sugar cane diseases, F. A. F. C Went {Ilepr. from 

 Arch. -Java Suikerind., IS'JS, p. S). 



Remedies for cane diseases, C. A. Bakbeh {Suppl. Leeward IsJa\id^ (ia:., 1S04, 

 Ih'Ik 34, pp. 137-131). — Popular information on the best means for coml)ating fungus 

 and insect attacks. 



The copper content of soil and cane and its relation to disease {East .Java 

 Ejpt. Sta. Contr. 40, pp. 42-50). 



Treatment of chlorosis by applying sulphate of iron in autumn, P. Degkuli.y 

 {I'rog. Agr. et Fit., 11 {1S94), No. 39, pp. 33.5-338). 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Reports of observations and experiments in the practical -work 

 of the Division of Entomology {U. S. Dept. Agr.., Division of Eiito- 

 moUxjti Bui. 3.i\ pp. ;'j!J). — This bulletin comprises the reijorts of the held 

 agents for 1893. 



Report on injurionn insects in yehrasla and adjoining di.stricts, L. Bru- 

 ner (pp. 9-21). — The maiu portion of this report is iu regard to locusts, 

 which iu 1892 and 1893 caused serious damages to crops in several locali 

 ties, l)ut are now apparently checked. The vicinity of Grand Junc- 

 tion, Coh)rado, suHered most, and the remedial methods employed are 

 detailed. ISTotes are also given on the 2ivmj ^ovm. {Leucania unipuneta), 

 the wheat head army worm (L. albilinea), the fall webworm, the eight- 

 spotted forester, the stalk borer {Gortyna nitela)^ Tanijmecus confertns, 

 juniper bark borer {PliUcosemis dentatus)^ Lyda sp., cucumber- plant 

 louse {Aphis ci(cnmeri.s), pine scale insects, and the chinch bug infec- 

 tion. Especial note is made of the beetle Tanymecus confertns as a 

 sugar beet enemy. 



. Report on some of the injurious insects of California, D. W. Coquillett 

 (pp. 22-32).— This is chietly in regard to several kinds of leaf eating 

 caterpillars which attack various fruit and nut trees in the State. The 

 walnut spanworms [Boarmia pluniogeraria and Prochcerodes nuhHata) 

 are given especial mention, and smearing the trunks of the trees with 

 some sticky substance to i>revent the ascending of the Mingless females 

 of the former species, and spraying with Paris green to kill the cater- 



