124 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTOEIA : 



by M. Hacliette and Co., of Paris, and mostly verified 

 by microscopically mounted specimens kindly lent to 

 me by Mr. J. Bosisto, C.M.Gr., M.P., of Melbourne, 

 and, as colonial entomologists have had but little 

 immediate experience with this pest, it has been thought 

 advisable to furnish to growers the results, in a partly 

 collected form, of what has been written and done in other 

 countries, this information being greatly scattered, and 

 much of it probably inaccessible to any but our leading 

 vignerons. It is hoped that should the phylloxera ever 

 show itself here again, growers will combine as they would 

 against a common enemy against this great scourge and 

 drawback to the enormous interests of the great wine 

 industry of Victoria. 



The information here given has been taken from the 

 most reliable sources, so that its accuracy may be depended 

 upon. To go on quoting the observations and remarks as 

 contained in a large number of valuable works bearing 

 specially upon the subject of phylloxera and its ravages, 

 would take up the space of a half-dozen good-sized 

 volumes, so that, as it would be well-nigh impossible to 

 supply the whole of this valuable information in detail, it 

 may be remarked that any person requiring additional 

 information thereon may obtain it in the various European, 

 American, and other reports ; also from those of Victoria 

 and other colonies, including New Zealand. I am greatly 

 indebted to Dr. Kirk for sending me a copy of his very 

 valuable little work on phylloxera, and from which, as I 

 know it will be acceptable to vignerons generally, I have, 

 taken the liberty of quoting freely. 



Dr. Kirk says : — " The reports {Report of J. H. Wheeler^ 

 Chief Ex ecutive Viticulhiral Health Officer to the Board 

 of State^ California^ Viticultural Commissioners^ 1887) 

 of the commission issued heretofore concerning this pest, 

 and the best remedies for its extermination which we have 

 urged for adoption, are more than ever confirmed at the 

 time of writing. As proof of this I am able to give the 

 following, which I translate from the report of the 

 Commission Superieure du Phylloxera of France for 



