218 MOSQUITOES 



try there are two — one with brown nuts, and the other white in 

 color, with a kernel tasting like the fresh almond. 



E. H. Plumachek, Consul. 



Mauacaibo, November 30, 11»00. 



(Copied from Consular Reports, No. 24G, March. 1!»01.) 



Persons familiar with this pLant, and who have had it 

 j?rowingr in their gardens, tell me that althoug-h they have 

 heard the idea advanced before, they arc convinced that 

 there is nothin<;' in it, and that the growth of this plant 

 does not drive aw^ay mosquitoes. 



Remedies for the Bites. 



As elsewhere pointed out, different persons differ 

 g-reatly in the effects which the mosquito-poison produces. 

 Some jiersons are scarcely troubled by the puncture, 

 while others are quite severely poisoned. It has been my 

 own experience that if I can only refrain from scratching 

 after having been bitten, no swelling results, and the irri- 

 tation soon disappears. Even a small degree of scratch- 

 ing, however, such as the ruljbing of one's cuff, or coat- 

 sleeve, or collar, increases the irritation and produces 

 a swelling, and sometimes white spots. Household am- 

 monia has been found by many persons to give relief, and 

 others say that a single touch of alcohol stops the irrita- 

 tion. Dr. E. O. Peck, of Morristown, N. J., lias written 

 me that he has found glycerine a sovereign cure for the 

 bites. Touch the bite with glycerine and in a few minutes 

 tlie pain is gone. He says also that glycerine takes the 

 pain from bee stings. Dr. Charles A. Nash, of New York 



