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workers in this field, and original researches by the author are recorded, and 477 figures, 

 engraved with scientific accuracy, show the appearance of the different mammals, birds, 

 insects, snails, and worms, the details of their structure, and many devices for resisting 

 the injurious kinds or assisting those that war against the latter and are thus precious 

 allies of the farmer and gardener, 



The first 30 pages are devoted to considerations on the causes of occurrence of obnox- 

 ious animals, and on the general means of protection against them. Then 80 pages treat 

 of mammals from the bear to the mouse and the bat, 120 of birds, 460 of insects, 130 

 of snails and worms. The depredations of insects, which have been particularly studied 

 by Dr. Bos, are especially dwelt upon. 



At the end of the book are tables of the animal pests arranged according to the place 

 where they live. This table is most useful, for, with its aid, anyone who has found any 

 form of animal life preying on man, cattle, domestic animal, tree, or plant, or in granary, 

 barn, or house, and wishes to know its name, habits, the nature of its ravages, the remedies 

 against it, etc., can with very little trouble find the page in the volume where the desired 

 information is given. 



For instance, the first item of this table is as follows, with reference for each animal 

 to the page in the book : — 



Bee, bee hive : — Foxes, marten, polecat, bear, honey-buzzard, tits, occasionally other 

 bird species ; — spiders ; — wasps ; — the brown bee louse [Braula cceca, a winged louse) ; — 

 the so-called black bee louse (larva of an oil beetle), which, however, leads usually its 

 cuckoo life only in wild bees' nests ; — bee moths, wax moihs ; bee-beetles ; — earwigs. 



Similar lists follow for cat, cattle, dog, domestic birds and eggs, goat, horse, man, 

 pig, rabbit, sheep. 



The references to apple tree pests are arranged under the diflferent heads : In roots, 

 in wood, under bark, in bark crevices, on and in buds, on young shoots, on one year's 

 twigs, on buds and leaves, in the fruit, ravagers of the fruit ; and similarly for all common 

 trees and plants of field, garden, or forest. J. A. Guignard, Ottawa. 



Annual Report of the Experimental Farms: Ottawa: p.p. 314; 1891. 



The Director of the Experimental Farms of the Dominion of Canada has recently 

 issued his report for last year, and a very interesting '' blue book " it is. The record of 

 experiments with two-rowed barley is particularly valuable and important at the present 

 time, and concerns everyone who is interested in the welfare and prosperity of this pro- 

 vince. The reports of the Agriculturist, who treats especially (f dairying, of the Hor- 

 ticulturist, Chemist and Poultry Manager, are all u.seful and instructive ; but the one 

 which especially interests us is, of course, that of the Entomologist and Botanist, Mr. James 

 Fletcher. His share of the report occupies over fifty pages, and is illustrated by some 

 wood cuts of noxious insects, and nine beautiful full-page plates of various useful grasses. 

 The insects treated are the American Frit Fly (Oscinis variabilis), the Cabbage Maggot 

 {Anthomyia brassicce), the Diamond-back Moth {Plutella cruciferriruni), whose larvse 

 attack the leaves of cabbages, the Mediterranean Flour Moth {E])hest{a Kuhniella), the 

 Pea Weevil {Bruchus pisi), the Strawberry Weevil {Anlhonomus muscuhcs), and the Van- 

 couver Island Oak Looper (Ellopia ■•^omniaria). In each instance Mr. Fletcher fully and 

 carefully describes the mode of attack, and then gives the most satisfactory remedies. It 

 is hardly necessary to tell our readers, who are familiar with Mr. Fletcher's work, that 

 these articles are as complete and accurate as is possible in a limited space. It is very 

 cheering to find that the mill that was so badly infested with the Ephestia moth year 

 before last (of which the writer was an eye-witness), has been completely cleared of the 

 pest by scrupulously carrying out, though with no little labor and expense, the directions 

 of the entomologist. In spite of this example, it is surprising to find that the proprietors 

 of other mills and feed stores in the same city are too apathetic and careless to take any 

 measures to exterminate this insect when it appears on their premises. They will soon 

 find that such neglect means utter ruin to their busin(ss, iinless they take warning in 

 time. The remainder of Mr. Fletcher's report is almost entirely devoted to the subject of 

 grasses, of which he has been cultivating for the sake of experiment over a hundred 

 different kinds. C. J. S. B. 



