128 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 12 



BOOK REVIEWS 



Manual of Vegetable-Garden Insects, by Cyrus Richard Crosby 

 and Mortimer D. Leonard. The Macmillan Company, New 

 York. Price, $2.50. 



For the past decade the only American book devoted exclusively to insects attack- 

 ing vegetable crops has been Dr. Chittenden's "Insects Injurious to Vegetables." 

 Now we have another volume, with information brought forward to date, and many 

 new illustrations. This is a volume of 391 pages, and 232 figures. Some of the 

 illustrations are from photographs, but a large proportion are from drawings made 

 expressly for this book. Most of them are good. The subject matter is arranged 

 in the following order: Insects Injurious to Cabbage and Related Crops; Pea and 

 Bean Insects; Beet and Spinach Insects; Insects Injurious to Cucumber, Squash 

 and Melon; Potato Insects; Tomato Insects; Egg-plant Insects; Insects Injurious 

 to Carrot, Celery, Parsnip and Related Crops; Asparagus Insects; Corn Insects; 

 Sweet-Potato Insects; Onion Insects; Insects Injurious to Minor Vegetable Crops; 

 Cutworms and Army-worms; Blister Beetles; Flea-beetles; Unclassified Pests; 

 Insects and Insecticides. The last chapter contains about seven pages devoted to 

 the structure of insects. Under the headings Cutworms, Blister-beetles, and Flea- 

 beetles, each species is treated separately. A few references to literature follow the 

 accoimt of each insect. The volume is supplied with table of contents and index, 

 and from the printer's standpoint is attractive. Though some entomologists might 

 prefer to group potato, tomato and egg-plant insects under one heading, or place the 

 chapter on the structure of insects and insecticides at the beginning rather than at 

 the end of the book, the present arrangement does not in any way interfere with the 

 usefulness of the volume which must be granted a place on the shelves of the working 

 entomologist, the vegetable grower, and the teacher of horticulture. It goes without 

 saying that it should be placed in every important public library as well. (Advt.) 



W. E. B. 



Practical Queen Rearing, by Frank C. Pellett, American Bee 

 Journal, Hamilton, 111. 



This small volimae contains 103 pages and 40 illustrations, most of them half tones, 

 is printed on supercalendared paper, and is provided with table of contents but no 

 index. The scarcity of certain kinds of foods and especially sugar with the high 

 prices prevaUiag during the war has been an important inducement to keep bees. 

 In connection with beekeeping there is such a demand for good queens that the aver- 

 age beekeeper cannot supply it. Consequently queen-rearing specialists have ap>- 

 peared, and the present volume is a guide for those who wish to make a nice little 

 business by rearing queens. Mr. Pellett is a man of experience, having formerly 

 occupied the position of State Apiarist of Iowa, and is author of "Productive Bee- 

 keeping," Mr. Pellett is also author of "Our Backdoor Neighbors," and is now 

 associate editor of the American Bee Journal. He has had an extensive experience in 

 things apicultural, and though it is characteristic of beekeepers that they do not 

 agree on methods or equipment, it is evident that this little book will prove useful 

 to all who contemplate the rearing of queen bees for the home apiary or for sale. 

 {Advt.) W. E. B. 



