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to be hoped that the work now so well begun will \)v continued and 

 will develop as it has in the United States. 



R. Ramirez and J. R. Inda. Las enfermedades del jitomate. Bull. 

 56, Estacion Agricola Central, 1911. 



This publication is a general treatment of the insects and diseases of the tomato 

 in Mexico. It covers 46 pages and is accompanied by 16 plates, several of which 

 are in colors. The insects are treated in several groups — those injuring the leaves 

 and stems, those injuring the flowers and fruit and those affecting the roots or boring 

 in the stems. The species of the last group are comparatively little known so that 

 the bulk of the discussion deals with the forms affecting the leaves, blooms and fruit. 

 In the list of species injuring the stems and leaves there are 18, wliile the forms 

 injuring the flowers and fruit number five species. The majority of the pests with 

 which the bulletin deals are species which occur in the United States. A number 

 of additional species remain for further treatment. 



W. D. Hunter. 



[Notices of other bulletins m this series will appear in the next issue. — Ed.] 



Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard, by E. Dwight Sander- 

 son, pp. I-XII, 1-684; 513 figures. John Wiley & Sons, 1912. 



The entomologist will welcome this much needed addition to his general reference 

 library, while the farmer and fruit grower have a profusely illustrated and exceedingly 

 useful compendium giving the ufe history and methods of control for practically 

 all of their more injurious insects aside from those affecting citrus fruits. The scope 

 of the work is indicated by the titles of the chapters, dealing with insects affecting 

 grains, grasses, forage and miscellaneous crops, small grains, corn, stored grains, 

 clover, tobacco, cotton, hop, potatoes and tomatoes, beans and peas, beets and 

 spinach, cruciferous crops, melons, cucumbers, squash, etc., miscellaneous garden 

 crops, sweet potatoes, strawberry, raspberrj^ and blackbeny, currant and gooseberry, 

 orchard fruits, apple and pear, peach, plum, cherrj^ and stone fruits. The author, 

 in liis groupings, has endeavored to avoid unnecessary duplication and has succeeded 

 admirably in most instances. A few of the titles of the chapters are perhaps too 

 inclusive, possibly unavoidably so, while some might take exception to the location 

 of certain pests such, for example, as the plum Curculio in the chapter devoted to 

 orchard fruits. Most parties familiar with this insect would probably iook for it 

 in the chapter discussing the stone fruit insects, though we must admit that it is 

 an orchard pest. There are very few errors. We note on page 124 an evident 

 slip of the pen to the effect that the larva of the Hessian fly has no true head, while 

 on page 1.3.3, Elymus is probabh' given as Elynius and there is also a typographical 

 error on page 628. 



The work is well written and the illustrations, while somewhat miscellaneous in 

 character are, for the most part, the best obtainable. They add greatly to the 

 value of the publication. The letter press and paper are excellent. The author 

 is to be congratulated on having produced a work which must take its place among 

 the standard volumes on economic entomology. 



E. P. Felt. 



