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appeared in several localities, injuring cabbages, tomatoes and 

 water melons. Eriophyes {Phytoptns) 'pyri, Pagenst., and E. vitis, L., 

 were present. A map of the government showing the distribution 

 of Oria musculosa in 1914 is appended. 



Afanassiev (A. P.). PyccKoe BUHorpaflapcTBo btj 1914 rofly {2-m 

 BereTai^ioHHblM nepiOfllj). [Russian viticulture in 1914 (2nd 

 vegetative period).]— « BtCTHMKlj BMHOfltnifl.» [Messenger of 

 ViticuUure], Odessa, no. 5-6, May-June, 1915, pp. 219-251. 



This is a further account of the general state of viticulture in Russia 

 in 1914 [see this Review, Ser. A, iii, p. 477], being a summary of local 

 correspondence from various places in 16 governments and provinces 

 of South Russia and the Caucasus ; the period dealt with comprises 

 the second part of the summer up to the end of August. In Bessarabia : 

 Phylloxera was common and Polychrosis hotrana and Clysia 

 ombirjueJla were also reported from some districts. Both the 

 beetles and larvae of Melolontlta have done great damage in Kishinev, 

 and Kiev. No pests are mentio]ied in the reports from the govern- 

 ments of Podolia, Cherson and Ekaterinoslav. Some correspondents 

 from one district of Taurida report an outbreak of a Curculionid 

 (probably Otiorrhynchus sp.), and in another district damage was noticed 

 from wasps ; the remaining districts were practically free from pests, 

 as were also the provinces of Don and Terek and the governments of 

 Astrachan, Stavropol and Kutais. Epieometis [Tropinofa) hirta and 

 Melolontha were reported from one district of the province of Kuban, 

 and Ino ampelophaga from the Black Sea. The following pests were 

 _\ reported in Tiflis : Byctiscus betulae {Rhynchites betuleti), Polychrosis 

 hotrana, Dociostaurus [Stavronotus) maroccamis, Psendococcus vitis, 

 against which two powderings with sulphur gave good results, 

 and Eriophyes (Phytoptus) vitis, the spread of which was checked by 

 spraying the lower side of the leaves with Bordeaux liquid. No pests 

 are mentioned from the province of Daghestan or the government 

 of Erivan. 



Markov (M.). Hto yflo6H"be ? [What is more convenient ?]— « Flpo- 

 rpecCMBHOe CaflOBOACTBO M OropOAHMMeCTBO.» [Progressive Fruit- 

 Grouing & Market-Gardening'], Petrograd, no. 25, 4th July 1915, 

 pp. 724-726. 



The author compares the advantages of Paris green according to 

 his practice and that of N. Balabanov [see this Review, Ser. A, iii, p. 21] 

 with that of arsenic as recommended by S. Rogozin [see this Review, 

 Ser. A, iii, p. 20] and states that Paris green dissolved in salammoniac 

 is cheaper, more easily and readily handled and less dangerous than 

 white arsenic. In his orchard in Simbirsk he has successfully applied 

 the former, 1 lb. of Paris green being dissolved in about li lb. of 

 salammoniac. For use, 2 tablespoonfuls of this solution are diluted 

 with about 3 gallons of water, when applied in rainy weather, while in 

 dry weather, the same amount is diluted with about 4| gallons of 

 water. 



