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Dammerman (K. W.). Landbouwdierkunde van Oost-Indie. De 

 schadelijke en nuttige Dieren voor Land-, Tuin- en Boschbouvv 

 in Oost-Indie, [The Agiicultiual Zoology of the [Dutch] East 

 Indies. The Animals injurious and beneficial to Agriculture, 

 Gardening and Forestry in the [Dutch] East Indies.] — Amsterdam, 

 J. H. de Bussy, 1919, x + 383 pp., 135 figs., 39 plates. Price IG 

 florins. 



This book should satisfy a real want in view of agricultural develop- 

 ment in the Malay Archipelago. It is chiefly intended for agricultural 

 instructors and for the staffs of experiment stations who are required 

 to give information regarding animal pests, but it is arranged so as to 

 assist agriculturists also. 



The pests are arranged according to the injury they cause, and 

 this facihtates the record of remedial measures. Their structure, 

 systematic position, etc., are only briefly discussed. The vernacular 

 name is given, together with the scientific and Dutch names. 



At the end of the volume there is a convenient hst of references. 

 This is followed by a list of cultivated plants, the pests of each plant 

 being noted with the respective page reference. A name index in- 

 cluding scientific, Dutch and vernacular terms is also appended. 



The munerous illustrations, including many coloured plates, are a 

 useful feature. The whole work appears to have been carefully pre- 

 pared from the point of view of those for whom it is intended, and 

 should prove exceedingly valuable and helpful to readers with a know- 

 ledge of Dutch. 



Making Lime-sulphur at Home. — British Columbia Dept. Agric, 

 Victoria, New Hortic. Ser. Circ. 61, May 1920, 5 pp. 



In view of the high cost of commercial Hme-sulphur solutions, and 

 of the probable shortage of this article in the near future, users are 

 advised to make their own. The best materials for the purpose, 

 the method of preparation and the cost of concentrated lime-suljihur 

 wash are discussed. Directions are given for testing and diluting 

 lime- sulphur solutions. 



Patrol River to keep Pests out of State. — Pennsylvania Dept. Agric, 

 Wkly. Press Bull., Harrishurg, Pa., v, no. 23, 3rd June 1920, 1 p. 



In an efTort to keep the Japanese beetle [Popillia jajjonica], wliicli 

 is already present in New Jersey as far as the brink of the Delaware 

 River, out of Pennsylvania, the west bank of the Delaware, opposite the 

 infested area in New Jersey, is bemg patrolled for a distance of ten 

 miles. All food-plants in this zone are carefully examined every day 

 or two, and an eit'ort will be made to destroy any msects that may fly 

 across the river. The beetle has not yet appeared in Pennsylvania. 



Caesar (L.). Spraying Currants and Gooseberries. — Canad. Horti- 

 culturist, Toronto, Out., xHii, no. 6, June 1920, pp. 159-160, 1 fig. 



The greater part of the information about insects contained in this 

 paper has abeady been noticed [R.A.E., A, viii, 345]. The removal 

 of the older canes and burning them before the end of May is 

 recommended against the currant borer [Aegeria tipuliformis], the 

 importance of which as a pest is uncertain, 



