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found a phylloxera on Clinton root, and adds: “The insect has been 
noticed here for more than thirty years,” but he does not complain of its 
doing much injury. / 
In connection with this last-named insect, so destructive to the grape- 
vines of France, Mr. Gaston Bazille, vice-president of the Agricultural 
Society of Hérault, publishes a remedy for the Phylloxera, which is 
translated and republished ey Mr. Charles V. Riley, in the New York 
Tribune, as follows: 
Three holes are made arouud the injured or infested vine, varying the depth accord- 
ing to the nature of the soil, but generally 24 feet. These Loles were made in the ex- 
periments reported, by means of a pointed iron bar and a heavy maul. A tube, with 
a funnel attached, is placed in the hole, two ounces of sulphuret of carbon are poured 
into the tube, which is then closed with a cork. The vapor of the sulphuret of carbon 
permeates the soil and impregnates all the roots of the vine. The gas engendered 
(though not the case with the liquid) is not fatal to the vine, but is sure death to the 
insects. Four ounces of the liquid has been found sufficient for an ordinary vine; but 
sprinkling on the surface must be carefully avoided, as it is in such a case very injuri- 
ous to the vine, whereas a pound may be used,in the soil without injury to the roots. 
INSECT INJURIES.—The regular statistical correspondence of the De- 
partment shows very great injuries, especially to the cotton-crop. The 
potato-crop was considerably affected in the Middle and Northwestern 
States, and the grain-crops in the West. 
Cotton-caterpillar, or army-worm, (Anomis xyline.)—This insect during 
the month of September extendedits ravages into the more northern of 
the cotton-raising States. In Virginia it is noticed in two counties, 
Southampton and Princess Anne. In North Carolina it appeared for 
the first time in Beaufort, Stanly, and Chowan counties, where its 
ravages were quite serious. In Pitt it was very injurious to bottom- 
crops. It appeared ag early as August 15 in Lenoir, and a month later 
in Sampson and Jones. It stripped the plants in Currituck, Perquimans, 
Bladen, and Stanly. In the last-named it was questioned whether it 
did any real damage; the stripping of the leaves, it is suggested, only 
expedited the opening of the bolls. 
In South Carolina greater or less injuries are reported in Richland. New- 
berry, Chesterfield, Williamsburgh, Lexington, Orangeburgh, Laurens, 
and Edgefield counties. In Georgia they appeared in Upson, McDuffie, 
Lincoln, Dooly, Carroll, Liberty, Marion, Sampson, Butts, Richmond, 
Gwinnett, Twiggs, Baldwin, Calhoun, Madison, Wilkinson, Wilkes, 
Jackson, Coweta, and Whitfield. In Worth it took a third of the crop ; 
in Muscogee the foliage, the top crop, and part of the middle crop were 
destroyed; in Clinch half the crop was ruined, and in Lee 20 per cent. ; 
in Heard the ravages were worse than was ever before known. Florida 
reports very severe injuries in Taylor, Columbia, Suwannee, and Ham- 
ilton counties. In Alabama slight damage was inflicted in Geneva 
County, but more severe in Greene, Clarke, Chambers, Bibb, Calhoun, 
Hale, and Randolph. The caterpillar was mischievous in several coun- 
ties of Mississippi, viz: Pike, Warren, Wilkinson, Rankin, Claiborne, 
Clarke, Jasper, Madison, Winston, Washington, and Holmes. In Lee 
the damages were mostly restricted to low, rich lands; in Leflore the 
crop was reduced 20 per cent. In Tuscaloosa the pests were effectually 
resisted by an early and persistent application of poisons. In Louisiana 
the presence of the worms, with greater or less injuries, is reported in 
Claiborne, Washington, Franklin, East Baton Rouge, West Feliciana, 
Concordia, Bossier, and Tensas. In Henderson County, Texas, cater- 
pillars destroyed a fourth of the cotton, the fields being stripped bare 
of leaves. In Liberty they unaccountably stopped short of the entire 
destruction of the crop. Destructive visitations are reported in Nacog- 
