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iu the departmeut of the Puy-dt^-Doiiic writes: •• French vines grafted on American 

 Htoeks j'ield a wiue as good as, if not lietter than, that given hy thf ungrafted French 

 species."' 



The report from the taiuous Burgundy vineyards is most encouraging 

 and shows tliat the day is ra|)idly ai)i)r<ui(hing when that region will 

 stand wliere it did before the PhyHoxera invasion. ISimihir reports have 

 been received from other great wine districts, and it is now the gener- 

 ally accepted oi)inioii that within ten years tlie, vintage of France will 

 be greater than ever before and not inferior iu quality. 



REMEDIES FOR THE PHYLLOXERA AT THE CAPE OF- GOOD HOPE. 



We fearn from an article by Hon. A. Fischer, Secretary for Agricul- 

 ture, Cape Colony, in the Agriviilfural Journal, Cape Town, May 7, 

 1891, that up to the time of publication all discoverers of so-called Phyl- 

 loxera remedies have been given an opportunity to exhibit their means 

 at the exi)ense of the Government, only the material being furnished by 

 the persons concerned. Mr. Fischer in this article disparages future 

 miscellaneous and uninformed endeavors to find a reiuedy, on the ground 

 that all substances and means which have been brought to the consid- 

 eration of the Department by inventors have been already tried by 

 scientists and practical men of almost the wliole world during the last 

 twenty-five years, so that there is hardly a chance that any one ^vill 

 *' just happen" to find a remedy. The only wise course, he decides, is 

 to concentrate the expenditure of the government on protecting as far 

 as possible the area as yet uninfested and in i)rocuring Phylloxera- 

 proof American \anes. The text upon which the article is based is a 

 report by Baron Yon Babo, acting inspector of vineyards, upon a rem- 

 edy submitted by a Mr. Von Schade, which proved not only absolutely 

 ineffectual against the Phylloxera, but detrimental to the vine-roots. 



ABUNDANCE OF THE PEAR-TREE PSYLLA IN NEW YORK. 



Dr. Lintner has announced iu the Country Gentleman of August 6 

 that the Pear-tree Psylla {Psylla pyricola) has become exceptionally 

 abundant in several of the Hudson River <'ounties of New^ York State. 

 The leaves of the young shoots turn yeUow and sickly and the twigs 

 themselves become covered with honey-dew and attract smut fungi. 

 They become so abundant as to give the twigs the appearance of hav- 

 ing had a coat of l)lack paint. Many leaves drop and frequently the 

 fruit is blighted. Dr. Lintner urges an apphcation of kerosene emul- 

 sion, both while the insects are at work and during the winter; at the 

 latter time for the destruction of the eggs. 



THE EVOLUTION OF A NEWSPAPER STATEMENT. 



The absurd statement which we published upon page 41*7 of Yolume 

 III, to the effect that some one in Arizona had cai)tured a butterfly 



