128 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA : 



2. Deep soils, somewhat strong, not wet : Jacquiez, 

 Eiparia, Solonis, Cunningham, Viala, and Taylor. 



3. Deep soils of medium consistency, new, and not dry 

 in summer : Riparia, Jacquiez, Solonis, Viala, Taylor, 

 and Black-July. 



4. Light pebbly soils, deep, well drained, and not too 

 dry in summer : Jacquiez, Riparia (wild), Taylor, and 

 Rupestris. 



5. Calcareous soils, with subsoil shallow or granitic : 

 Solonis, Rupestris. 



6. Argillaceous soils, white or grey : Cunningham. 



7. Argillaceous soils, deep, and very wet, V. cinerea. 



8. Deep, sandy, fertile soils : Riparia (wild), Solonis, 

 Jacquiez, Cunningham, Black-July, Rupestris. 



9. Light pebbly soils, dry and barren: Rupestris, 

 York, Madeira, Riparia (wild). 



10. Deep soils with a tufa base, and salt lands : Solonis. 



11. Soils formed of debris of tufa, but not sufficiently 

 deep : Taylor. 



12. Ferruginous soils, containing red pebbles of silica, 

 deep, and somewhat strong, well drained, but fresh in 

 summer: All the varieties indicated, and in addition 

 Herbemont, Clinton, Cynthiana, Marion, Concord, and 

 Herman. 



The valuable kerosene emulsion is also spoken very 

 highly of as a remedy against underground insects which 

 at least in America is superior to the other insecticides 

 before alluded to. " Diluted only by two or three times 

 its volume of water, this emulsion has no injurious effect 

 upon the roots of vines (being really beneficial), but 

 destroys the Phylloxera, and what is still more important, 

 kills the eggs even when in weak solution." C. V. RILEY. 



Some very practical advice on this subject of phylloxera 

 has been tendered by M. Sabate, of the Societe Nationale 

 d? Agriculture de France, and which, for the benefit of 

 readers of this part of the book,, I have had translated and 

 copied as follows : 



" It is not necessary to discuss the existence of phylloxera ; its habits 

 and ravages are well enough known for me to dispense with any 



