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in certain districts by plant lice. Among the new attacks 

 treated of we note the following : A rather severe outbreak was 

 that of the Carrot Fly, Psila roscB, at Rothesay, N.B. In pas- 

 tures on Cape Breton Island, the Cottony Grass-Scale, Eriopeltis 

 festucce, was very numerous, but was much reduced in numbers 

 by parasites: In Essex County, Ontario, the Black Peach aphis 

 required treatment ; the Carpet Beetle, miscalled the " Buffalo 

 Moth," appears to be spreading in Canada, and it will be well 

 for all housekeepers to procure Dr. Fletcher's report and study 

 it carefully. The different subjects are well arranged, and a 

 good index makes them easy to refer to. The divisions of the 

 report are : Insects Injurious to Cereals, Fodder, Plants and 

 Fruits ; Household Pests ; and a report on the Apiary, includ- 

 ing reports from Mr. John Fixter, who has the practical man- 

 agement of the bees on the Central Experimental Farm, and 

 from Mr. Shutt, upon certain brands of " Foundation." The 

 The report closes with a well illustrated article on Some 

 Specially Noxious Weeds. 



The Annual Report of the Horticulturist to the 

 Dominion Experimental Farms, Mr. John Craig. 



This is contained in an illustrated pamphlet of sixty pages 

 The following are some of the more important topics discussed 

 in the letter of transmittal : The development of the fruit 

 industry in different parts of Canada ; the shipment of perish- 

 able fruits to Britain ; cranberry culture. 



In the body of the report, considerable space is devoted to 

 an article, didactic in character, bearing upon apple culture. 

 This will be found to be of much service to orchardists. The 

 care of orchard trees and the handling of the product are 

 matters of increasing importance to Canadian fruit growers. 

 Some of the new and valuable varieties are described and 

 figured. These include seedling, as well as named varieties. 



