218 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 
We quote the following from the excellent ‘ Entomological Record,” 
by Prof. Townend Glover, in the monthly report of the Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, for October, at the same time thanking our 
esteemed friend for his kindness in sending us so regularly this valuable 
FepOlt .—— 
‘ GRAPE-VINE Borers.—Mr. Fred. J. Kron, of Albemarle, North 
Carolina, in a letter to the Department, complains bitterly of the injury 
done to all varieties of grape-vines by the grape-vine borer, “geria 
polistiformis, described and figured in former reports of the Department 
(1854, p. 80, and 1867, p. 72.) Mr. Kron states the insect has destroyed 
for him one hundred and seven varieties of grapes, derived from the 
Luxembourg, in Paris, including some five thousand vines ; and adds that 
there is but one variety that has, so far, defied its ravages, and that is the 
Scuppernong, which flourishes in the midst of the devastation caused by 
the borer, all around it. Mr. Kron likewise states that he 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 Herault, publishes a remedy for the Phylloxera, which is 
translated and republished by Mr. Charles V. Riley, in the New York 
Tribune, as follows :” 
“Three holes are made around the injured or infested vine, varying the 
depth according to the nature of the soil, but generally 2% feet. These 
holes were made in the experiments 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 per- 
meates 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 injurious to the vine, 
whereas a pound may be used in the soil without injury to the roots.” 
How to SEND OBJECTS THROUGH THE Post.—I am often grieved, 
on reading your “notices to correspondents,” to see the complaints of 
articles being received in such a “ smashed” state as to be useless; and 
