THE 
Aveust 29, 1874] 
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traveller, and with its soft body cannot endure ex- 
posure to the air, or resist the attacks of other minute 
is ei Sarg living both above an 
grow me Be swarming o oe composing animal 
tne dremel When ce been 
co reduced to dry wae Ps what pero 
of the swarming mites? M. Maguin has, I t 
d the question, All adults Be: ai 
exapod irio, perish 
oc 
until they g attach t i 
al (flies, beatles, spiders, mule and 
their ca triers hei 
ey coul 
ing Corone fod. 
they throw off the disguise and breed as Tyroglyphs, 
with their Ariran fecundity. 
Associated with this predaceous mite I have found 
“age A ae gee ora ee Riley), of very curious 
stron 
oo 
ee 
MS 
[e] 
p 
fas 
- 
the ng aa of of Tyroglyphs s was th 
k other xplanation whieh=3 all the more 
2 plausible 1 from mtie Lae that I subse Sieli found the 
: e narrow-bodied Ho paps swarming in decay- 
3 ing ng cotton: w logs. 
the y = this a0 mean oe 
h i 
ingly d escribi 
= saved from Phylloxera 
ai die tts 
by t 
Na apd I have receiv 
. Er S m 
, iti hae; ill 
hope, with success ; 
_ > bi trai, ma “we may but 
from what is here said, it is evident that the enthu- 
siasts who expect so much are doomed to disappoint- 
ment. 
Direct ramiai —The leaf-lice, which do not play 
such an important part in the disease as was at first 
supp a sonicated with sufficient ease by 
little care in destroying th galls which appear, 
d ning TO 
_ thestimulas of a large national re , nor has 
discovered which gives Ta satisfaction or 
is applicable to all conditions of soi a li y is it likely 
that such a remedy ever will be disc arge 
majority of the remedies proposed, ath as the plant- 
ing of Madia sativa among the Vines to 
insect by its’ viscous property, or = ing the 
‘Vines with the essence of Eucalyy globulus, are, 
upon their orthy eration, 
or absurd. These vie , and briefly men- 
_ tion only those which have been more or less produc- 
— iin a 
where practicable, and wher t is 
-total and Sulieiently agp 2 is a perfect E d 
ct, 
mark even the udent might expe 
R akra : 5 
submerge 
| eptember and eae aei when the ties sas on 
active and the Vines have ceased moe Sub- 
soil a ad pene] age The irplent 
pl the PERNA, or r bi-sulphide is by maki 
ors Digre 
in ves wilt 
: ride rhen “ahea ther 
are, mart ab pac important auxiliaries to the more 
o as they destroy 
yard in 
infested districts i 
necessary only et 
appear, and three or rai each lasti 
| 
a 
EF 
$] 
days, made between the middle of Jay and the ‘all 
of the leaf, will To: the end des An em- 
bankment shou made iiey a vineyard in 
jour that the wate rs be ag iceres and permeate the 
arth, but not r carry away any nutritive 
properties of $i ae 
ried success — has attended the different 
my by inundation is owing to 
the 
impracticable, but on our 
pais oe s which fail now may be made to Bacay by its 
TOF 140 prae e applications made by an intelligent 
and com commission in the Department of 
Hérault, Fr wana most of the pure ee proved 
valueless 
them, such as carbolic acid, oil 
or of soot 
who have 
ems to have Leon ep as early as 1869 
ut was brought prominently 
eet naturally have ‘the advantage 
of 
applying t ng 
three holes, 2 to 3 feet deep, around the foot of the 
Vine, then arai snr in yess bs and plugging 
oe es by a pointed bar 
by a ma ty “Abou Ae oz. ae ‘the e liquid to each 
H phn three holes are recomm 
Soon men r the aani of me method I e 
ployed it as a test on three Vines aiea I knew to res 
infested =a wie a es 3 02 
d o the chird--thre soil bei 
e end t 
fi e 
r from injury to the 
hink, ho 
from the ground o 
impossible to determine. owever, fi e 
former, as the larger apg were Ba ris ve late int the 
season, and the Vine seems at ing to be 
made in France at different = pea i 
it is — mely e and explosive—the 
i gat prae from the vessel contain- 
agim therefore, not very er As results have 
ollowed the use insecticides, ap 
fertilisers intended to in the Vine, at 
same time injure the lice, has been more pogo d 
tive 0 Especially awe this been the case with 
— rich in potassic s us com- 
poun 
keine in liquid manure ; 
opperas and R: 
| which me ert 
between the indigenous fauna and flora of a country, 
and our native Vines ry such as, from their i 
pan have be 
he Eu 
E 
eiri harmless among peo ng accustomed to 
= virulent and o 
ong hitherto uncontaminated Aig hater 
Then the particular natural e es of the i 
wh long to own c ass, a si 
coun ‘help to trom it within d 
; and it will patie some time bef 
n predaceous s 
equa 
the mildness and shortness of the winter allow an 
t 
far-reachin embracing shrub and tree, “ed 
climbing habit unchecked by the ponner: s ee * 
ave a corresponding length an 1 ong 
ess susceptible “ng eine fom an 
underground enemy. Our own pass 
them ee iret approaches more nearly these nituta 
conditions than that employed in the ravaged French 
o s single stak 
er than ours. Trom Riley's Report on ihe 
Insects oF Misto 
a To be continued.) 
COPAL. 
E following extract is taken from an article in 
fas Coopraphic ical Mi a need to the products of 
eastern and tropical Afric 
ndarusi, or C diet tree ha Sp bal wh A 
largeTy scattered o 
a 
limits immense quantit ae dug 
y the natives, and this constitutes the lucra- 
tive Catar ce of the Indian pee yis at the small 
trading ports. Further uth, beyond- 
. eyon 
ie is a break in the supply, attributed ry Captain 
n to the s surro ppiding $ pina ly 
Sson < om: 
affected By the the Increased di diffi 
caused by the pes Poe swamps gee here j 
Kina co more a than abo the Lufiji, H 
tree is described 
bole of whi id hes A caboes 
feet long. fe Daik smal, the tank of a 
yellowish white te rendering the” 
amid the dark African jungle okt tig ands doned 
foun 
aS 
“The forests, called 
al trees, and 
are made up with wet sa 
EA to give it a little extra 
weig ER ef centre of supply is the Kwale 
district, Aie there are eleven stations for carry- 
ing on the copal trade. In the early morni 
i tiv 
and arr 
is Afam A baskets. Except i 
on, these arrivals take p daily, 
bat there is no organ m of w Th 
traders do not venture to send out parties of 
e and ea working 
and tives 
ts and ni ee s 
such as urine. Salphuret of potassium, dis- | ş iah 
-sulphates, wi with | ber 
salts, with 
