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  water, 
  and 
  lime-sulphur, 
  1| 
  parts 
  to 
  50 
  parts 
  of 
  water, 
  with 
  paste 
  

   spreader, 
  were 
  tried. 
  None 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  successful. 
  The 
  Scalecide 
  

   did 
  not 
  coat 
  the 
  onions 
  so 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  *' 
  Black 
  Leaf 
  40 
  " 
  and 
  injured 
  

   the 
  plants 
  ; 
  nor 
  did 
  the 
  lime-sulphur 
  coat 
  the 
  onions 
  satisfactorily. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  testing 
  for 
  a 
  control 
  for 
  the 
  pea 
  aphis, 
  Macrosiphum 
  

   pisi, 
  Kalt., 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  spray 
  mixtures 
  do 
  not 
  stick 
  readily 
  to 
  

   |the 
  smooth 
  leaf-surface 
  of 
  peas, 
  but 
  gather 
  in 
  drops 
  and 
  roll 
  off. 
  A 
  

   [small 
  amount 
  of 
  common 
  soap 
  dissolved 
  and 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  mixture 
  

   fwill 
  usually 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  spread 
  readily 
  and 
  stick 
  to 
  the 
  foliage. 
  Flour 
  

   paste 
  did 
  not 
  prove 
  so 
  good 
  a 
  spreader 
  as 
  the 
  soap. 
  Treatments 
  were 
  

   Lmade 
  in 
  a 
  pea-field 
  and 
  the 
  field 
  was 
  examined 
  after 
  two 
  days. 
  By 
  

   treatment 
  with 
  " 
  Black 
  Leaf 
  40 
  " 
  (two 
  teaspoonfuls 
  in 
  one 
  gallon 
  of 
  

   water, 
  with 
  paste 
  spreader) 
  all 
  aphids 
  hit 
  by 
  the 
  spray 
  were 
  killed, 
  

   but 
  many 
  hve 
  aphids 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  not 
  coated 
  

   with 
  the 
  spray. 
  The 
  material 
  did 
  not 
  spread 
  so 
  well 
  as 
  where 
  the 
  soap 
  

   was 
  used. 
  " 
  Black 
  Leaf 
  40," 
  two 
  teaspoonfuls 
  in 
  one 
  gallon 
  of 
  water, 
  

   with 
  soap 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  4 
  pounds 
  to 
  100 
  gallons, 
  spread 
  well 
  and 
  very 
  

   few 
  live 
  aphids 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  '' 
  Black 
  Leaf 
  40," 
  one 
  teaspoonful 
  

   in 
  one 
  gallon 
  of 
  water, 
  was 
  just 
  as 
  efficient 
  as 
  Avhere 
  twice 
  the 
  amount 
  

   of 
  " 
  Black 
  Leaf 
  40 
  " 
  was 
  used. 
  These 
  sprays 
  did 
  not 
  injure 
  the 
  foliage. 
  

   Scalecide, 
  one 
  part 
  to 
  fifty 
  parts 
  of 
  water, 
  caused 
  considerable 
  injury 
  

   to 
  the 
  foliage. 
  There 
  were 
  two 
  varieties 
  of 
  peas 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  Thomas 
  

   Laxton 
  and 
  Sutton's 
  Excelsior. 
  No 
  aphids 
  were 
  observed 
  on 
  the 
  

   former, 
  while 
  the 
  latter 
  was 
  generally 
  infested. 
  If 
  the 
  aphids 
  had 
  

   been 
  observed 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  they 
  first 
  appeared, 
  when 
  the 
  vines 
  were 
  

   smaller, 
  the 
  spray 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  apphed 
  more 
  thoroughly 
  with 
  much 
  

   less 
  material. 
  The 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  vines 
  in 
  driving 
  through 
  the 
  field 
  

   would 
  also 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  less. 
  The 
  tests 
  with 
  " 
  Black 
  Leaf 
  40 
  " 
  

   were 
  quite 
  satisfactory. 
  

  

  Report 
  for 
  the 
  Year 
  ending 
  July 
  1913 
  on 
  the 
  Trade 
  of 
  Smyrna.— 
  

  

  Diplomatic 
  and 
  Consular 
  Repts., 
  Turkey 
  ; 
  Annual 
  Series, 
  no. 
  5247, 
  

   London, 
  Jan. 
  1914. 
  

  

  Reporting 
  upon 
  agriculture 
  in 
  Adalia 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  July 
  1913, 
  

   [r. 
  Vice-Consul 
  G. 
  A. 
  Keun 
  mentions 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  Icerya 
  purchasi, 
  

  

  IHask., 
  which 
  has 
  greatly 
  damaged 
  groves 
  of 
  mandarin 
  oranges 
  and 
  

   lemon 
  trees, 
  was 
  considerably 
  checked 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  not 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   previous 
  year 
  by 
  cold 
  weather, 
  but 
  through 
  the 
  agency 
  of 
  a 
  

   ^ladybird, 
  Novius 
  cardinalis, 
  which 
  feeds 
  exclusively 
  on 
  Icerya. 
  

  

  Vovius 
  was 
  introduced 
  into 
  Adalia 
  from 
  Scio, 
  where 
  /. 
  purchasi 
  was 
  

   lalso 
  destroying 
  the 
  groves. 
  The 
  Icerya 
  pest 
  is 
  now 
  quickly 
  disappear- 
  

   [ing, 
  being 
  gradually 
  but 
  surely 
  eradicated 
  by 
  Novius, 
  which 
  spreads 
  

   [with 
  great 
  rapidity. 
  

  

  [arlatt 
  (C. 
  L.), 
  The 
  Alligator 
  Pear 
  Weevil. 
  — 
  Entoni. 
  News, 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia, 
  XXV, 
  no. 
  1 
  Jan. 
  1914, 
  p.37. 
  

  

  On 
  page 
  416, 
  Entomological 
  News, 
  xxv, 
  No. 
  9 
  [see 
  this 
  Review, 
  ii, 
  

  

  Jer. 
  A, 
  p. 
  13], 
  Hawaii 
  and 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  are 
  incorrectly 
  cited 
  as 
  localities 
  

  

  Fin 
  which 
  the 
  avocado 
  weevil 
  {Heilipus 
  lauri, 
  Boh.) 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  occur. 
  

  

  [■The 
  only 
  records 
  of 
  this 
  weevil 
  that 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  author 
  outside 
  

  

  f-Mexico 
  are 
  Central 
  American. 
  Naturally, 
  no 
  quarantine 
  action 
  will 
  

  

  