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  Thiebaut 
  (V.). 
  Le 
  Phylloxera 
  et 
  la 
  reconstitution 
  au 
  Caucase. 
  [Phyl- 
  

   loxera 
  and 
  vineyard 
  reconstruction 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus.] 
  — 
  Pr 
  ogres 
  

   Agric. 
  Vitic, 
  Montpellier, 
  xxxi, 
  no. 
  12, 
  22nd 
  March 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  

   378-379. 
  

  

  Confined 
  to 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  Koutais 
  for 
  some 
  20 
  years 
  by 
  the 
  

   Souram 
  Mountains, 
  Phylloxera, 
  which 
  was 
  discovered 
  in 
  the 
  Souch- 
  

   koum 
  district 
  in 
  1881 
  [see 
  this 
  Review, 
  Ser. 
  A, 
  ii, 
  p. 
  167] 
  had 
  Hmited 
  

   its 
  ravages 
  to 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  100,000 
  acres 
  of 
  vineyards 
  in 
  that 
  

   government. 
  One 
  quarter 
  of 
  this 
  area 
  has 
  been 
  replanted 
  and 
  there 
  

   the 
  vines 
  are 
  now 
  flourishing, 
  but 
  unfortunately 
  inferior 
  grafts 
  and 
  

   stocks 
  were 
  planted, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  wine 
  produced 
  is 
  very 
  poor. 
  About 
  

   10 
  years 
  ago 
  Phylloxera 
  passed 
  over 
  the 
  Souram 
  Mountains 
  into 
  the 
  

   western 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  Tiflis, 
  where 
  it 
  appeared 
  to 
  have 
  

   taken 
  a 
  hold. 
  Although 
  ofiicial 
  agronomists 
  reported 
  it 
  often 
  in 
  the 
  

   great 
  Kakhetien 
  vineyard, 
  proof 
  is 
  now 
  forthcoming 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   present 
  nearly 
  everywhere 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  8 
  years. 
  The 
  most 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  vineyards 
  of 
  both 
  the 
  East 
  and 
  West 
  Caucasus 
  have 
  been 
  attacked 
  

   and 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  beheved 
  to 
  have 
  reached 
  the 
  vineyards 
  of 
  the 
  

   Ehsabetpol 
  and 
  Baku 
  government, 
  it 
  is 
  expected 
  that 
  shortly, 
  not 
  a 
  

   single 
  Caucasian 
  vineyard 
  will 
  remain 
  immune, 
  and 
  there 
  will 
  con- 
  

   ^sequently 
  be 
  a 
  dearth 
  of 
  good 
  resistant 
  stocks, 
  as 
  the 
  latter 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  

  

  Degrully 
  (L.). 
  Les 
  sels 
  arsenicaux 
  en 
  agriculture. 
  [Arsenicals 
  used 
  

   in 
  agriculture.] 
  — 
  Progres 
  Agric. 
  Vitic, 
  Montpellier, 
  xxxi, 
  no. 
  12, 
  

   22nd 
  March 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  356-357. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  3rd 
  March 
  the 
  Academic 
  de 
  Medecine 
  concluded 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   cussion 
  of 
  the 
  proposals 
  embodied 
  in 
  M. 
  Lucet's 
  report. 
  The 
  following 
  

   resolution 
  was 
  adopted 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  A 
  decree 
  of 
  the 
  Minister 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

   pubhshed 
  after 
  consultation 
  with 
  the 
  Superior 
  Council 
  of 
  PubUc 
  Health 
  

   of 
  France, 
  shall 
  determine 
  the 
  precautions 
  which 
  must 
  be 
  observed 
  by 
  

   users 
  of 
  arsenicals. 
  Soluble 
  arsenicals 
  may 
  only 
  be 
  sold 
  after 
  being 
  

   denatured." 
  The 
  following 
  rider 
  was 
  added 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  Academy, 
  in 
  

   view 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  all 
  arsenicals 
  are 
  extremely 
  poisonous, 
  expresses 
  

   the 
  wish, 
  (1) 
  that 
  where 
  the 
  public 
  authorities 
  authorise 
  their 
  use 
  

   the 
  rules 
  relating 
  to 
  such 
  use 
  be 
  minutely 
  specified, 
  fully 
  brought 
  to 
  

   pubHc 
  notice 
  and 
  supervised 
  in 
  their 
  application 
  ; 
  (2) 
  that 
  the 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  promote 
  and 
  encourage 
  research 
  tending 
  to 
  replace 
  arsenicals 
  by 
  

   other 
  less 
  dangerous 
  products." 
  

  

  Blaschke 
  (P.). 
  Die 
  Raupen 
  Europas 
  mit 
  ihren 
  Futterpflanzen. 
  [The 
  

   caterpillars 
  of 
  Europe 
  with 
  their 
  food-plants.] 
  — 
  Annaberg, 
  1914, 
  

   pt. 
  i, 
  pp. 
  xxix 
  and 
  264, 
  6 
  pis. 
  ; 
  pt. 
  ii, 
  p. 
  75, 
  28 
  pis. 
  

  

  The 
  introduction 
  to 
  this 
  work 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  brief 
  description 
  of 
  

   caterpillars 
  and 
  pupae 
  in 
  general, 
  followed 
  by 
  directions 
  for 
  their 
  

   collection 
  and 
  rearing, 
  with 
  some 
  short 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  fungus 
  diseases 
  

   to 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  Hable. 
  

  

  Part 
  I 
  is 
  entitled 
  " 
  Raupenkalender 
  " 
  and 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  description 
  

   of 
  European 
  caterpillars 
  with 
  their 
  food-plants 
  arranged 
  by 
  months, 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  6 
  coloured 
  plates 
  156 
  species 
  are 
  figured. 
  The 
  calendar 
  

   extends 
  from 
  February 
  to 
  November, 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  scientific 
  name 
  

  

  