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  MiATELLo 
  (H.). 
  La 
  Esparraguera, 
  su 
  cultivo 
  y 
  explotacion. 
  [The 
  culti- 
  

   vation 
  and 
  working 
  of 
  asparagus.] 
  — 
  Bol. 
  Minist. 
  Agric, 
  Buenos 
  

   Aires, 
  xvii, 
  no. 
  5, 
  May 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  530-620, 
  81 
  figs., 
  1 
  pi. 
  

  

  This 
  paper 
  describes 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  asparagus 
  in 
  the 
  Argentine 
  

   Republic 
  and 
  contains 
  a 
  bibhography 
  of 
  25 
  works. 
  An 
  account 
  is 
  given 
  

   of 
  the 
  principal 
  European 
  insect 
  enemies 
  : 
  — 
  ^the 
  asparagus 
  beetle, 
  Crio- 
  

   ceris 
  asparagi; 
  the 
  asparagus 
  fly, 
  Platyparea 
  poeciloptera 
  [see 
  this 
  

   Review, 
  Ser. 
  A, 
  ii, 
  p. 
  403] 
  ; 
  the 
  mole-cricket, 
  Gryllotalpa 
  vulgaris 
  ; 
  

   and 
  the 
  white 
  grub, 
  Meloloniha 
  melolontha. 
  

  

  Co 
  mo 
  combatir 
  la 
  hormiga 
  colorada. 
  [How 
  to 
  combat 
  the 
  red 
  ant.] 
  — 
  

   Gaceta 
  Rural, 
  Buenos 
  Aires, 
  vii, 
  no. 
  82, 
  May 
  1914, 
  p. 
  861. 
  

  

  One 
  method 
  of 
  combating 
  red 
  ants 
  consists 
  in 
  pouring 
  a 
  couple 
  

   of 
  spoonfuls 
  of 
  carbon 
  bisulphide 
  down 
  the 
  holes 
  in 
  their 
  nests 
  into 
  

   which 
  a 
  lighted 
  match 
  is 
  thrown 
  from 
  a 
  distance. 
  Immediately 
  after 
  

   the 
  explosion 
  all 
  holes 
  from 
  which 
  smoke 
  issues 
  are 
  sealed. 
  As 
  an 
  

   alternative, 
  cyanide 
  of 
  potassium 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  holes 
  or 
  in 
  

   paths 
  in 
  dry 
  weather. 
  

  

  Crosby 
  (C. 
  R.) 
  & 
  Leonard 
  (M. 
  D.). 
  An 
  Egg-parasite 
  of 
  the 
  Tarnished 
  

   Plant-Bug, 
  Lygus 
  pratensis, 
  L. 
  — 
  Canadian 
  Entomologist, 
  London, 
  

   Ont, 
  xlvi, 
  no. 
  5, 
  May 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  181-182. 
  

  

  The 
  authors 
  describe 
  a 
  Hymenopterous 
  parasite, 
  Anagrus 
  ovijentatus, 
  

   sp. 
  n., 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  reared 
  from 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  tarnished 
  plant-bug, 
  

   Lygus 
  pratensis, 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  flower-heads 
  of 
  the 
  daisy 
  flea-bane 
  

   (Erigeron 
  ramosus). 
  

  

  Termites 
  in 
  Vineyards 
  near 
  Bordeaux. 
  — 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Acclimat., 
  Paris, 
  

   ki, 
  no. 
  9, 
  1st 
  May 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  301-304. 
  

  

  Termites 
  are 
  reported 
  from 
  some 
  locahties 
  near 
  Bordeaux, 
  and 
  

   though 
  no 
  serious 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  vines 
  is 
  probable 
  from 
  the 
  species 
  con- 
  

   cerned, 
  yet 
  precautionary 
  measures 
  are 
  advised. 
  Regarding 
  natural 
  

   control, 
  M. 
  Riviere 
  expressed 
  the 
  view 
  that 
  perhaps 
  too 
  much 
  is 
  

   expected 
  from 
  entomophagous 
  insects 
  in 
  the 
  fight 
  against 
  pests, 
  and 
  

   cited 
  many 
  failures 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  — 
  especially 
  the 
  hoped-for 
  destruc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Haltica 
  by 
  Perilitus 
  brevicollis. 
  

  

  La 
  nicotina 
  en 
  agricultura. 
  [Nicotin 
  in 
  agriculture.] 
  — 
  Rev. 
  Inst. 
  Agric. 
  

   Catalan 
  S. 
  Isidro, 
  Barcelona, 
  Ixiii, 
  no. 
  9, 
  5th 
  May 
  1914, 
  

   pp. 
  132-135. 
  

  

  This 
  article 
  is 
  a 
  popular 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  nature, 
  composition 
  and 
  

   properties 
  of 
  nicotin 
  and 
  gives 
  the 
  formulae 
  for 
  the 
  sprays 
  required 
  

   for 
  various 
  pests 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  appropriate 
  modes 
  of 
  apphcation. 
  

  

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