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  Mesures 
  concernant 
  I'entr^e 
  des 
  v6g6taux 
  en 
  Alg6rie. 
  [Measures 
  

   relating 
  to 
  the 
  importation 
  of 
  plants 
  into 
  Algeria.] 
  — 
  Moniteur 
  

   d'Hortic, 
  Paris, 
  xxxviii, 
  no. 
  9, 
  10th 
  May 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  97-98. 
  

  

  A 
  decree 
  signed 
  by 
  the 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  Republic 
  on 
  the 
  18th 
  

   April 
  1914, 
  forbids 
  the 
  general 
  importation 
  into 
  Algeria 
  of 
  plants 
  

   in 
  a 
  ligneous 
  state 
  (other 
  than 
  the 
  vine 
  and 
  resinous 
  species), 
  palms 
  

   (rooted 
  or 
  not 
  rooted) 
  and 
  their 
  fresh 
  debris. 
  This 
  apphes 
  to 
  shipments 
  

   coming 
  from 
  foreign 
  countries 
  or 
  from 
  the 
  French 
  departments 
  of 
  

   Alps-Maritimes, 
  Var, 
  Bouches-du-Rhone, 
  Gard, 
  Herault, 
  Aude, 
  

   Pyrenees- 
  Orientales 
  and 
  Corsica. 
  Such 
  shipments 
  must 
  be 
  entered 
  

   at 
  certain 
  points 
  to 
  be 
  subsequently 
  specified 
  by 
  the 
  Governor- 
  General 
  

   of 
  Algeria. 
  On 
  arrival 
  disinfection 
  is 
  obhgatory, 
  except 
  where 
  a 
  

   satisfactory 
  certificate 
  from 
  the 
  French 
  Ministry 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  

   accompanies 
  the 
  goods 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  seen 
  to 
  be 
  non-infested. 
  

   Plants 
  in 
  a 
  hgneous 
  or 
  herbaceous 
  state 
  will 
  be 
  admitted 
  with 
  the 
  

   surrounding 
  soil 
  if 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  grown 
  in 
  pots 
  in 
  French 
  estabhsh- 
  

   ments 
  on 
  the 
  lists 
  drawn 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  Ministry 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  in 
  accordance 
  

   with 
  Article 
  9, 
  paragraph 
  6, 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Convention 
  of 
  Berne. 
  

   In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  foreign 
  plants, 
  a 
  special 
  consular 
  certificate 
  must 
  be 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  the 
  French 
  Consul 
  and 
  exchanged 
  for 
  a 
  permit 
  from 
  the 
  

   Governor-General 
  of 
  Algeria 
  before 
  the 
  goods 
  leave 
  the 
  exporting 
  

   country. 
  

  

  Noel 
  (P.). 
  Les 
  ennemis 
  des 
  jacinthes. 
  [Hyacinth 
  pests.] 
  — 
  Moniteur 
  

   d^Hortic, 
  Paris, 
  xxxviii, 
  no. 
  9, 
  10th 
  May 
  1914, 
  p. 
  104. 
  

  

  The 
  known 
  pests 
  of 
  hyacinths 
  are 
  stated 
  to 
  include 
  the 
  Acarid, 
  

   Cepophagus 
  echinopus 
  and 
  the 
  Nematodes 
  Tylenchus 
  devastatrix, 
  

   Kuhn, 
  and 
  Tylenchus 
  hyacinthi, 
  besides 
  fungoid 
  and 
  bacterial 
  diseases. 
  

  

  Mancheron 
  (P.). 
  La 
  lutte 
  centre 
  les 
  Criquets 
  dans 
  la 
  Commune 
  Mixte 
  

   du 
  Djebel 
  Nador. 
  [Locust 
  control 
  in 
  the 
  Mixed 
  Commune 
  

   of 
  Djebel 
  Nador.] 
  — 
  Rev. 
  Agric. 
  Vitic. 
  Afr. 
  Nord, 
  Algiers, 
  iii, 
  

   no. 
  114, 
  16th 
  May 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  460-461. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  information 
  regarding 
  locust 
  control 
  in 
  Djebel 
  Nador, 
  

   has 
  been 
  suppHed 
  by 
  M. 
  Maurice 
  Blanc. 
  For 
  about 
  three 
  weeks 
  

   locusts 
  have 
  been 
  hatching 
  out 
  along 
  a 
  front 
  of 
  some 
  60 
  miles, 
  from 
  

   7,000 
  to 
  10,000 
  acres 
  being 
  infested. 
  A 
  defence 
  syndicate 
  has 
  been 
  

   formed, 
  including 
  both 
  European 
  and 
  Native 
  agriculturists. 
  The 
  

   former 
  pay 
  a 
  contribution 
  of 
  Id. 
  per 
  acre 
  sown 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  one 
  of 
  

   20d. 
  per 
  plough, 
  a 
  government 
  subsidy 
  being 
  added. 
  About 
  100 
  

   defence 
  stations 
  have 
  been 
  organised, 
  the 
  labour 
  being 
  mainly 
  native. 
  

   The 
  following 
  procedure 
  is 
  adopted 
  : 
  Zinc 
  plates 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  surround 
  

   the 
  locusts 
  and 
  stop 
  their 
  advance 
  and 
  lead 
  them 
  to 
  trenches 
  where 
  

   cresyl 
  is 
  poured 
  on 
  them. 
  Long 
  pieces 
  of 
  cloth 
  are 
  spread 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground 
  on 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  locusts 
  are 
  driven. 
  When 
  a 
  sufficient 
  number 
  

   have 
  accumulated, 
  the 
  cloth 
  is 
  folded 
  and 
  the 
  locusts 
  are 
  poured 
  into 
  

   sacks 
  and 
  crushed. 
  So 
  far, 
  over 
  80 
  tons 
  have 
  been 
  secured 
  in 
  this 
  

   way, 
  which 
  the 
  syndicate 
  has 
  paid 
  for 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  about 
  £4 
  per 
  ton. 
  

   Another 
  method 
  consists 
  of 
  making 
  a 
  semi-circle 
  of 
  alfa 
  grass 
  into 
  

   which 
  the 
  locusts 
  are 
  driven, 
  the 
  grass 
  being 
  then 
  set 
  on 
  fire. 
  As 
  

   the 
  Arabs 
  understand 
  the 
  danger 
  which 
  menaces 
  their 
  crops, 
  it 
  is 
  

   hoped 
  to 
  effect 
  control 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  degree. 
  

  

  