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BOOK NOTICES. 



Report of the Dominion Entomologist for 1884. — Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. 



A long felt want has at last been supplied by the appointment of a Dominion En- 

 tomologist, and a well qualified expert selected for the work, Mr. James Fletcher, whose 

 preliminary report is before us. His appointment was made so late in the season that he 

 has been unable to do more than furnish a brief report, in which reference is made to 

 the organization of the department under his charge and the measures taken to interest 

 all those engaged in agriculture and horticulture in the work. Following this is a report 

 on the quality of the Paris green found in the market, with results of the analysis of six 

 samples ; also reports on insects injuring grain crops, hay and clover, peas, root crops,, 

 fruits and forest trees ; altogether a useful review of the chief injuries caused by insects 

 to these several crops during 1884. We sincerely congratulate Mr. Fletcher on the good 

 work thus far done, and earnestly hope that he may be able to carry to a successful issue 

 the plans laid out for the present year. 



Eighth Report of Observations on Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests, with 

 Methods of Prevention and Remedy, by Eleanor A. Ormerod. Dunster Lodge,, 

 near Isleworth, England; 8vo., pp. 122, with 39 cuts. Published by Simpkin, 

 Marshall & Co., Stationers' Hall Court, London, England. 



We are much indebted to the talented authoress for a copy of this valuable report,, 

 which is in no respect behind its predecessors. In the preface reference is made to the 

 relations of birds to insects, wherein the sparrow is condemned very strongly. Its habit 

 of driving away other and more useful birds, together with its grain-feeding propensities, 

 are fully recognized in England as well as in this country, and fairly entitle it to be 

 regarded as an enemy rather than a friend. Mope extended reference is made to this 

 subject in a chapter headed "Birds, Depredations of Sparrows." The insects which have 

 proved injurious to the following fruits, vegetables, trees, etc., during the past year,, 

 together with the best methods of preventing their ravages, are also treated of in the 

 following order : Apple, beans, cabbage, carrots, corn and grass, gooseberry, hop, mangold,, 

 oak, onions, parsley, pine, potatoes, raspberry, turnip and willow. The report also- 

 contains chapters on marsh snails and the ox bot-fly. .Miss Ormerod has succeeded in 

 awakening much interest in England on the subject of injurious insects, and by her 

 careful observations and experiments has conferred lasting benefits on the agricultural 

 community. 



General Truths in Applied Entomology, by C. \ . Riley, 8vo., pp. 7. 



An essay read before the Georgia State Agricultural Society, relating chiefly to- 

 insecticides and the best methods of applying them. 



Recent Advances in Economic Entomology, by C. V. Riley ; 8vo., pp. i. 



A communication made to the Philosophical Society of Washington in reference to> 

 inseeticidrs. 



V. S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Entomology : Bulletin No. 4, 8vo.,. 

 pp. 102. 



This useful publication contains a report on Cranberry and Hop Insects, by John B. 

 Smith ; observations on the Rocky Mountain Locust; by Lawrence Bruner ; on Insects- 



