1891.] Archeology and Ethnology. 73 
Forbes, Cook, and Alwood have rendered it certain, to use the words 
of the first-named experimenter, that ‘‘ there can be no further ques- 
tion of the liability of the Curculio to poisoning by very moderate 
amounts of either London purple or Paris green while feeding on the 
leaves and fruit of peach and plum.” ! 
It is sincerely to be hoped that future experiments upon this subject 
will be conducted with a proper understanding of the razionale of the 
method, and on a sufficiently extended scale to give results of value 
to the commercial orchardist. The experience of another season has 
strengthened my conviction of the force of the following statement 
(written nearly a year ago, and published in the Agricultural Science 
letter already referred to), with which this review may well be ended: ‘*It 
seems to me that the evidence now in hand is sufficient to point to the 
conclusion that spraying with the arsenites is a complete and practical 
remedy for the Plum Curculio, at least in good-sized orchards of 
cherries, plums, and apples ; and that the experiment stations can best 
serve horticulture by encouraging the practice among commercial 
orchardists, and carefully recording the results obtained, so that they 
may be collated in the future, and a definite conclusion be reached. 
If the simple process of spraying is effective, it is useless to complicate 
matters by advising jarring in wet seasons, planting plum trees in apple 
orchards, or various other modifications of the treatment that have 
been suggested.’ —CLARENCE M. WEED. 
ARCHÆOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY. 
The Societe d’Anthropologie ‘at Paris.—A Sketch of Its Or- 
ganization and Work.—The year 1859 was one memorable in the 
science of anthropology. In this year was published Darwin’s work 
on the “‘ Origin of Species.”” Whatever may be the truth of the theory 
announced by him, whatever degree of opposition it may have received, 
its appearance in the world marked an era in science. 
In 1859 was also discovered, or rather was acknowledged as true, 
the discovery by Monsieur Boucher de Perthes of the paleolithic im- 
plements in the gravels of the river Somme. He had made this dis- 
eae originally in the year 1836, and had published as a result thereof 
several brochures, but they were not generally accepted or received in 
the Scientific world until 1859. 
15 Forbes. Jnsect Life, Vol. IL., p.7; July, 1889. 
