Plant-Diseases and Insects, 



Dalmatia, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg ; the insect has been dis- 

 covered recently in some communes of Carniola. In Istria, 

 58 hectares were infested in 1884 ; to-day there are about 85, 

 which border on the infested districts of Goritz. 



" About 250 hectares have been set out to American vines 

 in Hungary. Beside the rooted plants furnished by the state 

 nurseries, over one half million have been imported from 

 southern France. The planting of vines in the sandy soils 

 continues to increase ; and these lands, which were formerly 

 barren, seem destined to assume the place of those upon 

 which the phylloxera has destroyed so many valuable vine- 

 yards. 



• "Germany. The phylloxera has been discovered in the 

 vineyards of the Rhine, at Rudesheim and at Gorshausen, 

 and it is feared that it will spread to the north of Bingen, and 

 south beyond Mayence. Already 18 newly infested districts 

 have been discovered upon the left bank of the Rhine, and 28 

 upon the right bank. In Saxony, the Loessnitz district is en- 

 tirely devastated. It is hoped that 900 hectares may be 

 saved, because they are situated some distance from diseased phylloxera 

 localities. In Wurtemburg, also, many vineyards have been in Europe, 

 attacked. 



"Switzerland. The phylloxera has done much damage 

 ever since its first appearance. Recently a new point of at- 

 tack has been discovered in the canton of Vaud. In the vine- 

 yards of Neufchatel the number of infested districts has been 

 doubled since 1888. December 21, 1889, they numbered 

 785, and included 9,738 diseased vines. All the communes 

 in the canton of Geneva, except five or six in the neighbor- 

 hood of Jussy, are more or less infested. The viticultural 

 station at Haut-Ruth, near Geneva, has been supplied with 

 many American vines. Most of the cuttings, and also the 

 grafted stocks, were received from the department at H6- 

 rault. About 151 infested localities have been discovered in 

 the canton of Zurich, and several million vines have already 

 been destroyed. 



"Russia. The pest is at present doing much damage in 

 the vineyards about Tiflis. The importation of vines from 

 the Caucasus has recently been prohibited by a decree. It is 

 a serious menace to Russian viticulture, for the industry has 

 quite rapidly extended into Caucasia, Transcaucasia, and into 



