NEW VINE SCOUEGE. 315 
the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce has shown 
a deep anxiety for the interests of viticulture. His 
appeal to men of science will be heard, and it is to be 
hoped that we will soon be in possession of a complete 
history of the disease, and of an efficacious remedy 
that will restore confidence to our vignerons. 
The rooting out of the diseased vines and their 
employment with other combustibles for burning the 
infected soil, the collecting and consumption of the 
leaves bearing the galls, will restrict the onward march 
of the evil and hasten the time of its arrest. Those 
persons who devote themselves to research in this 
direction should give themselves sufficient time for 
attaining their object, for it must not be forgotten that, 
in the solution of complex agricultural problems, it is 
not possible to improvise ; and, more than that, it is 
allowed to no one to guess at nature. 
(Signed) MM. DUMAS, Secretary of the Academy 
of Science, President, 
DUCHABCEE, 
MILNE-EDWAEDS, 
DE LA VEHGXE, 
VIALLA, 
MAEES, 
PAUL GEEVAIS, 
LEFEBVEE DE SAINTE-MAEIE, 
POELIEE, Secretary. 
This report was not published last year owing to the disturbances 
in France. The Administration does not intend now to alter it, but 
it must be observed that since 1870 the propagation of the evil' has 
continued, and both in the departments of Gard and THerault it is 
no longer symptoms only that are to be seen. The existence of the 
male Phylloxera has also been proved, at least in the winged state, as 
it is mentioned in a report addressed by M. Heuze to the Minister in 
July last. 
