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SCHli]oi:'^H, :,:. and SGHLOSSLIilTH, -H. , (lOO). • ■ 
U3ER DIE HEROTIRKUNG VON QUASSIK UlTD LIGITUM QUASSIiffi. 
Arch, Expt. Path. u. . Pliarmakol. 158: 198-200.1930. 
A study is, re})orted of the action of quassia and 
raacerated Lignum q uas.siae on the isolated hearts of 
fro^s,' rahljitsj and. cats, . The authors conclude that insofar 
as there is any action at all the heart function is un- 
favoraljly influenced. The hastening action reported ty 
Feger was not ohserved, 
SCOTT, -S, T7., ABBOTT, W. S. , and DUDLEY, J. E. , Jr.- (lOl)' 
RESULTS OE EJJ'ERIMSIITS WITH ■MISCELLMEOUS SU3STA1TCES 
AC-illTST BEDBUGS, COCKEOACI-IES, CLOTHES MOTHS, AlTD CAEPET 
BEETI:ES. U. 'S. Dcpt. Ae-r. Bull. 707. 36 pp. 1918. 
Quassia chips were found to bo ineffective against 
hedhugs, cockroaches, and clothes moths. 
SHIPELEV, IC, (102) 
THE COHTHOL OP PESTS OT RASPBEEPJES. Prog. Hort. and 
liarket Gard. 13(2): 51-56. 1916. [in Russian. Abstract 
in Rev. Appl. Ent. (A)4: 140. 1916.] 
A phl s u rticaria and Siphonophora rubi. v/hich are the 
most cormion aphids attacking raspberries, are controlled 
oy spraying with quassia decoction or emulsion, 
SIROMOLOT, P. ■ (103) 
THE CULTIYAT'IOJT OF CA1;TALCL"P IvIELOHS I^T THE ELDTAI3YSK 
DISTRICT OP THE GCYEP.n.IEHT OE ASTRACHAII. Eruit Growing. 
no, 9-10: 536-551. 1915. [In Russian. Abstract in Rev. 
Appl, Ent, (A)4: 55-56. 1316.] 
Agsinst aphids, spraying twice with quassia, solution is 
advised. Control measures should be begun as soon as these 
pests are noticed and before the T)lants become large, 
SPRENGEL, K. [Trans, by A, J. L. Jourdpx] (104)' 
HISTOIRE DE LA i'lEDECliv^. 9 v. Paris, 1815-1852, 
According to Hc'llor (Bibliothica botanica, 2 v., Tiguri. 
1771), Quassia excel sa was employed in Europe in 1742, but no 
other author gives any trace of its use until Daniel Rolander, 
Swedish naturalist, returned from Surinam in 1756 and gave a 
quantity of the wood to Linna,eu3, According to Rolander and Rottboell 
