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Jil-TOl'IYlaOUS. 
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TEST OF iHS'QUASSIl^^ OF A. V. ZEIDEL. 
Kiev Soc. i^r. aiid Agr, Indup. Eept. 1913: 106. 1914, [in 
Russian. Abstract in'Hev, Appl, Ent, (A) 3: 104. 1915,] 
The importation of quar.sine from abroad being prohibited 
in Russia, it has been prepoxed bv A, V, Zeid.el and the tests 
conducted by a special comiiiittce of the Kiev Society showed 
that this preparation is ono o-^ tiie snost effective remedies 
against Hypono rac-iita mcu-incllus nnd aohids. The composition 
of this substance is not given, but the proportion used for 
sprrying during; the tests was 2 pounds of potash soap and 2 
tubes of quassino (their si^.^; being constant) in about 108 
£;^Hons of wo.ter; the sprayings were carried out on firs cai:;'inst 
aphids and on apple trees norinst rphids and H. mnJLinellus . 
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THE PRINCIPAL QliERIES RECEIVED AT V.HE CEITTRAl PHJTOPATHOLOG-IdL 
STATION DU?1IH& 1914. Diseases of Plants 9(1-2): 44-66, 1915. 
[In Russian, Abstr^ict in Rev, Appl. Ent, (A)4: 23-24. 1916.] 
Sprr.ying v/ith q-i.ia.ssia solution is s'-ogf^cstoci as a remedy for 
leaves of ork (Quorcus mo ngolica ) injured by Phylloxera coccines 
Keyden. 
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REPORT OK THE WOPJC OF THE RIGA 3RAi?CH OF THE IIIPIRIAL RUSSIAIT 
SOCIETY OF HORTICULTI'PJ; FOR 1914. I/Iessensver Hort. , Fruit 
Growing and Market Gard. , 11-12: 793-817, 1315. 
[In Russian. Abstract in Rev, Appl. Ent. (A) 4: 215. 1916] 
A decoction of quassia was effective .a*^;ainst Aphi s piuni , 
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DE BESSEI\^BLAr)l!?SSP, PTSaOiTJ^S RI3ESII, SCOP, ( ITEMATUS VEFJRIC0S U3, 
LATR, ) Inst, v, Phytopatoloc-^ie, Wageningen, Vlugschr, 17, 6 pp. 
1917. 
Qaassia.-soap solution mBy be used for spraying a^cainst 
P teronus ribesii Scop. 
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REPORT OIT THE OCCURREKCS OF liTSSCT MD FL'WGUS PESTS ON PLA^ITS 
Ul EIC^LAIH) MiD ITALES IN THE YEiR 1917, 5d, A^-;r. Fisheries 
[London] Misc, Pub. 21, 32 pp. 1916. 
Ph;^'^llotreta nemorum L, , on t\irnips, was successfully con- 
trolled by spraying v;ith a quassia and soap mixture. 
