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Alcoholic extracts of the flowers, leaves, and stems of crmomile 
showed no significant toxicity to the bean aphid*— Tpttersfield and 
ooworkers (393 ) • 
ANTHEMIS TINCTORIA L. Yellow camomile. 
The flowers were entirely inactive against flies.— Kalbruner ( 224 ) . 
The flowers were of no practical use against flies and ants, but 
they did kill the dog flea slowly. — Passerini (303, p. 42). 
ARCTIUM MINUS Bernh. Common burdock. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.-- Met zger end 
Grant (277). 
Acetone extracts of the roots killed only 5 percent of the mosquito 
larvae tested.— Hartzell and Wilcoxon ( 188 ) . 
ARNICA ALPINA (L.) Olin & Ladau. 
ARNICA MONTANA L. Arnica. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.—Metzger end 
Grant (277). 
ARTEMISIA ABROTANUM L. Southernwood. 
Extracts of the whole plant killed none of the mosquito larvae 
tested. — Hartzell and Wilcoxon (188 ). 
ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM L. Synonym: Absinthium vulgare Lam. Common 
wormwood. Absinthium. 
Decoctions were reoommended in France against leaf-eating cater- 
pillars on fruit trees. — Lesne (244 , p. 511). 
The odor of absinthium killed mosquitoes in 6 to 24 hours.— Celli 
and Casagrandi (82, p. 95). 
In Siberia a decoction made from young wormwood was used as a 
cheap remedy for insects. A mixture containing 27 gn lions of this 
decoction, 10 pounds of green soap or rye paste, and 27 jpore gallons 
of water, and one containing 27 gallons of decoction, 54 gallons of 
water, 27 gallons of poultry dung dissolved in water and 10 pounds of 
paste of molasses were effective as sprays against aphidB and cater- 
pillars. — Stuptchenko (376). 
