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AESCULUS GLABRA Willd. Ohio buckeye. 
Alcoholic extracts of the fruit ahd leaves and a decoction of the 
leaves had no effect on cotton caterpillars,— Riley ( 325 , p, 184), 
AESCULUS HIPPO CASTANUM L. Horsechestnut, 
Acetone extracts of the leaves killed only 5 percent of the mosquito 
larvae tested,— Hartzell and Wilcoxon ( 188 ) , 
AhSCULUS PAVIA L. Red buckeye. 
Bedsteads made of this wood were said not to be infested by bugs,— 
Porcher ( 308 , p. 91). 
An infusion of horsechestnuts was recommended as a spray against 
leaf-eating insects on vep-etables,— V, ( 408 ) , 
A decoction of horsechestnut proved effective against aphids 
( Rhopalosiphum sp,) on seedlings of sugar beet near Prague,— Neuwirth 
AIZOACEAE 
(Carpetweed Family) 
MOLLUGO CERVIANA Ser. 
This plant mixed with oil was made into an ointment for scabies and 
other cutaneous diseases,— Drury (122 , p, 305) • 
MOLLUGO SPERGULA L. 
The juice of this plant was applied as a remedy for itch and other 
skin diseases,— Kirtikar and Basu ( 230 , v, 1, p, 615), 
AMARANTHACEAE 
(Amaranth Family) 
Ai/iARANTHUS RETROFLLX.US L. Pigweed. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle. — Ketzger and 
Grant (277). 
AMARYLLIDAC15AE 
(Amaryllis ^amily) 
A GAVE AMERICANA L. Century plant. 
The infusion of the leaves can be applied ss an insecticide,— 
Von Mueller (414, p. 24), 
