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SMILACINA TRIFOLIA (L.) Deaf, Synonym Vagnera trlfolia (L.) Morong. 
False solomonseal. 
SMILAX ROTWDI FOLIA L. Common greenbrier. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
TRILLIUM ERBCTUM L. Purple trilliura. 
Extracts from the dry rhizomes and roots were more or less repellent 
to the Japanese beetle.—Metzger and Grant ( 277 ) . 
TTJLIPA GESNERIANA L. Common tulip, 
Extraots were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
TJRGINEA MARITIMA Baker. Synonyms: Soilla maritima L.; U. s cilia Steinh". 
Squill* Sea onion* 
Sprays containing extraots of squill and a male fern were effective 
against moth larvae ( Cochylis and Eudemis) on grapevines in France.— 
Marchal (266 , p* 250). 
Extraotum soillae (10 percent in water) had no effect on the 
caterpillars of Prodenia litura (F*) • — DeBussy ( 76 ) • 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle .--Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
This plant was common in northern Africa, particularly Tripoli. 
The Arabs were said to keep mosquitoes and other troublesome insects a- 
way with one or two bulbs of the plant. — Uartelli ( 268 ) . 
Extracts of the bulbs of red squill killed only 20 percent of the 
mosquito larvae tested. --Hartzell and Wilcoxon ( 138 ) . 
UVULARIA PERFOLIATA L. Wood roerrybells. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle. — Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
VERATRUM. 
The literature on hellebore as an insecticide is very voluminous 
and has never been fully reviewed. Only a few of the papers will be 
discussed here. There are three plants which are popularly oalled 
