SEMI. TROPIC C. 1 IJFOJjNIA, 
Agriculture. 
LEAF-GALLS ON THE GRAPE VINE. 
rill I ROUGH (In- emirtcsv of the .fnmrt'. 
| mi i ‘iihivaior, I text on, w« are allowed 
to illuntrat* tin.- nnii'li-ilraideil phylloxera. 
S» fur it has not put in an nppaanHium in 
Southern California. mid in tnueli to »».- 
Imped thdl it will K«•»■ i» id n Jr'pnftttWe 
dmtanee. l'rof. Uilgard mpri-*"'- tin- In' 
lief Unit (Iw phylloxera m Honouin founti 
is windless, and not likely t<> 1" mmn] 
abroad except In menu* of roots, soil, or 
cuttings The insert tint • not c\eu cross 
n mad from one vineyard to nnotJirr. II 
these facts cun be established, it relieves j 
the vineyardiHts of much anxiety nhotfl; the : 
spread of this dangerous pest, and shows] 
one year, and scarcely noticed the next : 
and while sometime* causing the deatnie- 
tion of nil the leaves, does little injury to 
the vine, in comparison with that effected 
by the more permanent root-inhabited 
form, of which so much has been written 
ill recent years. 
This root-inhabiting form cause,* •.vei¬ 
lings upon tin inon til.rou* roots, arid 
g.icK through a regular mid cowtuut cycle 
of development, wingtrd feinnl*s» being 
produced in late minuter and autumn, by 
which the species may .|i*p.-i>e over ex¬ 
tended arena. Sexual individuals arc aim 
produced, tin female of which lay* a soli¬ 
tary impregnated egg under the bail. u( 
the more permanent parts of the vine. 
J he gnll-inliahitiug fimu exists only in the 
female sex, and descends to tin root* at 
the end of the growing season. Its propa¬ 
gation is essentially similar to that of bud 
corn raised; in the number of acres culti¬ 
vated and pounds of castor beans; in Mm 
number of acres and pounds of tobacco 
raised; in the number of pounds of wool 
I grown; in the total value of the fruit crop; 
1 in the number of bearing lemon and 
orange trees; in the number of gallons of 
brandy mud.-; m the number of acres of 
lsi'i<1 ii iigated, and in the number of miles 
of l'ailroad and in the number of railroads. 
In tin. following she stands second, or 
next to the highest: In the number of gal¬ 
lons of wine made, in I ho number of acres 
.'f corn planted; in the number of acres 
and bushel* of 1 mekwheat; in tlm number 
nf acres ami tons of sweet potatoes; in the 
number of bushels of onions; in the num¬ 
ber of hearing olive trees; in the number 
of grist mills; iu the number of bushels 
of corn ground 
Shi' stands third on the list in the nuui- 
I.i ai Uali s I’kni.i-i'Hi nr rue On,m. Mn *r |t’itYM<oxM;.ii 
The liiM-ct now .inning .... much .tontruetion in I touch Vrir lftn [ 
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that the creature may be cornered and 
controlled. 
I lie Atn>-rv'av OuUwulor says, in con¬ 
nection with tin; cuti 
"Leaf-galls, as n presoutod in the jllu*- 
' :i ’ ,,, n given on this page, are the -all* of 
th< pin llovein lSttdi gull, according to 
r , V - 1 { »I.jv, contains a wingless 
uiutuer-louse arid bet more or Iras wing- 
!. *« egg*, from which hutch yotinff lice, 
xvbii-lt spread to other part* the' v.m ' 
r ed form galls as their parent* did There 
are K V.-n.l gm.eratmus of thin gnll-roidoug 
■oni.s of ).hy)i..xera vcUtre*. winch in bill 
a temporary or tram u„t form of that - 
-ncrous r oaset. , occurring un.r*abundant on 
lb' lintou. hut found *l«o on aluioNt n on 
v W;' f our Ameikm. grape, in.;. 
Ul W *' U “ , ‘ ,i ' " bvated It ,.pp,,. ( . 4 ,„ v 
Keuerally over tin. whole of th. 
" t ' oust of til. Itucki MouiitiiiuH, and 
vren in OnUno. It may be rwy „ Umlaut 
ding in plants, and the succeeding gone 
nitii'iis may be looked upon us but enn- 
1 1 nmdion* of the regular st.-m mother. 
I he root inhabiting form, while possessing 
tli" ..ami' power of Imd-production, hko 
wise .•oml.iric* I hut of Hue sexual repro- 
doetion.ju I Iml it may be Maid to njultiplv 
bv bud and by rood. The comp,,, ;. 
, eon of the ptopagutinu of phylloxera will, 
tlm of plaid is .,uit< |i"iiii!hmI1i1b, and 
"■dly wuniiuled flow a physiologusu] 
i Htnmhpomt The gnll-making insect ,, 
much more often observed than the ruol- 
"'b'.b.ted form, Mimigli (he latter is so ex 
fu?i " co, “l«‘iod with tin 
AGRICULTURE IN LOS AN0ELE8. 
L.s Angel is county aluml* f M ..t 
U,h ;. 1 ul '“ 'be Slid, it, th» foJU.wbm 
paiticulais |„ Urn number of buulmlfi of 
ber of ncr< a ami bimholH of pen*, in the 
number of neiemmd hnubehi of peanuts; 
in the immhm of aerea of oiuoiih planted; 
m the till in bin of pound* of honey; in the 
nutubi'i 1,1 h»n'M s, and in the number of 
bum of cml mined. 
I onrth, in the number of Keren and 
biisbiiL of rye; mi,', aiul bunlx la of bmum; 
l '""“ " f l"'bdo(Hi; number of piapn vines, 
i v/.hie of real estate nuHi fsed, and in total 
valuation of all property, 
i he dairy biiiineKH bus been greiillv tie 
gle.-l.'d III 10, and oilers n most prominent 
v " , energy and ii.veslm. id. 
, "T" r ' "'ll ahow a muiked im- 
; juovemi'i.t n, thin indt.alry, and rdao in 
the inreiige ntnl btlahula of Wheat. Hie ncr.- 
ag'c nut tom, or Niigar bontu, ami the ..- 
hogsove, U.u last o, any previous 
yuit. /J. Jtturnul, ' 
