The phylloxera has invaded the Department of the Marne, whence comes all the French champagne.

The phylloxera has appeared on the Rhine, and the vineyards of Mayence, Buberich and other places are attacked. Great alarm prevails among the vine growers. - Journal of Horticulture.

The Phylloxera In Europe

The French vintage of 1888 was good, both in quantity and quality, and the vineyardists were greatly cheered by this fact, and by the encouraging progress made in combatting the phylloxera. But the official report for 1889 is not so agreeable. The phylloxera has extended its ravages and has, during the year, invaded three new departments, Aube, Carthe and Haute Marne. - W. W. C.

The Phylloxera Restrictions

The Secretary of Agriculture is in receipt of a communication through the Italian Legation at Washington and the Secretary of State, from the Assistant Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Italy, calling his attention to the fact, that the importation into Italy of plants from countries which, like the United States, have not adhered to the anti-phylloxera convention at Berne, cannot be effected without previous and express authorization of the Royal Minister of Agriculture and commerce.

In addition to the aforesaid authorization, a certificate must accompany shipments of plants, to be issued by the local authorities and containing the following declarations :

1. That the plants shipped are from earth that is at least twenty metres distance from any vine, or that it is separated from any vine by some other obstacle that is deemed sufficient to prevent the extension of the roots of such vine.

2. That such earth does not contain any vine.

3. That no vines have been deposited therein.

The Secretary of Agriculture requests all whom it may concern in the United States, to take notice of the foregoing regulations, in order that plants sent from this country to Italy may not be refused admission at the Italian frontier.

The Phylloxera In Algiers

In spite of all the precaution taken by the Administration, the phylloxera is rapidly speading in Algiers.

The Influence of the Electric Light on plants was shown in early spring, in a surprising manner, by the large linden trees of the Leipzig Square, Berlin. While the buds, which were exposed to the electric light, had already developed leaves, those on the other side of the trees had only begun to swell. - Gartenund Blumenseitung.