Excerpt from First Annual Report on the Injurious and Other Insects of the State of New York: Made to the State Legislature, Pursuant to Chapter 377 of the Laws of 1581
Their recent discovery an evidence of progress in economic investiga tions, 25. Discovery of the insecticidal properties of Paris green, 25. Use of Pyrethrum extended from household pests to field and garden in sects, 25. First introduction of London purple, 25. Its subsequent use, 25. Employment of oils for destroying insect life, 25.
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