U.S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Entomology. Bulletin nos 9-28

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No.9 The Mulberry Silkworm: Being a Manual of Instructions in Silk-Culture, by C.V. Riley; No.10 Our Shade Trees and their Insect Defoliators by C.V. Riley; No.11 Reports of Experiments with Various Substances, Chiefly upon Insects Affecting Garden Crops; No.12 Miscellaneous Notes on the Work of the Division of Entomology for the Season of 1885 by C.V.Riley; No.13 Reports of Observations and Experiments in the Practical Work of the Division; No.14 Reports of Observations and Experiments in the Practical Work of the Division; No 15 The Icerya or Fluted Scale otherwise known as the Cottony Cushion-Scale; No.16 The Entomological Writings of Dr. Alpheus Spring Packard; No 17 The Chinch Bug by L.O.Howard; No.18 The Life and Entomological Work of the late Townend Glover by C.R. Dodge; No.19 An Enumeration of the Published Synopses, Catalogues, and Lists of North American Insects, by C.V. Riley; No.20 The Root-Knot Disease of the Peach, Orange, and Other Plants in Florida, due to the work of Anguillula by J.C. Neal; No.21 Report of a Trip to Australia to Investigate the Natural Enemies of the Fluted Scale by A. Koebele; No.22 Reports of Observations and Experiments in the Practical Work of the Division; No.23 Reports of Observations and Experiments in the Practical Work of the Division; No.24 The Boll Worm of Cotton by F.W.Mally; No.25 Destructive Locusts by C.V. Riley; No 26 Reports of Observations and Experiments in the Practical Work of the Division; No.27 Reports on the Damage by Destructive Locusts during the season of 1891.

Condition

8vo, 2 vols, half morocco, scuffed/slightly worn, marbled edges and endpapers. One insect figure cropped from plate one of Bulletin No.12. A good set.