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INDEX. 



destroy caterpillars ("slugworms"), 

 57 ; methods of clearing the saw- 

 flies, 57, — of clearing cocoons, 57 ; 

 lime and soot particularly useful for 

 clearing caterjjillars, 58 



"Chiswick Soap and Sulphur Com- 

 pound " to destroy Scale, 113 



Clay aud sulphur to kill Apple Scale, 41 



Clisiocampa neustria, 21 



Coccinellidffi as Aphis destroyers, 150 



Cockchafer, Common, 242 — 245 ; de- 

 scription of beetle, 243 ; distinctions 

 between larva of, and that of Phyllo- 

 pertha horticola, 243 ; dej)th at which 

 found, 244 ; beating down beetles, 

 244 ; trapping larva under turf, 245 ; 

 wild birds not to be driven away, 245 



Codlin Moth, 9—10; life-history of, 

 10, 11 ; preventive measures, band- 

 ing trees, 12, 13, — scraping and 

 washing trees, 13, — scalding cases, 

 14, — spraying, 15 



Cossus ligniperda, 18 



Cuckoos, feed on hairy caterjjillars, 24 



Currant, 58—80 



Aphis (or Green Fly), 58—60 ; 



slight differences between kmds com- 

 monly known as Aphis ribis, 58, 59 ; 

 life-history of, 59 ; kerosine emulsion 

 recommended to destroy eggs of, in 

 winter, 59 



- Clearwing Moth, 67 — 71 ; 



habits of caterpillar, 68 — 70 ; me- 

 thods of prevention of, 70, 71 



■ Gall Mite, 00 — 67 ; descrip- 



tion of diseased buds, 61 ; first 

 record of, 01 ; life-history and de- 

 scription of, 61 — 64 ; eggs of, 64 ; 

 records of some amounts of galled 

 buds picked in 1890 and 1897, and 

 cost per acre, 05 ; various remedial 

 applications tried, 06 



• Scale, White Woolly, 75- 



descriptions of, 76 — 78 ; lime to 

 destroy, 79 



■ Shoot and Fruit Moth, 71- 



75 ; signs of presence of caterpillar 

 of, 72 ; life-history of, 72—74 ; 

 observations by Dr. Chapman of 

 method of infestation, 74 ; preven- 

 tion and remedies, -75 



D. 



Dendroline, 191 ; nature of, 201 



Diloba casruleocephala, 16 



Diplosis pyrivora, 120, 276 



Dot Moth, 86—89 ; variety of plants 



attacked, 87 ; description of, 88 

 Douglas, Mr. J. W., identification of 



Lecanium ribis by, 109 

 Downy Brown Leaf Weevil (see Oblong 



Leaf Weevil), 141 



E. 



Earwig, Common, 80 — 86 ; as a fruit 

 destroyer, 81 ; method of egg-laying, 



82 ; descriptions and habits of, 82, 



83 ; methods of trapping, 84, 85 

 Lesser, 81 



Eelworm Disease (see Cauliflower), 251 



Egg of Winter Moth, to destroy with 

 kerosine emulsion, 166 



Emerald-green, same as Paris-green, 

 173 



Eriocampa limacina, 54 



Ermine Moth, Small, 27—29 ; habits 

 of, 28 ; to destroy web-nests of, 28 



Evesham Fruit Experimental Com- 

 mittee, 108 



Evesham Moth (see Winter Moth), 157 



Figure-of-8 Moth, 16 — 18 ; description 

 of eggs of, 16; life-history- of, 16, 

 17 ; catching moths by lamp-light, 

 17 



Fletcher, Dr. J., observations regard- 

 ing infestation of Phytoptus pyri, 

 129, — and kerosine emulsion as a 

 remedy for, 130 



Forficula auricularia, 80 



Fruit-tree Bark Beetle, 197—201 ; me- 

 thod of working of, 198 ; description 

 of, 199 ; i^reventive dressings, 200 



G. 



Galeruca tenella, 249 



Garden Chafer (or Rose Beetle), 29 — 35 



Gastropacha quercifolia, 24 



Goat Moth, 18 — 21 ; habits and de- 

 scription of, 18, 19 ; mixtures to 

 protect from egg-laying on bark, 

 20, — to kill caterpillars in burrows, 

 20, 21; Green Woodpecker feeds on 

 caterpillars of, 21 



Golden Chafer (or Green Rose Chafer), 

 246 — 249 ; injurious to Strawberry 

 blossom, 246 ; report of much harm 

 done by, 247 ; description of mag- 

 gots of, 247 



Gooseberry, 86 — 114 



and Ivy Red Spider (see 



Red Spider, Gooseberry and Ivy), 94 

 and Currant Moth (or Mag- 



pie Moth), 89 — 93 ; range of infes- 

 tation of, 89 ; description and life- 

 history, 90,91 ; preventive measures 

 iir pruning, applications of spray- 

 ings, &c., 92, 93 



and Currant Sawfly, 101 — 



108; description of, 102; life-history 

 of, 102, 103; prevention by removal 

 of soil from under bushes, 103 — 105 ; 



