INDEX. 



283 



hand-picking, 105 ; syringings and 

 dressings, 105, lOG'; London-purple, 

 106 — 108 ; reasons for failure in 

 applications, 108 

 Gooseberry and Currant Scale, 109 — 

 114; identification and description 

 of, 108, 109; life-history of. 111; 

 habits of, 112 ; applications to de- 

 stroy, 113, 114 

 Grease-banding, 80,000 Plum trees 

 and about 40,000 other kinds banded 

 at Toddington, 1G5 (see also refer- 

 ences under heading of Winter 

 Moth) 

 Green Fly fsee Apple Ajjliis), G 



■ (see Currant Aphis), 58 



■ (see Plum Aphis), 146 



Green Leaf Weevil, 141, 144 



Green Eose Chafer (see Golden Chafer), 



246 

 Ground Beetles, 2:i3 — 241 ; dates of 

 observation of attack at Strawberry, 

 234 ; description of species of, 235 ; 

 descri^jtion of method of attack of, 

 237, 238 ; Harpalus ruficornis in 

 flights, 238 ; various food of, 239 ; 

 to trap, 240 ; to turn out from the 

 surface of the ground, 241 



H. 



Harpalus ruficornis, 235 



Hazel and Filbert Bud Mite, 1 14—116 ; 

 description of, 115, — of deformed 

 growth caused by, 115 



Hepialus lupulinus, 2G0 



Heterodera radieicola, 227 



Hop Aphis (see Hop and Plum Aphis), 

 151 



and I'lum Aphis, 151 — 156; 



structural distinction of, 151 ; de- 

 scription of, in different conditions, 

 152 ; migration of, between Plum 

 and Hop, 153 — 155 ; details of, 

 with dates, by Dr. C. V. Eiley, 154, 

 155 



Hoplocampa testudinea, 35 



Hornet, 267 



Hybernia defoliaria, 179 



Hyponomeuta padella, 27 



variabilis, 27 



Incurvaria capitella, 71 



J. 



Jarring, or beating down, to clear 

 Apple-suckers, 44 ; to clear Apple- 

 blossom Weevils, also infested buds, 

 47 ; to clear Cherry Sawflies, 57 ; 

 to clear Cockchafers, 244 ; to clear 



Eose Chafers, 32 ; to clear Nut 

 Weevils, 117 ; to clear Pears in- 

 fested by Midge maggots, 125 ; 

 to clear weevils of various kinds, 

 143, 144, 244 



K. 



Kainite as a top dressing to destroy 

 small larvffi in the ground, 126 



Kerosine emulsion and kerosine and 

 soap mixture, recipes for, 99, 149, 

 150 



soap (Burford's No. 1), re- 



cipe for, 114 



L. 



Labia minor, 81 



Lackey Moth, 21 — 24 ; life-history of, 

 22 ; eggs of, 22, 23; to destroy web- 

 nests of, 23; "jarring" to shake 

 down caterpillars, 23 



Lady-bird Beetles as Aphis destroyers, 

 150, 151 



Lamp-light, catching moths by means 

 of, 17 



Lampronia rubiella, synonymy of, 206 



Lappet Moth, 24 — 27 ; great size of 

 caterpillars of, 25, — " lappets" of, 25 



Large Tortoiseshell Buttertiy, 50 — 54 ; 

 descrijjtion and life-history of, 51 — 

 53 ; web-nests, to cut off, 54 



Laverna atra, 275 



Leaf Weevil, Downy Brown, 141 — 144; 

 distinguished by grey down, 142 ; 

 shaking down to destroy, 143 



Green, 144, 145 ; shak- 

 ing down to destroy, 144 



Lecanium ribis, 109 

 Leinweber's mixture, 200 

 Lime water, 10() 



wash to destroy Scale, 79 



and soft-soap washes (see Soft- 

 soap) 



and soot, 58 



List, Alphabetical, of Fruit Crops in- 

 fested' by Insects, with names of the 

 insect infestations, 277 — 280 



London-purple, directions for spraying 

 with, 107 ; method of mixing lime 

 with, 175 



" Looper" caterpillars, desciiption, 90 



Lyda clypeata, 137 



fasciata, 137 



pyri, 137 



M. 



Magpie Moth (see Gooseberry and Cur- 

 rant Moth), 89 

 Mamestra persicarife, 86 

 March Moth, 177—179 ; date of egg 



