INDEX. 



285 



Quince, reference to insect attacks of, 

 202 ; and Alphabetical List, 279 



Easpberry, 202—216 



Beetle, 202- 



-205 ; attacks 



of, to blossom. 203, 204 ; attacks of 

 maggots to fruit, 204 ; remedial 

 treatment, 205 



Stem-bud Caterpillar, 206 



— 210 ; description of caterpillars, 

 207, — of attack of, to buds on canes, 

 207, 208 ; observations by Dr. Chap- 

 man of method of egg-laying of 

 moth, 209 



Eaupenleim, 191 ; nature of, 201 



Eed Spider, 217—226 ; habits of, 218 ; 

 foot of, 218 ; mouth and spinning 

 apparatus of, 218; note on position 

 of spinning apparatus and erroneous 

 views of early observers, 218; de- 

 cription of T.telarius byDonnadieu, 

 220,— by Berlese, 221; of Tetrany- 

 chus rubescens, 222, — under syno- 

 nym of T. telarius of Dufour by 

 Canestrini, 223 ; methods of pre- 

 vention and remedy, 223 — 226 



Gooseberry and Ivy, 



94 — 101 ; dates of appearance of, 

 94 ; localities and great numbers 

 of, 95—97 ; alhed species, 97, 98 ; 

 spraying with various applications 

 to destroy, 98 — 100; effect of 

 moisture on, 100 ; position of eggs 

 of, 100 



Ehopalosiphum ribis, 59 



Eiley, Dr. C. V., observations of, on 

 migration of Phorodon humuli (Hop 

 and Plum Aphis), 154, 155 



Eoot-knot Eelworm, 227—233; de- 

 scription of root-galls, 228 ; life- 

 history of, 229, 230 ; i^revention by 

 trap plants, avoiding transportation 

 in soil, &c., 231—233 



Eose Beetle (see Garden Chaferj, 

 29 



■ Chafer, 29 — 35 ; dates of great 



appearances of, 29, 30 ; distinctions 

 between larvae of, and those of Cock- 

 chafer, 31 ; depth at which found, 

 32; methods of destroying by shak- 

 ing down, 32 ; birds which are of 

 use in clearing grubs, 34 



S. 



Sand and soft-soap to remove eggs 

 from bark, 20 



Saunders, Dr. W., observation of Cur- 

 rant Clearwing Moth by, 68 



" Saunders' wash," 190 



Sawfly, Apple, 35 — 38 



■ Cherry and Pear, 54 — 58 



Gooseberry and Currant, 101, 



—108 



Allied, 108, 109 



Plum, 182—185 



Social Pear (see Pear Lyda), 



137 



Scale, Mussel, 38—40 



White Woolly Currant, 75—80 



Gooseberry and Currant, 109 — 



114 



Schizoneura lanigera, 1 



Scolytus hoBmorrhous, 197 



rugulosus, 197 



Selandria atra, 54 



Sesia tipulifoi'mis, 67 



Signoret, Dr., description of Pulvi- 

 naria ribesiii^ by, 76 



Shot-borer (or Apple-bark Beetle, or 

 Pear Bhght), 185—192; a wood 

 borer, 186; method of injury, 187; 

 males found in winter by writer, 

 188; "ambrosia" fungus in work- 

 ings of, 189 ; prevention and re- 

 medies for, 190—192 



(Flat-celled), 192— 



196 ; description of larva of, 193 ; 

 of cells of, 194 ; fungoid growth of 

 "ambrosia" in cells, 196; Mites 

 (Oribata lapidaria) on infested trees, 

 196 



Slingerland, Prof. M. V., observations 

 on kerosiue emulsion for destroying 

 Phytoptus pyri, 130, 131 



" Slugworms," 54 



Soap-suds, 4, 8, 57 ; with soda, &c., 

 105 



Social Pear Sawdy (see Pear, Lyda), 

 137 



Soft-soap mixtures, with lime, 5, 57 ; 

 with mineral oil, 167 ; with paraffin, 

 148 ; with sulpburet of lime, 98 ; 

 with tobacco-water, lime-water, and 

 sulphur, 41 ; with sulphur, 41 ; with 

 washing soda, 190 



Soot, 106 



Starlings useful in destroying Eose 

 Chafer grubs, 34 



Strawberry, 233—262 



leaf Beetle, 249, 250 ; de- 

 scription of, 249, — of injured Straw- 

 berry leaves, 250 



-leaf Button Moth, 258— 



260 ; description of larva, pupa, and 



imago by Dr. Ellis, 259 

 Strophosomus coryli. 118 

 Sulphur fumes to kill wood-boring 



caterpillars in their galleries, 21 

 Swift Moth, Small or Garden, 260— 



262 ; larva injurious in winter, 261 ; 



prevention of. 262 



