476 



Archips rosaceana, 391. 

 Argas, 361, 362. 



reflexus, 421. 

 Argentine ant, a household pest, 

 measures suggested against, 

 324-32. 

 life history of, 174-192. 

 Argentine cattle, 305. 

 Army-worm, 30, 204. 

 Arrenatherum avenaceum, 233. 

 Arrow-wood, 290. 



Arsenate of lead, 67, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 

 78, 133, 134, 135, 139, 155, 156, 

 157, 158, 159, 160, 208, 211, 329, 

 337, 363, 364, 399, 400, 401. 

 Arsenate of lime, 135. 

 Arsenic, 74, 133, 135, 143, 144, 147, 

 148, 155, 158, 240, 241, 242, 243, 

 245, 331. 

 Arsenic sulphide, 133. 

 Arsenical compounds, 242, 244, 245. 

 poisons, 160, 332. 

 poisoning, 73, 143, 146, 147, 148, 



239-245. 

 spraying, 142-148, 154, 158, 240, 

 242, 244. 

 Arsenious oxide, 158. 

 Arsenite of soda, 143, 147, 331. 

 Ash, 393, 442, 445. 



white, 354. 

 Asparagus beetle, a parasite on, 278- 



79. 

 Aspen, 388. 



Aspidietus destructor, 220. 

 forbesi, 206. 

 juglans-regiae, 298. 

 obscurus, 207. 

 ostreffiformis, 298. . 

 perniciosus, 206, 295. 

 tenebricosus, 204, 207. 

 zonatus, 431. 

 Asterolecanium quercicola, 431. 



variolosum, 431. 

 Asters, 354. 



blue-flowered, 286. 

 Aulacaspis pentagona, 295. 

 Australian lady-bird, 323. 

 Axle grease, 121. 



Back, E. A., 448-449. 



Bacteria, 175. 



Bagworm, 236, 237, 363. 



Bagworm, a moth larva predatory 



upon the eggs of, 236-237. 

 Balaninus, 204. 

 Baldratia dumosae, 286. 



nitida, 286. 



vesiculosa, 286. 



waldorfi, 286. 

 Ball, E. D., 87, 142-148. 

 Banks, N., 87. 

 Bark beetles, 38. 



Barley, 231, 317. 

 Barrel pumps, 141. 

 Basswood, 56, 393. 

 Bathythrix pimplse, 459. 

 Bay tree, 285. 

 Beach pea, 288. 

 Beans, 56, 79, 393. 

 Bed-bugs, 266, 321. 

 Beech, 306, 393. 



American, 385. 



European, 385. 

 Beef, fresh, 179. 



Bees, 115, 117, 118, 183, 329, 466. 

 Bee diseases, 115, 116, 117, 118. 

 Berger, E. W., 261, 

 Bethune, C. J. S., 469. 

 Betula fontinalis, 353. 



populifolia, 393. 

 Bill-bugs, 30. 

 Birch, 307. 



cut-leaf, 56. 



European, 56. 



mountain, 353. 



white, 353. 



yellow, 393. 

 Birds, 30, 53, 80, J.53, 252, 253, 254, 



255, 256, 257, 321, 322. 

 Blackberry, 56, 363, 393, 445. 

 Black bugs, 333. 

 Black Hills beetle, 49. 



spruce, 211. 

 Black locust, 236. 

 Black scale, 323, 440, 466. 

 Blue grass, 233. 

 Blue jays, 253. 

 Boll weevil, 121, 124, 325, 343, 345, 



374, 376. 

 Boll-worm, 204, 209. 

 Bordeaux, 57, 134, 205, 337. 

 Bordeaux spraying and nozzles, 67, 

 68, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 137, 

 139. 

 Bot flies, 266. 

 Box elder, 56, 212, 387, 434. 



aphis, 212. 

 Boxwood, 434. 

 Britton, W. E., 197. 

 Bromus ciliatus, 233. 



inermis, 233. 



mollis, 233. 



pratensis, 233. 

 Bronze wire, 65. 

 Brooks, F. E., 260. 

 Brown rot, 130, 134, 154, 156, 157, 



219. 

 Brown-tail moth, 80, 247, 250, 285, 

 305, 307, 319, 323, 343, 344, 345, 

 450. 

 Bruchus chinensis, 163, 164. 

 Bruner, Lawrence, 197. 

 Bubonic plague, 266, 315, 320. 

 Buck, J. E., 368. 



