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INDEX. 



Bean, 3—11 



Aphis ("CoUiers"), 3—5; 



cutting off toi3S of Beans to des- 

 troy, 4 



-seed Beetle, 5 — 9 ; remedies 



for : dipping in boiling water, 8 ; 

 dressings for infested seed, 7 ; 

 exposure to fumes of bisulphide 

 of carbon, 8 ; soaking in water, 7 



Bee Tiger Moth, 173 



Beet, 11—16 



-Carrion Beetle, 11 — 10 ; not 



known to affect other crops than 



Beet or Mangolds, 14 

 Birch, Gall Mite, 212—215 

 Witch-knots, 212—215 ; for- 

 mation of, 213, 214 

 Birds stated to be i;seful in clearing 



insects from Apple trees, 286 

 BHster or Blight of Larch, 224— 



226 

 Blue -head Caterpillar, 290 (see 



Figm-e-of-8 Moth) 

 Bombj'x (Gasteropacha) neustria, 



292 

 Bos, Dr. J. Eitzema, on Tylenchus 



devastatrix, 52, 100 

 Bostrichus dispar, 330 

 Bruchus granarius, 5 



rufimanus, 5 



Buckton, G. B., first observation of 



male of Chermes abietis by, 269 

 Buff-tip Moth, 226—229 ; to shake 



down caterpillars of, 228 

 Burford's soft-soap and sulphur 



compound, 283 

 Bm'ning straw or haulm to destroy 



infestation, 154, 164 ; to stop 



insects in transit, 155 



0. 



Cabbage, 16—38 



Aphis or Green Fly, 16^ 



18; effect of state of plant on, 

 17, 18 ; to destroy, 17; soft-soap 

 and quassia wash, 17 ; soot, 18 

 Butterfly, Green - veined 



White, 23—25 



Butterfly, Large White, 



18 — 22 ; chrysalids of not killed 

 by severe cold, 22 ; Ichneiimon 

 Fly parasites of, 22 



Butterfly, Small Whito, 



22, 23 



Butterflies, distinctions 



between above kinds of, 24, 25 

 Flies, 25—28 



Cabbage, Club in, 38 



Moth, 28—31 ; lime and 



gas-lime as remedies for, 30 ; 



chrysalids not killed by frost, 30 



Snowy Fly, 33, 34 



and Tiu-nip-Gall Weevil, 



35 — 38 ; gas-lime as preventive 

 for, 37, 38 



and Turnip-root maggots. 



26 — 28 ; attack of increased by 

 use of rank farm manure, 26 ; 

 lessened by use of lime, lime- 

 water, gas-lime, and also nitrate 

 of soda, 27 ; by proper rotation 

 of crop, 28 



Carpocapsa pomonella, 286 



Carrot, 38—48 



Fly (" Bust "), 38—45 ; ap- 

 plications to prevent or check 

 attack, 42 — 44; cultivation, mea- 

 sures of, to prevent, 39 — 43 



Moth, Blossom, 47; shak- 



ing down as a remedy for, 47 



Moth, Flat-body, 45 ; shak- 



ing down as a remedy for, 46 

 Moth, Purple-seed, 48 



Cart grease, application of, 343 ; 



various recipes for, 344 

 Caterpillars, effect of sudden wet 



on, 21; effect of cold and wet 



alternately on, 205 

 Cecidomyia destructor, 79 



tritici, 89 



Celery and Parsnip Fly, 48 — 51 ; 



dressings to check, 50 

 Cephus pygmseus, 94 

 Cerostoma xylostella, 192 

 Cerura vinula, 265 

 Cetonia aurata, 365 

 Ceutorhynchus assimilis, 156 



sulcicoUis, 35 



Chafer, Green Rose, 365—367 

 Chi3etocnema concinna, 130 

 Charaeas graminis, 58 

 Cheimatobia brumata, 338 — 360 

 Chermes abietis, 267 



laricis, 220 



Chlorops taeniopus, 75 



Chrysalis, 378 



Click Beetles, 109 (see Wireworms) 



Clisiocampa neustria, 292 



Clover, 51—57 



Stem Eelworm, 51 — 55 ; 



can be transported in earth, 55 

 Stem-sickness caused by, 



52, 53 ; chemical applications to 

 prevent or check, 54 ; prevention 

 and remedy, 54, 55 



