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INDEX. 



356 ; work and reports of, regard- 

 ing caterpillar destritction, 357 — 

 359 ; proportions of Paris-green 

 found serviceable for spraying 

 with, by members and others, 

 357, 358 



Evesham Moth, 338 (see "Winter 

 Moth) 



Experimental Committee (Eves- 

 ham), 356 



F. 



False Ergot, 104 



Felled wood, attracts insect-attack, 



211 ; importance of removal of 



when infested, 220, 246 

 Fever Fly (Hop), 129, 130; remark- 

 able appearances of, 129 

 Figiu-e-of-8 Moth, 290—292 ; to 



catch by means of lamps, 291 

 Finger-and-Toe, 38 

 Flax-seeds (Hessian Fly chrysalis 



cases), to destroy in screening 



from infested straw, 85 

 Flea Beetle, Brassy (Hop) , 180— l.S2 

 Frit Fly, 72 — 75 ; attack as recorded 



worst in 1888 ; early sowing a 



preventive, 74 

 Frog Fly, Hop, 126 

 ■ Potato, 171 



G. 



Gall Mite, Currant, 302—306 ; sul- 

 pluir and lime mixtm'e to destroy ; 

 also sulphuret of lime, and soft- 

 soap mixtm'e, 305 ; similar attack 

 found (in one German garden) 

 on Red Currants, 305 



Galls, Spruce Fir, 267 



Gas-lime, as a remedial or preven- 

 tive application, 37, 43, 112, 114, 

 117, 316 ; directions for use of, 

 37, 38, 117, 118; Mr. Fisher 

 Hobbs' mixture of, 190 ; poisons 

 land where heaps remain for a 

 length of time, 27 



Gas-water, mixture of with sulphur 

 and soft-soap, 141 



Gasteropacha neustria, 292 



Glossary, 397, 398 



Goat Moth, 232 — 235 ; caterpillars 

 destroyed by passing wire up 

 timnels, 234 ; by injecting washes 

 or fumes, 235 



Gooseberry, 310—317 



• and Currant Moth, 310 



Gooseberry and Currant Sawfly, 



313 

 Gout Fly (Ribbon-footed Corn Fly), 



75 — 79 ; why name of Gout given 



to attack, 76 ; early sowing a 



preventive to attack, 77, 78 

 Grapholitha pisana, 163 

 Grease-banding, 343 — 347; recipes 



for different kinds of grease, 344 ; 



methods of application, 345, 346 

 Grease-proof paper, 345 

 Great Yellow Underwing Moth, 31 



—33 

 Guano, and guano and salt, 70 ; 



with superphosphate, and with 



soot, 115 



Haltica (Chsetocnema) concinna, 

 130 



(Phyllotreta) uemorum, 



180 



181 



(Phyllotreta) undulata, 



Hand-picking as a remedy, 20, 204, 

 231 



Harrowing,to destroy Surface Cater- 

 pillars, 204 



Heart and Dart Moth, 199 (see 

 Surface Caterpillars) 



Hemiptera (Order), see note to 

 Homoptera, 391 



Hepialus lupulinus, 9 



humuli, 132 



Herpin, M., on means of prevention 

 of Clover Weevils, 57 



Hessian Fly, 79 — 89 ; first obser- 

 vation of in Britain, 79, 80; 

 localities or amount of presence 

 of in 1886, 1887, 1888, and 1889, 

 80, 81 ; method of distinguishing 

 badly attacked straw, 82 ; flax- 

 seed like shape of puparia or 

 chrj'salis cases, 83 ; appearance 

 of young infested "Wheat plant, 

 84 ; means of prevention by des- 

 troying " siftings" or light grain 

 containing flax-seeds with other 

 rubbish, 85 ; burning infested 

 stubbles, 86 : kinds of wild Grasses 

 siibject to attack of, 87 ; parasites 

 of Hessian Fly, 88 



Heteroptera (Order), 392 



Hobbs', Fisher, mixture for stopping 

 Turnip Fly attack, 14, 190 



Hoeing, 117, 118, 205 



Homoptera (Order), 391 



