INDEX. 



407 



Phytoptus (? sp.), on Birch, 212 



ribis, 302 



Pieris brassicae, 18 



napi, 23 



rapas, 22 



Pigs, useful to clear grubs in land, 

 205, useful to cleai' Cockchafer 

 gi-nbs, 231 



Pine, 242—265 



Beetle, 242—246 ; method of 



oftunnellingof,nnderbark,243, — 

 in shoots, 244; removal of Pine 

 rubbish to check increase of, 245. 

 246 ; traps for, 246 



Sawfiy, 250 — 255 



Sirex, Giant, 256—258 



Sirex, Steel Blue, or Common, 



258—260 



bud Tortrix Moth, 246—248 



shoot Tortrix Moth, 248, 249 



Weevil, 260—265 ; methods 



of prevention of attack of, by de- 

 stroying infested timber, and by 

 traps of logs, bark, and brnsh, 

 262 ; by treatment of land before 

 planting, 263 ; by throwing quick- 

 lime, 264 ; by painting with 

 paraffin and red-lead, 264; by 

 care in j)utting-in A'oung trees, 

 265 



Plasmodiophora brassicse, 38 

 Plectus granulosus (fig.) 53 

 Plum, 327—360 



Aphis (Green Fly), 327— 



330 ; soft-soap washes with 

 quassia, or with parafdn oil to 

 destroy, 329 



Beetle (Shot Borer), 330— 



334 



Moths, 335—360 (see March, 



Mottled Umber, and Winter 

 Moths) 



Ploughing in infested crop, 155 



Plusia gamma, 14 



Plutella cruciferarum, 192 



Potash, sulphate of, 54, 103 



Potatoes, 169—173 



Polydesmus complanatus, 147 



Poplar, 265—267 



Psila roste, 38 



Pteromalus brassicae, 22 



Pulvinaria ribesiae, 306 



Pupa, observations on, 375 — 378 



Puss Moth, 265 — 207 ; peculiarly 

 formed caterpillar of, figured and 

 described, 265, 266; position of 

 cocoon of, 267 



Pyralis rostralis, 134 



Q. 



Quassia and soft-soap washes, 124, 

 329 ; also with paraffin oil, 329 



E. 



Kape-cake, 116 ; Eape-dust to at- 

 tract Hop Wireworm, 144 



seed Butterfly, 23 



Raspberry, 361 — 365 



Red Spider, 135 — 142 ; prevalent 

 in dry seasons, 137 ; washes to 

 destroy, 138, 139 ; sulphur and 

 soft-soap applications, 139 ; to 

 render sulphiu soluble, 139 ; sul- 

 pluxret of lime, 139 



of Lime-trees, 140 — 142 



Eetiuia buoliana, 248 



turionana, 246 



Ribbon-footed Corn Fly, 75 (see 

 also Gout Fly) 



Rolling, to destroy grubs, 09 ; as 

 remedy for Wireworm attack, 110, 

 117 



Rubbish, removal of, for prevention 

 of insect presence, 20, 115, 245 



Rubbish-heap, infestedplantsshonld 

 not be thrown to, 37, 50 



Rust, 38—45 



S. 



Salt, 70; non-effect of on Daddy 

 Longlegs grubs, 70, 112, 113, 146, 

 150 



Saunders' Prof. W., wash of soft- 

 soap and soda, 834 



Sawfiy, Gooseberry and Currant, 

 313 — 317 ; removal of soil contain- 

 ing cocoons, beneath bushes, 315 ; 

 dressings of gas-lime and quick- 

 lime to prevent, 316 ; hand-pick- 

 ing, 317 ; soap-suds with salt, 

 and soot, and also dusting with 

 soot, 317 



Pear nnd Cherry, 324 — 



327; caterpillars of called "Slug- 

 worms," 324; moulting off of 

 dressings by, to obviate, 326 ; 

 skimmiug surface soil to get rid 

 of cocoons, and description of 

 cocoons, 320, 327 



Pine, 250 — 255 ; clearing 



awaj' cocoons to prevent increase 

 of, 252 ; crushing caterpillars with 

 the hand, 253 ; effect of weather 

 on, 255 ; birds which feed on, 255 



