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INDEX. 



Sawfly, Turnip, 194—199 ; great 

 appearance of, 195 ; sheep-driving 

 to destroy caterpillars of, 198 



Scale, Mussel, 297—300; wide dis- 

 tribution of, 297 ; soap lathers 

 for use in clearmg, 299 ; sulphur, 

 tobacco, lime-water and soft-soap 

 washes, to kill, 299 



White Woolly Currant, 306— 



310; first record of British ob- 

 servations, 306 ; description of, 

 307 ; localities of observations 

 of, 308; lime-wash to destroy, 

 309 



Schizoneura lanigera, 279 



Schweinfiu-th- green, see Paris - 

 green, 354 



Scolytus destructor, 216 



Segging, see Tulip-root 



Selandria atra, 324 



Sewage carbolic, Calvert's, 7 



McDougall's, 7 



Shaking or jarring to throw down 

 caterpillars, 21, 46, 47, 135, 228, 

 253, 294 



Shallot Fly, 156 



Shearer's, Alex., recipe for soft-soap 

 and paraffin oil wash, 178, 179 



Sheep-driving to check attack of 

 Timiip Flea Beetle, 180, 190 ; of 

 Turnip Sawfiy, 198 ; treading by, 

 to destroy infestation in ground, 

 112 ; to compress the land, 117 



Shot Borer Beetle, 330—334 ; first 

 recorded as seriously injurious in 

 England, 331 ; difference in size 

 of male and female beetles, 331 ; 

 method of larval feeding, 333 ; 

 trees attacked by it, 333 ; methods 

 of prevention by soft-soap and 

 soda wash, " Saunders' wash," 

 also by trap-wood, 334 



Silpha opaca, 11 



Silvertop, 99 



Silver Y Moth, 14—16 ; special 

 appearances of, 15 



Siphonophora granaria, 61 



Sirex, Giant, 256—258 



Steel Blue, or Common, 



258—260 ; variable size of, 259 ; 

 estimate of damage from grubs 

 of, 259 



gigas, 256 



juAcncus, 258 



Sitones crinitus, 166 



lineatus, 164, 165 



Skim-conlter, ploughing with to 



bury infestation, 54, 86, 92 



Skimming surface-soil to destroy 



chrysahds, 350 

 Slugs, 174 — 177 ; successive acrid 



dressings to destroy, 175, 176 

 Slug-worm caterpillars, 324 

 Small Ermine Moth, 295—297 ; 

 web-nests of, to destroy, 296 ; to 

 wash down with water, 296 

 Snout Moth (Hop- vine), 134, 135 

 Soap-suds, 161 ; with salt, soda, and 



soot, 317 

 Soap and kerosene mixtinres, 348 

 Soft-soap washes, with mineral oil, 

 348, 349; with parafiin, 125, 178, 

 179 ; with quassia, 17, 124, 138, 

 329 ; with sulphur and gas-water, 

 141 ; with sulphur, lime-water, 

 and tobacco, 299 ; with tobacco 

 and sulphur, 299 ; with tobacco 

 or bitter aloes, 124; and parafdn 

 oil (Sheax-er's recipe), 178; and 

 soda (" Saunder's wash"), 334; 

 and sulphur (Burford's com- 

 pomid), 283 

 Soot, 18, 20, 50, 115, 194, 317 



dusting with to kill cater- 

 pillars, 317 



Spangle Gall, Common, 237, 238 

 Spinning Mites, 135 

 Spraying apparatus, " Eclair," 360 

 Spruce Fir, 267—270 



-Gall Aphis, 267—270 ; life- 

 history of, 268 ; first observation 

 of male of, by Mr. G. B. Buckton, 

 269 ; methods of prevention of, 

 270 



Strawberry, 365 — 367 



Strepsiptera (Order), 388 



Sulphate of iron, 54 



of lime, 118 



Sulphide of lime, 118 



Sulphur, with clay, to paint bark, 

 299 ; to combine with fluids, 139 ; 

 fmues of, to destroy caterpillars 

 in their tunnels, 235 ; and lime 

 iHixture, 305 ; with quick-lime 

 and lamp-black, 282 ; with soft- 

 soap and gas-water, 141 ; with 

 soft-soap and tobacco, 299 ; with 

 soft-soap, tobacco, and lime- 

 water, 299 ; and soft-soap (Bur- 

 ford's compound), 283 



Sulphiiret of lime, 139 ; with soft- 

 soap as a wash, 305 



Superphosphate, 115, 116, 146, 147 



Surface Caterpillars, 199 — 205 ; dry 

 applications which fail to kill, 

 203 ; salt possibly serviceable 



