410 



INDEX. 



Wet. sudden effect of on caterpillars, 

 21 ; effect of wet and cold, 255 



Wheat, Ear-cockles, or Eelworm 

 Galls, 104, 105; method of for- 

 mation of, 104, 105 ; prevention 

 of by steeps, 105 



bulb Fly, 106—109 ; area 



of bad attack in 1888, 107 ; 

 specially observed as attacking 

 Wheat after fallow, 108 



Midge, 89 — 94 ; observa- 

 tions of by Mr. Knssell Swanwick, 

 90, 91 ; '(•? C. tritici) in Foxtail 

 Grass, 91, 92 ; prevention by de- 

 stroying chaff' or screenings in- 

 fested by " Bed Maggot," 92, 93 ; 

 by pbnighing infestation under, 

 92 



White-eared AVlieat (? caiised bv 

 Thrips), 99 



Willow, 270—276 



Beetle,270— 276; estimate 



of loss through attack of, 272 ; 

 prevention of, by removing winter 

 shelters of, 272 ; and trapping, 

 273 ; shaking off into paraffin oil, 

 273 ; by spraying with Paris- 

 green, 274 ; cautions and direc- 

 tions as to metliod of use of Paris- 

 green, 275, 276 



Wireworms, 109 — 118 ; grubs of 

 the Chck Beetle, 109; age they 

 live to, 110; distinctions between 

 different kinds of Click Beetles, 

 111 ; preventive treatment in 

 breaking up ley, and- di-essing 

 with gas-lime, hot-lime, salt, &c., 

 112, 113; with gas-lime, 114; 

 l^aring and burning, 114 ; maniu'es 

 to press on growth, 115, 116 ; 

 Eape-cake, 116; rolling, treading 

 by sheep, &c., 110, 117; hoeing, 

 117; rotation of crop, 118; turf- 

 heaps to disinfest, 118 



AVireworm (Hop), 142 — 144 



Winter Moth, 338—360; description 

 of eggs of, 339, 340 ; methods of 



prevention of attack of by sticky 

 banding, 343 — 347 ; recipes for 

 cart or axle grease, 344 ; method 

 of application, 345, 346 ; grease- 

 proof paper, 345 ; soft-soap or 

 common soap, and mineral oil 

 washes or emulsions, 347 — 349 ; 

 transportation of female by 

 winged male moths, 349 ; skim- 

 ming off surface-soil to destroy 

 chrysalids, likewise late priming 

 to clear egg-deposit, 349, 350 ; 

 jarring to tlirowdown caterpillars, 

 351; Paris-green,352— 360; pro- 

 portions of, and methods of spray- 

 ing with, advised, 352 — 354 ; 

 nature of and cautions to be ob- 

 served in use of, 354 — 356 ; cost 

 of, 356 ; Evesham Experimental 

 Committee, work and reports of, 

 350 — 359 ; proportions of Paris- 

 green found serviceable by mem- 

 bers of and others, 357 ; spraying 

 apparatus used at Toddington, 

 360 



Wood Leopard Moth, 320—322 ; to 

 destroy caterpillars of, by crushing 

 them with wires, 321 ; by syring- 

 ing or fumigating them in their 

 bin-rows, 322 



Woolly Aphis (Apple), see American 

 Blight, 279 



X, 



Xyleborus dispar, 330 

 pyri, 330 



Yponomeuta, see Hyponomeuta, 

 195 



Zeuzera sesculi, 320 



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