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INDEX TO REPORTS I-X 



Remedies for insect depredations— (_ConVd). 

 kerosene emulsion for leaf -hoppers, v, 302; 

 vi, 166; viii, 287; ix, 430. 

 for pear leaf mite, x, 459. 

 for pear midge, viii, 151. 

 for pear Psylla, viii, 220; ix, 329. 

 for ";red-epider," v, 288, 322. 

 for rose-bug, viii, 201; ix, 420. 

 for scale insects, ii, 22, 230, 232; iv, 118. 

 195; V, 279, 313. 319; vi, 144; viii, il5, 

 280; ix, 373,411. 

 for striped cucumber beetle, ix, 362. 

 for striped flea beetle, v, 301 . 

 for two-spotted tree-hopper, x, 493. 

 for white-grubs, ix, 353-354, 443; x, 500. 

 formulae, ii, 36-37, 38; iv, 191; v, 279; vi, 

 144-145; viii, 190, 209. 

 killing the larvae, viii, 205. 

 )ady-bird colonization, i, 61 . 

 late fall-plowing, viii, 239. 

 light in pan containing kerosene and water, 



X, 393. 

 lighted candle for fleas, i, 6i. 

 lime, ii, 10; v, 157, 158, 160, 163, 227, 229; 

 vi, 148, 179; vii, 333, 352, 372; ix, 336, 416, 

 418, 420, 434, 435, 441. 

 lime, air-slaked, i, 59, 148; vi, 167; viii, 



W52, 253; x, 410, 484, 487. 

 lime-wash, v, 163; viii, 201. 

 lime-water, i, 59; v, 307; vii. .366. 

 linseed oil, i, 162; iv, 119, 195. 

 local extermination for grain moth, x, 384. 

 Londm'purple, i, 31, 166; ii, 44, 65, 86, .23, 

 136,223,225,227; iv, 14, 'Ql, 19J, 201; v, 

 162, 200, 219. 240, ;W1, 304, 312, 313, 322; vii, 

 239; viii, 140, 150. 201, 274. 280, 286; ix, 

 297, 372,".414-415, 416, 417, 420, 435. 

 lures for concentrating attack, iv, 199. 

 lye solutions, ii. 35; v, 163, 29&, 320. 

 manures, ix, 363. 

 McDougt.ll sheep-dip, vi, 114. 

 mercurial ointment, iv, 199; vi, 115. 

 molasses and London purple for ants, i 62. 

 molasses and red lead for roaches, i, 62. 

 molasses and vinegar, iv, 76. 

 muriate of potash, ix, 418. 

 mustard water, i, CO. 

 naphtha,'.ii, 35. 

 night collections, viii, 190. 

 night soil, x, 484. 

 nitrate of potash, v, 157. 

 nitrate of soda, vii. 366; ix. 372. 418. 441. 

 oil-of-tar, ii, 35. 

 oil of turpentine, vi. 150. 

 parafflne oil, i, 46, 179. 

 parasitized insects, distribution of, i, 61. 

 Paris green, i, 25-34, 166; ii, 3, 9, 15, 67, 85' 

 123, 131, 136, 146, 223, 225, 227, 228, 229; ii' 

 95; iv, 103, 191, 199. 201; v. 155, 162, 262, 

 301, 305, 317, 319, 320,321; vi, 132; viii, 140. 

 218, 241, 214, 248, 274, 280; ix, 297, 336, 341^ 

 343^ 345, 372, 374, 415-416, 417, 423, 428, 432-^ 

 4Ji, 434, 413; X, 413, 488. 



Remedies for insect depredations — (ConVd) . 

 Paris green and flour, vii, 351. 

 perchloride of mercury, ii, 187. 

 peroxide of silicates, ix, 363. 

 Persian infect powder, ix, 352. 

 petroleum, ii, 35. 

 phosphates, ix. 418. 

 picking leaves infested with Piytoptus, x, 



459. 

 picking infested fruit, viii, 143, 150. 

 pig-rooting, vi. 176. 183. 

 pigs to eat infested fruit, vii. 290. 

 planting fruit trees over water, vii, 290. 

 plants for decoys, ii, 64. 

 plaster, i 148; vii, 333. 

 plowing, i, 149; ii, 63, 161, 163, 2.;5, 233; iv, 



34; V. 156, 206, 312; vi, 176, 183; vii, 339, x, 488. 

 poisoned baits, v. 208; viii, 21. 

 poison in blossoms visited, viii, 213. 

 poisrinous coatings, ix, 363. 

 potash, V, 163, 299 

 potash and kainit, x, 448. 

 potarth salts, ix, 418. 

 potas»ium, sulpho-carbonate of, ii, 22. 

 poultry feeding, ii, 33, 34; iv, 203. 

 probing burrows for grubs, 1, 5'i; v, 320; x, 



488. 

 propagation of contagious diseases, vii, 341. 

 pruning and burning infested canes, x, 406. 

 pupae destroyed, viii, 248. 

 pyrethrum, ii, i6, 35, 93, 201, 227; iv, 61, 101, 



134. 16^, .91; v, 209, .'01, 321; vi, 136, 148, 



161, 70, 184; vii, 236. 290; viii. 212. 213, 



274, 282; ix, 3'2, 314, 363, 371. 418, 420, 441, 



442; X, 404, 496. 

 pyrethrum water, iv, 201; v, 305; vi, 167; 



vii, 315, 344. 360; x, 393, 401. 

 pyroligneous acid, ii, 35. 

 .quassia infusion, i, 59. 322; ix. 420. 

 quassia water and soap, iv, 198, 199; v, 288, 



30'. 

 raupenleim, insect lime, ix, 425. 

 rearing parasites, x, 371. 

 red-pepper, ii, 17. 

 removal of outer bark of trees, ix, 428-429; 



X. 484. 

 rhigolene, ii. 35. 



road dust. i. 60. 148; viii, 212; ix, 336. 

 rolling the ground, i, 148; ii, 161, 233; v, 206, 



264. 312 

 salt, ii, 224; v, 238, 315; viii, 200, 282; x, 448. 

 saltpetre, ii. 2S, 65; v. 157, 315; ix. 363. 

 scraping the bark, i. 163; ii,230; iv, 119, 195; 



v, 309. 

 shakitg from foliage, v, 172, 183, 262, 314, 



317, 320, 321. 

 s-heep dips, i, 62; v, 226. 

 sheep in orchards, i. 60; ii, 123. 

 eheep-wash for ticks, i. 62. 

 shelter for nocturnal feeders, i. 63. 

 skunk, protection of, f^r hop-grub, i, 61; 



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