138 



Soft-soap and paraffin to destroy Small 

 Ermine Moth, 13 



Soldier and Sailor Beetles, 30 — 33 ; bene- 

 ficial habits of, 30, 31 



Spider Fly, or Forest Fly, 50—56; of 

 the Grouse, 56—59, — infesting Grouse 

 in Northumberland, 56, 57, — observa- 

 tions on habits of, 56, 57, — description 

 of, 57, 58, — birds subject to attacks of, 

 58, 59, — prevention and remedy for, 

 59 



Starling, usefulness in clearing infesta- 

 tion of Diamond-back Moth, 129 



Stem Eelworm, 17 — 29 (see Stem-sick- 

 ness) 



Stem-sickness, 17 — 29 ; injuries, range 

 of date of, 17 ; Sclerotinia trifoliorum 

 accompanying Tijlenchus, 18 ; fungus 

 Sclerotinia trifoliorum often causes 

 severe Clover disease in Holland, ob- 

 servations on, by Dr. J. Eitzema 

 Bos, 19; description of wormlets, 

 20 ; characteristic features of diseased 

 plants, 20 ; localities of infestation, 

 18 — 26 ; difficulty of separating from 

 other attacks, 20 — 26 ; particulars of 

 infestation, 22 — 28 ; sulphate dressings 

 having injurious effect on wormlets, 

 23 ; presence of, easily caused by other 

 crops liable to infestation, or from 

 manure, 24 ; prevention and remedies 

 for, 26 — 29 ; observations on nature 

 and treatment of infestation in follow- 

 ing Annual Reports — 10th-14th, 18th. 

 20th,- and 21st ; method of infestation 

 and prevention of spread, 28 ; special 

 applications for Clover and Oats, 29 ; 

 sulphate of ammonia and potash and 

 sulphate of iron also serviceable, 29 ; 

 rotation of crop liable to Eelworm 

 injury to be avoided, 29 ; figure of 

 male and female T. devastatrix, see 

 Thirteenth Report, 26 



Strawberry, 120—126; Cockchafer, at- 

 tacking two acres of Strawberry, 120, 

 — hand-picking as a remedy, 121, — 

 life-history of, 121, — treatment for 

 prevention of attack, 122, — splendid 



result of turf-traps, 122, — encourage- 

 ment of wild birds, 123 



Strawberry Ground Beetles, reference to 

 history of attacks of, 123, 124 ; descrip- 

 tion of, 124 ; prevention and remedies, 

 124 — 126 ; pudding-basins and tins 

 as traps for, 124 ; habits of, 126 



Striped Death-watch Beetle, 105 (see 

 also Seeds, Stores, and Wood) 



Striped Pine-boring Beetle, 92—98 



Sulphate of ammonia, 29 ; of iron, 29 ; 

 of potash, 22, 29 



Sulphurated water for dogs and cats, 49 



Telephorus clypeatus, 30 — 33 ; fuscus, 

 31; lividus, 31; rufus, description 

 and habits of, 31, 32 



Timberman Beetle, 99, 100 ; authentic 

 British example recorded, 99 ; localities 

 for, 99 ; description of, 99, 100 



Tmetocera ocellana, 5 



Tree-boring (Deciduous) Beetle, 92—98 



Trypodendron domesticum (=Xyloterus 

 domesticus), 92 — 98 ; lineatum (= Xy- 

 loterus lineatus), 92—98; ( = Xylo- 

 terus) quercus, 93 



Tulip-root, 17 (see Stem-sickness) 



Turnip, 127—133 



Turnip and Cabbage Gnat Midge, 130 — 

 133 ; difference between, and Turnip- 

 seed Weevil, 130 ; serious result of 

 infestation, prevention and remedies, 

 132, 133 



Turnip-seed Weevil, 130—133 



Tylenchus devastatrix, 17 — 29 



Water Dropwort or Water Hemlock, 

 ? causing death of cattle, 75 



Weevil, Clay-coloured, 14; Clover and 

 Pea Leaf (,Sitones), 17, 20, 24, 25 



Wireworm {Agriotes), 33 



Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, re- 

 ference to experiments with Phijtoptus 

 ribis carried on during 1898, 34, 35 



Xyloterus domesticus (see Trypodendron 

 domesticum); lineatus (see Trypo- 

 dendron lineatum) 



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