Vlll. CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Blights, or Insects injurious to Vegetables, 35. Gooseberry-Grub, 56. The 

 Fly described, 57. Laying the Eggs, 58. The young Grub, 59. Vo- 

 racity of the Grubs, 60. The Grub described, 61. Change of Skin, 62. 

 Burrows in the Earth, 63. Popular Remedies, 64. Aphis or Plant- 

 Louse, 65. Injury it causes, 66. Economy of, 67. Hop-Fly, 73. In- 

 fluence on Crop of Hops, 74. Influence on the Duty, 75. First Ap- 

 pearance of, 76. Insect-enemies of, 77. Remedies, 79. American 

 Blight, 80. Apple Weevil, 81. Descriptions of, 82. Economy of, 83. 

 Remedies, 84. Apple-Moth, 85. Apple-Grub, 86. Economy of, 87. 

 Little Ermine Moth, 88. Yellow-Tail, 90. Turnip-Fly, 91. Destruc- 

 tive Powers of, 92. Economy of, 93. Remedies, 94. Turnip-Nigger, 

 99. Description of Parent Fly, 100. Economy of, 101. Description of 

 the Grub, 102. Remedies, 104. Turnip-Weevil, 105. Turnip-Aphis, 

 106. Aphides in Apples, Poplar-leaves and on Roots, 106. Ants and 

 Aphides, 108. .* . 



CHAPTER VII. 



Hedgehog, 109. Hibernation of, 110. Error in defending it as a Herbivo- 

 rous Animal, 11 1. Shown to be a Poacher, 112. Destroys Vipers, 113, 

 and is generally Carnivorous, 115. Long-tailed Tit, 116. Dabchick, 

 117. Hare, 118. Weasel hunts Rats, 119, as well as Rabbits, 121. 

 Flowering of the Aspen, 122. Coccus of the Vine, 123. Flies and 

 Humble-Bees, 125. Burying-Beetle in Russia, 127, in England, 128. 



APPENDIX. 



A. An Outline of the Flora of the Neighbourhood of Godalming, in the 



County of Surrey ; with Brief Notices of the Geological Features of the 

 District. By J. D. SALMON, Esq., 131. 



B. Account of the Black Canker Caterpillar, which destroys the Turnips in 



Norfolk. By WILLIAM MARSHALL, Esq. Published in the ' Philoso- 

 phical Transactions ' of the Royal Society for 1783, 146. 



C. An Outline of the Ornithology of Godalming, in the County of Surrey ; 



with brief Records of some of the Rarer Birds. By EDWAED NEWMAN, 

 150. 



