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INDEX. 



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Shot-hole, growth of, illustrated ...... 43-44 



fungus of the Passion Vine ........ *79 



mechanical irritation as a cause of . . . . 47 



Peach .............. 43 



Peach Aphis, relation to ....... 48, 49 



produced without the intervention of fungi . 49 



Thripsidse, relation to ...... . 43, 47 



sectioned with the microtome . . . . . 49 



stationary in growth late in the season . . . 42 



Stigmonose, a form of ...... . 42 



stone-fruit trees ........ . 79 



successive condition of, at successive dates . *44-47 



tested for fungus parasites ...... . 49 



theory of ........... 42 



variation in size with growth of the leaves . 44-47 



without fungi .......... . 46 



Skin of fruit as related to Ripe-rot ..... 6,16,22 



ripening fruit, punctures in, cause of . 24 



Smut of Brome grass ...... . . . *119 



of Maize compared with that of Prairie Grass . . 119 



on Prairie Grass .......... *119 



Soil as related to Take-all ........ 112 



chemical treatment of, for root-rot . . . . 87 



for Take-all .......... 113 



Solanaceous plants and Macrosporium . . . . *83 



Solvent effect of fungi on tissues ...... 7 



Sonchus oleraceus, rust of (see final plates). 



Sorghum attacked by Take-all ........ 113 



Species making ............ 20, 21 



among Gloeosporia .......... 15 



among Ripe-rots . . . . ...... 18 



Species of Gloeosporia, too many ...... 18 



Species of Ripe-rot from an economic point of view . . 19, 20 

 Spores, growth of, as related to the skin of the host, 



No. 9 .. .......... 9 



of Banana Gloeosporium as grown on Date-plum, 



No.9 ............ *9 



of fungus, associated with Banana Scab. . . . *32, 33 



of Gloeosporium germinating in masses. . . . 12 



of plant diseases, illustration of the abundance 61, 115 



of Ripe-rot, colour of ........ 7 



granulation of .......... 7 



of the Ripe-rot of the Passion Fruit . . . . *14 



of Ripe-rot, omnipresence of . . . . . . 22 



variation in form on same fruit, Figs. 11 and 12 9 



and the wind ............ 91 



" Spouting " pustules .......... 16 



Spray, distribution of a fine ........ 25 



effect of, on a fungus disease ...... 25 



Spraying, for Ripe-rot .......... 23 



Hawthorne hedges .......... 102 



in an improper manner as related to Ripe-rot . . 24 



in off seasons ............ 65 



in hot sunlight .......... 25 



object of ............ 25 



of the Quince ............ 67 



proper time of day for ........ 24, 64 



rapidly .............. 25 



veather, as related to ........ 66 



with whitewash .......... 23 



Spray, how to cause foliage to retain ...... 25 



should be fine ............ 25 



too much an objection ........ 25 



Spread of Ripe-rot through the agency of mites . . 27 



Squash and Ripe-rot ...... . . . . 2, 3 



diseases of ............ 58 



Stage of ripeness and variation of the Gloeosporium 5 

 Starch as an adulterant of Sulphur as used for 



O'idium of the Vine ........ 104 



Star-shaped Leaf Spot of the Rose ...... 97 



Stigmonose .............. 38 



abortions and distortions connected with 



as Shot-hole 



causes of 



deformities on Pear and Quince 



on Apples, illustrated 



obscurity of cause 



observers wanted 



on Carnations 



possibility of a micro-parasite connected with. 



widespread 



Stings of insects and Ripe-rot 

 Stomata and fungi 



and insects ..... , ,. ., , 



*40 



42 



40 



*41, 42 

 38, 39 



40 



40 



40 



40 



38 



25 



70 



70 



Stone-fruit Shot-hole, a function of the leaves 



trees, Leaf-curl of 

 Stone Pippin apple 

 Storage as related to Ripe-rot 

 Stores and shops, use of Formalin in 

 Strawberry leaf -blight . . . 

 Sturmer Pippin apple 

 Sulphate of Iron, and Cabbage Peronospora. . 



and Peach-curl 



as a disinfectant of the soil 



for Root-rots 

 Sulphur, adulteration of 

 Sulphur and Lime for Peach Curl . . 

 Summer Pearmain apple . . . . 



Sun as related to Ripe-rot . . . . 



Sun-scald as related to Ripe-rot . . 

 Sunflower disease ........ 



Sunlight, strong, as related to spraying 

 Surplus fruit and Ripe-rot . . . . 



Susceptibility of various varieties o Curl-leaf 



to Ripe-rot 

 Systematic study of fungi . . . . . . 



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43 



*60 

 54, 55 



23 



23 

 *26, 58 



54 



91 



64 



96 



87 

 104 

 65, 66 



54 



24 



24 

 *118 

 24, 25 



23 



66 



25 



21 



Sorghum 113 



ake-all of cereals 112 



Tardy growth of the Gloeosporium due to unripeness 



of the host 5 



Tar for the underground parts of fence-posts . . 88 



Teleutospores of Puccinia coronata *115 



of Puccinia malvacearum *95 



of the rust of the White Clover *114 



of the Sunflower rust *118 



"Tendrils" of spores of Gloeosporium 16 



Terminology adopted in the case of the Ripe-rots . . 5 



Testing Shot-holes for fungus parasites . . . 49 



Thrips and Stigmonose . . . 40 



Thrips colonised in Apricot buds . . . . . 48 



flight of . 50 



in odd situations . . 50 



of Rose in Apricot leaves . . . . . . . 48 



Thripsidae and Shot-hole 43, 47 



larval form associated with Shot-hole, descrip- 

 tion of . . 50 



Timber-rots 85 



Toadstools and root disease of Larkspur . . . . 98 



and rot of timber and roots 85 



attacking fence-posts 85 



Tomato, and Ripe-rot 2, 3, *12, 14 



and Ripe-rot of Passion Fruit 14 



inoculated with Gloeosporium of Apple that had 



passed through Plum No. 23 12 



Macrosporium *67 



Rosette 120 



and drought 120 



Tomatoes, rotting, a menace to fruit 23 



Toughness of internal tissues as related to form of 



spores, &c. 7 



of the skin of fruit as related to Ripe-rot . . 6 

 Treatment of Peach Curl from season to season . 65 

 Trees going to decay through the attacks of toad- 

 stools 85 



Trenching for root disease of Larkspur . . . . 99 



for root-rots 88 



Trifolium, rust of *113 



Triphragmium ulmariae (see final plates). 



Tufted Leaf-blight of the Vine 86 



Turnips and Peronospora 91 



TTnited States, Banana Scab in 27 



U redineae, illustrations of (see final plates). 

 Uredospore of the Sunflower rust *118 



of Puccinia coronata *115 



of the rust of White Clover *114 



Uredo suaveolens (see final plates). 

 Uromyces appendiculatus (see final plates). 



caryophyllorum *100 



fabae (see final plates). 



trifolii *114 



Ustilagq brpmivora .. ,, *U9 



