INDEX 



FAOB 



Adaptation of varieties, 201 



Affinity of soils for moisture, 66 



Air, essential to roots, 150 



" importance of a circulation, 306 



Altitude, 26 



Allumiuum, 179 



Allumina, 179 



" phosphate of, 179 



" sulphate of, 179 



Alluvial agencies, 58 



Ammonia, 170 



Anthers, dehiscence of 407 



Apple, soil for, 81 



" varieties adapted to different 



soils, 83 



" age of tree proper to plant, 273 



" root-grafted trees, 274 



" diseases of: 



/. Those affecting the leaf — 



1. The fall of the leaf, 428 



2. The presence of fungi, • 430 



(1) Cladosporium dendriticum, 431 



(2) Ceratites, 432 



(3) Eaestelia, 432 



3. Insects: 



(1) Apple-tree louse, 433 



(2) Common caterpillar, 434 



(3) The oak-tree caterpillar, 436 



(4) The vaporer moth, 437 



(5) The Palmer worm, 439 

 (0) The hag moth, 440 



(7) The unicorn moth, 440 



(8) The canker worm, 441 



(9) The handmaid moth, 443 



(10) The dotted apple-leaf worm,444 

 11. Diseases affecting the fruit and 



flower — 



1. Sterility, 444 



2. Immaturity of the fruit, 450 



3. Insects: 



(1) The apple saw-fly, 452 



(2) " midge, 453 



(3) The codling moth, 453 



(4) The rose bug, 454 



III. Diseases which affect the-stem— 

 1. Insects: 



(1) The goat moth, 455 



(2) The common borer, 456 



(3) The root-blight beetle, 458 



(4) The snapping beetle, 460 



(5) The bark louse, 460 



(6) The locust of the "seven- 

 teenth year," 462 



IV. Diseases which affect the tree gen- 



erally — 



1. Profusion of sap, 462 



2. Stagnation of the sap from hun- 



ger, 464 



3. Stagnation of the sap from 



transplantation, 464 



4. Canker, 465 



5. Decay, 468 



6. Freezing, 469 



7. Wind-shakes, 472 



8. Dropsy, 473 



9. Sunstrokes, 473 



10. Wounds, 474 



11. Lichens, 475 



12. Vitiation of the circulation, 475 

 Apricot, soil for, 84 



" training and pruning of, 318 



Aqueous vapor, 34 



Arrangement, intensive, 289 



" No. of trees per acre, 290 



Aspect, 26 



Bark, removal of. 

 Berberry, soil for, 



84 



