INDEX 



Acarid mites on sheep, 29, 31, 32 

 Adaptation to environment, 188 

 Agriculture, primitive, 174 

 Alkaline wash, 84 

 American Blight, 76 



Civil War, how caused, 1 74 

 Gooseberry Mildew, 144 

 Analysis of soil, 158 

 Anatomy of a haricot bean, 167 

 Annelides, or worm class, 163 

 Antler Moth on grass, 38, 39 

 Ants, 16, 67, 125, 161 

 Aphides, 43, 62, 66, 67, 76, 77, 



112, 120, 189-192 

 Apple Blossom Weevil, 82 

 Canker, 145 

 Leaf Spot, 146 

 Pests, 76-86 

 Root Louse, 76 

 Sawfly, 84 

 Sucker, 82 

 and Pear Aphis, 192 

 Scab, 145 

 Apterous or wingless insects, 14, 



28, 43, 76, 96, 120 

 Armadillo, 12 

 Arsenical sprays, 79 

 Articulata, or joint-bodied ani- 

 mals, 12, 163 

 Artificial manures, 175 

 Asparagus pests, 63 

 Asters, and surface caterpillars, 

 51, 62 



Bacteria in soil, 104 



Barberry Rust, or Cluster-cups, 



first stage of wheat mildew, 



133, 143 



Bam Owl, useful work of, 45, 116 

 Bats, iiseful work of, 116 

 Bean Rust, 138 



Thrips or Thunder Fly, 64, 66 



and Pea Weevil, 36 



or Black Aphis, 68, 191 

 Beans and Peas, 64 

 Beating for caterpillars, 79, 116 



for cockchafers, 100 



for weevils, 82, 92 

 Bee diseases and parasites, 34, 



35 

 Bees, 14, 17, 34- 

 Beet and mangold pests, 63 



Fly, 64 



Red, immune from Heart Rot, 

 138 

 Beetles, and their larvae, 17 



useful kinds, 62, 103, 104 



Asparagus, 63 



Bean and Pea, 36, 64 



Click or Skip-jack, 98, 114 



Clock or Flying Watchman, 104 



Cockchafer, 38,82,99, 110, 114 



Dimg, 104 



Etimolpus, 111, 114 



Fruit Bark, 75 



Garden and Smxuner Chafers, 

 99, 100 



Ground, 104 



Ladybird, 67 



Mustard, 45 



Oil, 34, 57 



Rose Chafer, 93 



Rove, 104 



Scarabid, 111, 114 



Sexton, 104 



Soldier and Sailor, 103 



195 



