198 



INSECT PESTS 



Fumigation, with cj'anide, 121 



with sulphur, 125 



with tobacco, 122 

 Fungi, 112, 122, 128, 129, 130, 132 

 Fungoid diseases, 19, 127-149 



Gad Flies, 23 

 Gape-wonrxs in poultry, 32 

 Garden pests, 55-71 



Swift Moth, on potatoes, 69, 70 

 Gas Lime, 125 

 Ghost Moth, 70 

 Gipsy Moth in America, 18 

 Gnats, 14 



Gooseberries, varieties recom- 

 mended, 145 

 Gooseberry Mildew, 144, 145 



Sawfly, 91 



or Magpie Moth, 92 

 Gothic Moth, 112, 114, 115 

 Gout Fly on corn, 40 

 Grain Moth, 43 



Weevil, 43 

 Grape Aphis, 120 



Louse (Phylloxera), 11 2, '"120 



Scale Insect, 112, 129 



Tortrix Moth, 112, 118 

 Grapes, Hot-house, 111 



pests of, 112 

 Grasshoppers, 14 

 Grass land, 36, 38 

 Grease Banding of fruit trees, 79 

 Green-bottle Flies, 27 

 Greenhouse, cavises of failures, 

 108-110 



construction of, 110 



pests, 107-125 



use of- gauze window coverings, 

 114 

 Ground Beetles, 104 

 Growth of a plant, 168, 170. 



Habits of Plants determine char- 

 acteristics, 172 



Haricot Bean, anatomy of, 166 



Harmless butterflies, 17, 38, 54 

 moths, 38, 81 



Hawks, useful work performed by, 

 45 



Heart Rot of mangolds and 

 swedes, 138 



Help of children, 19 

 Hemiptera, or Half- wings, 14, 112 

 Hen Louse, 13, 32, 33 

 Hessian Fly, 41 

 Honey-bee, 17, 34 

 Hop Aphis, 190, 191 

 Honey-comb or Wax Moth, 34, 11 T 

 Hornets as fruit peste, 112, 122 

 Horse Bot Fly, 23 

 House Ants, 125 



Flies, 16 

 Hover Flies, 65, 76 

 Human Flea, 12, 13 



past history of, 185 

 Hiunan parasites, 183 

 Hvunus, importance of, 160 

 Hjnnenoptera, or Membrane- 

 wings, 14, 17, 112, 122 



Ichneumon Flies, 14, 40, 50 

 Immunity of swedes growing near 



turnips, 46 

 Indian Corn and oai'ly agricultux'e, 



174 

 Ingenuity of insects in getting into 



a greenhouse, 109 

 Inorganic manures, 175 

 Insects, Nine Groat Orders of, 12- 



17 

 their four stages, 14 

 Irish Potato Famine and Free 



Trade, 135 

 Isle of Wight Bee Disease, 34, 35 



Jackdaws, beneficial action of, 62 

 Juliia pulchellua or Millipede, 97 



Keds, on sheep, 28, 29 

 Knob Eelworm, 124 



Lacewing Flies, 14, 68 

 Ladybird Beetle, beneficial action 



of, 67, 68 

 Lackey Moth, 80, 81 

 Leaf-blotch of cucumbers and 



melons, 124 

 Leaf- twisters and miners, 117, 118 

 Leaf Spot diseases, 140, 141, 146 

 Leather-jackets, 100 

 Lepidoptera, or Scaly- wings, I7^ 



114 



