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DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA: 



Powell, Mr. Geo., on Apple-root 

 Borer, and its egg-laying at Castle- 

 maine, 93, 97. 



Pulvinaria, 40. 



Purple Scale, 85. 



Pye, Mr. Hugh, on Ladybird attack- 

 ing scale at Dookie, 39. 



Q. 



Quassia treatment for Cabbage-Moth, 

 162; chips, 186. 



Quibell's Mixture treatment : for 

 White-Ant, 142, 143 ; and for Straw- 

 berry Beetle, 178. 



Quinces attacked by Plum (?) Curculio, 

 22; and by Case-Moth, 79, 80. 



R. 



Ragouet, France, on habits of Potato- 

 Moth, 147. 



Raspberries attacked by plant-bugs 

 (Cuspicona), 106; and by Strawberry 

 Beetle, 175, 179. 



Rearing Insects, 82. 



Red-Scale of Orange, 53 et seq. 



Resin Compound treatment : for 

 Peach-Aphis, 15, 16; for Scale, 42; and 

 for Orange- Aphis, 74 ; oil of turpentine 

 and resin treatment for Phylloxera, 

 122. 



Resistant Vines: Phylloxera-resist- 

 ing vines in France, 125; substituting 

 resistant stocks will prevent Phylloxera, 

 126; grafting of resistant stocks re- 

 commended, 126. 



Rhinaria perdix (Strawberry Beetle), 

 175. 



Rhizobius sp. attacking scale, 39. 



Riley, Dr. C. V., Washington, on 

 Icerya and parasites, 43; on Phylloxera, 

 118, 119, 120; on kerosene emulsion 

 treatment for Phylloxera, 128. 



Riparia Vine, 125, 126. 



Roots: Peach- Aphis on roots, 11; 

 treatment of roots require care, 74; 

 Apple-root Borer, 93 et seq.; root prun- 

 ing, 98. 



Royal George Peach, 17. 

 Rupestris Vine, 128. 



S. 



Sabate, France, on treatment for Phyl- 

 loxera, 128 et seq. 



Salway Peach, 17. 



Scarlet " Scale " (a fungus), 59. 



Searle, Mr. G., on habits of Potato- 

 Moth, 150. 



Select (Vermorel) Injector, 193. 



Silkworms' eggs unaffected by cold, 

 120. 



Silver-gull, good insectivorous bird 

 for gardens, 170. 



Silver-striped Vine-Moth, 109 et 

 seq. 



Siphonophora citrifolii, 71. 



Siphonophora (?) sp. (Orange- 

 Aphis), 71. 



Smith, Prof. J. B., on kainit and soda- 

 nitrate treatment for Peach-Aphis, 

 14. f 



Smith, "Worthington, on a parasitic 

 fungi of coccus, 59. 



Smoking out destructive insects, 29. 



Soaps : Nicotine Whale-oil Soap, 5 ; 

 Magic Soap, 16; Garrick's Mineral 

 Soap, 185; Whale-oil Soap, 186. 



Solomon and Cousanon, on treat- 

 ment for Phylloxera, 123. 



Solonis Vine, 127, 128. 



Soot and lime treatment for Cabbage- 

 Moth, 162. 



Soot fungus, 49, 169. 



Sparrows as a pest, 43, 182. 



Spirits of Turpentine treatment for 

 Bot-fly, 186. 



Spraying : Indiscreet spraying danger- 

 ous, 73; best time to spray, 18, 90; 

 spraying with heated emulsion, 41 ; 

 spraying with arsenic compounds not 

 dangerous, 64 et seq. 



Spry, Mr., on eggs of Case-Moth, 

 78. 



Stockholm Tar treatment for Bot-fly, 

 186. 



Stomaphis quercus (Oak- Aphis), 4. 



