Vlll CONTENTS. 



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Time of appearance ...... 144 



Sulphur a remedy .... ><';^ "'; 145 



Botrytis described .... '<!'-vr ^45 



How fungoids vegetate ..... 146 



Kinds not injurious ...... 148 



Shrivel and shank : 

 General remarks . . . . . .148 



Various causes how produced .... 149 



How to prevent ..*.... 150 



Dry rot in the roots : 

 Indications ....... 151 



Other kinds of rot, and how to prevent . . .151 



Rot in the fruit: 

 The cause, and how to remedy . 153 



Spot: 



The probable cause ..... 154 



Remarks on watering overhead .... 154 



CHAPTER XIV. 



INSECTS AND HOW TO DESTROY THEM. 



Remarks and different kinds 156 



Red spider, scaly and mealy bugs .... 157 



Green and black fly, thrips, fretters, rose bug . . 158 



Beetles, moths ...... 159 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE VINEYARD AND OUT-DOOR CULTURE. 



General remarks . . . ' ''. :1 \ . .161 



Bad effects of damp air and un drained land .' " C -162 



Carbonate of lime, its good effects . . '[ . ? ' "*V 163 



Choice of situation . '. .' . " ',' . 164 



Preparing the land ' ' . . . . .165 



Action of cold air > * " ^^' . . . igg 



Formation of ten-aces JX* ' ; r * .' 167 



Trellises and supports . .* . . 168 



Planting and choosing plants . . .. .169 



After-treatment . >1; v . . . . , . 170 



Training over arbors, &c. ." '*>**'- ^ '+ '^ ^ 



