CONTENTS. xv. 



INSECT PESTS AND FUNGOID DISEASES WHICH ATTACK 

 VEGETABLES. 



PAGES. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS -. 400-402 



SPRAYING MACHINES AND THEIR USE, WITH MATERIALS AND 



FORMULA 402-406 



Spraying Machines Applying the Wash Materials 

 INSECTICIDES: Arsenate of Lead Carbon Bi-Sulphide Helle- 

 bore Powder Lime Nicotine Paraffin Emulsion. FUNGI- 

 CIDES: Bordeaux Mixture Cupram Sulphate of Copper 

 Sulphide of Potassium Sulphur. 



INSECT PESTS *.. ... 406-423 



INSECTS HARMFUL IN GENERAL: Aphides Chafer Beetles 

 Daddy Long Legs Diamond Back Moth Flea Beetles 

 Millipedes and Centipedes Red Spiders Slugs and Snails 

 Snowy Fly Surface Caterpillars Wireworms Woodlice. 



INSECTS WHICH AFFECT PARTICULAR PLANTS: Asparagus 

 Beetle Asparagus Fly Bean Aphis Beet and Mangold Fly 

 Cabbage Aphis Cabbage Butterflies and Cabbage Moth Cab- 

 bage Root Fly and Maggot Cabbage and Turnip Root Gall 

 Weevil Carrot Fly Celery and Parsnip Fly Mushroom Pest 

 Onion Fly Pea and Bean Thrips Pea and Bean Weevils. 



FUNGOID DISEASES . 424-436 



Asparagus Rust Bean Pod Canker Beet Rust Cabbage 

 Black Rot Celery Leaf Diseases Club Root or Anbury (Finger 

 and Toe) Cucumber and Melon Mildew Cucumber and Melon 

 Rot Lettuce Mildew Mint Rust Mushroom Disease Onion 

 Mildew Pea Mildew Potato Black Leg or Stem Rot Potato 

 Black Scab or Wart Disease Potato Disease (Blight or Rot) 

 Potato Leaf Curl Potato Scab Potato Winter Rot Sclerotium 

 Disease Strawberry Leaf Spot Strawberry Mildew " Potato 

 Disease" on Tomatoes Black Spot of Tomatoes Violet Root 

 Rot. 



MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION .,. ... 437-443 



Quantity of Seed Required to Sow an Acre Averages of 

 Yield, Cost of Production, and Gross Returns per Acre Average 

 Time Required for Seeds to Germinate Average Longevity of 

 Garden Seeds Sizes of Flower Pots Number of Plants for an 

 Acre Receptacles, Weights, Measures, and Terms used in 

 Marketing Produce Avoirdupois Weight Corn, Dry, or Heaped 

 .Measure Long Measure Surface Measure Fertilizing Values 

 of Poultry Dung and Farmyard Manure Equivalent Dressings 

 from One Square Yard to One Acre Weather Indications. 



INDEX 444-451 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, DIAGRAMS, AND PLANS 451-452 



