CONTENTS xv!i 



PAGES 



Rice, 281 — Rose, 281 — Spinach, 281 — Strawberry, 282 — Sweet- 

 potato, 282 — Tobacco, 282 — Tomato, 283 — Violet, 283 — 

 Wheat, 283. 

 Seed and Soil Treatments 284 



CHAPTER XVII 



Insecticidal Materials and Practices 286-300 



General Practices . 286 



Cleanliness, 286 — Hand-picking, 286 — Promoting growth, 286 

 Burning, 286 — Banding, 286 — Fumigation, 287 — Fungous dis- 

 eases as insecticides, 290. 



Insecticidal Substances 290 



Arsenic, 290 — Arsenicals, 291 — Bait, 293 — Bran-arsenic mash, 

 293 — Bisulfid of carbon, 293 — Carbolic acid materials, 293 — 

 Criddle mixture, 293 — Distillate emulsion, 294 — Hot water, 294 

 — Kerosene emulsion, 294 — Lime-sulfur, 294 — Miscible oils, 

 297 — Pyrethrum, 297 — Resin and fish-oil compounds, 298 — 

 Soaps, 298-299 — Soda and aloes, 299 — Sulfur, 299 — Tangle- 

 foot, 299 — Tar, 299 — Tobacco, 299 — White hellebore, 300. 



CHAPTER XVIII 



Injurious Insects, with Treatment ...... 301-336 



General or Unclassified Pests 301 



Angleworm, 301 — Aphides, 301 — Bag-worm, 301 — Blister- 

 beetle, 302 — Brown-tail moth, 302 — Cutworm, 302 — Flea- 

 beetle, 303 — Four-striped plant-bug, 303 — Gipsy-moth, 303 — 

 May-beetle, 303 — Mealy-bug, 303 — Nematode root-gall, 303 — 

 Red-spider or mite, 304 — San Jos^ scale, 304 — Scale-insects, 

 304 — Snails, 305 — White ants, 305 — Wire-worm, 305 

 Insects classified under the Plants they chiefly Affect . . . . 305 

 Apple, 305 — Apricot, 310 — Asparagus, 310 — Aster, 311 — Bean, 

 311 — Birch, 311 — Blackberry, 311— Cabbage, 311 —Carrot, 

 312— Cauliflow^er, 313 — Celery, 313 — Cherry, 313 — Chestnut, 

 313 — Chrysanthemum, 313 — Clover, 313 — Corn, 314 — Cotton, 

 316 — Cranberry, 317 — Cucumber, 318 — Currant, 318 — Dahlia, 



319 — Egg-plant, 319 — Elm, 319 — Endive, 320 — Gooseberry, 



320 — Grape, 320 — Hollyhock, 322 — House-plants, 322 — 

 Lawns, 322 — Lettuce, 322 — Melon, 322 — Mushroom, 323 — 

 Onion, 323 — Orange and lemon, 323 — Parsley, 324 — Parsnip, 

 324 — Pea, 324 — Peach, 325 — Pear, 326 — Pecan, 327 — Per- 



