xii Contents. 



Melons Scale Insects Apple-tree Borer Slugs Cater- 

 pillars Bed-bugs Brown Turtle Insect White Scaly Coc- 

 cus Pine-bug Peach Mildew Woolly Aphis Aphis 

 Thrips Wood-lice Insects on Fruit Trees Currant Worm 



Rose-bug Mildew on Chrysanthemum, Grape, Gooseberry 



Curculio Kose Mildew. 



Pages 1-18 



CHAPTER II. 



SPRAYING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 

 IN FRANCE. 



Discursive Trials of Fungicides (page 19). Acetate of Potassium 



Sulphur Downy Mildew of the Grape in France Powdery 

 Mildew of Grape Powders Iron Sulphate Plaster 

 Fungivore Pear Diseases Sulphuric Acid Copper Sul- 

 phate Spores affected by Copper Sulphate Treatment of 

 Grape Anthracnose Copper Sulphate upon Posts, Tying 

 Materials, and Stocks Phenic Acid Emulsion. 



Origin of the Bordeaux Mixture (page 24). An Accidental Dis- 

 covery Early Experiments in its Use Downy Mildew first 

 systematically treated with Bordeaux Mixture Other Mate- 

 rials tested First Published Formula for the Bordeaux Mix- 

 ture Tomatoes sprayed with Bordeaux Mixture for Rot 

 Recommendations for Treating Potatoes Treatment of Beaune 



Treatment of Millardet Spraying with Simple Solution of 

 Copper Sulphate Spraying with Milk of Lime Treatments 

 with Powders. 



Origin of the Ammoniated Copper Fungicides and Various Com- 

 binations (page 30). The Use of Eau Celeste A Dilute 

 Bordeaux Mixture Bouillies Bourguignonnes. 



Powders (page 32). Podechard's David's Sulphosteatite 

 Sulfatine. 



Perfection of Fungicides (page 34). Stock Solutions for the 

 Bordeaux Mixture Treatment of A. Bouchard Modified Eau 

 Celeste Bouillie Berrichonne Treatments for Anthracnose of 

 Grapes Tests of Fungicides Grape Black Rot in France 

 Bordeaux Mixture containing some Dissolved Copper Bor- 



