390 



The Spraying of Plants. 



Fairchild, D. G., quoted, 234. 



Fall web-worm, apple, 256. 



Fantail nozzle, 199. 



Farmyard drainage, 12. 



Fernald, C. H., quoted, 77, 248. 



Ferrocyanide of potassium and Bordeaux 

 mixture, 128, 129 ; chemical action of, 

 146 ; recommended, 46 ; test for iron, 

 151 ; use of, 129. 



Ferrous chloride, 151 ; sulphate, tested, 

 57. 



Fessenden, T., quoted, 10, 11. 



Fichet's insecticide, 50. 



Field Force Pump Co., mentioned, 191. 



Finger-and-toe, of cabbage, 266. 



Fir balsam and kerosene emulsion, 156. 



Fire blight, pear, 334. 



Fire, for strawberry leaf blight, 865. 



Fire-worm, cranberry, 280. 



Fish-oil, 8 ; and soap, 171 ; soap, 146 ; 

 use of, 166-169. 



Flax rubbish, 8. 



Flea-beetle, 345 ; elm, 292 ; grapevine, 

 306 ; on potato, 351. 



Fletcher, J., mentioned, 114. 



Florida spray pump, 191. 



Flour, 146. 



Flowers of sulphur, uses of, 175. 



Foex, M. G., mentioned, 96. 



Foliage, copper absorbed by, 234. 



Foliage-eating insects, 309. 



Formulas and materials, 115-180. 



Forsyth, W., quoted, 6, 7. 



Forsyth's composition, 6. 



Fostite ; see Sulphosteatite. 



Four-lined leaf bug, 287, 373 ; plant bug, 

 287, 290. 



French applications of fungicides to 

 grapes, 49 ; fungicides, introduction 

 of, 93, 95, 99 ; green, 121 ; knapsack 

 pumps in America, 186. 



Frenching, 329. 



Fruit, keeping qualities of sprayed, 238 ; 

 not poisoned by arsenites, 231 ; rot, of 

 peach, 328; spot, pear, 333; spot, 

 quince, 353 ; worm, cranberry, 280 ; 

 gooseberry, 293. 



Fuma, 134. 



Fungi, classes of, 229 ; definition of, 228, 

 229 ; methods of destroying, 230 ; treat- 

 ment of, 230. 



Fungicides, action on soil, 235-237 ; and 

 insecticides, action of, 225-238; com- 



parative test of, 48 ; early trials of, 19 ; 

 first used in America, 87 ; French, in- 

 troduction of, 93 ; test by Bencker, 44 ; 

 of adhesive powers, 47 ; in America, 93, 

 107, 108, 114 ; use in America, 92-114. 



Fungivore, 21. 



Fusicladium dendriticum, 243-247; 

 Pyrinum, early treatment of, 47 ; ex 

 periments on, 22. 



Gaillot's knapsack pump, 186. 



Galeruca xanthm/ielcena, 292. 



Gall fungus, cranberry, 279. 



Galloway, B. T., quoted, 107, 108 ; knap- 

 sack pump, 188, 189. 



Garden engine, 11, 184, 185 ; early form 

 of, 190. 



Garman. H., quoted, 241. 



Gas engines, 196 ; treatment, see Hydro- 

 cyanic acid gas. 



Gases for grape mildew, 96. 



Gayon, U., quoted, 48. 



Gem nozzle, 199. 



Germany, spraying in, 54. 



Gillette, C. P., and plum curculio, 71 ; 

 quoted, 105, 106. 



Gipsy moth, on elm, 291. 



Girard, A., quoted, 47. 



GlcKosporiurn fructigenum, 240, 305; 

 melongenea, 290 ; necator, 355 ; ner- 

 visequum, 369 ; Ribis, 285. 



Glover's scale, 322. 



Glucose, 174. 



Glue and arsenites, 147 ; and Bordeaux 

 mixture, 48 ; value of, 147. 



Glycerine and carbolic acid, 134 ; Grison 

 liquid, 97 ; phenic acid, 24. 



Goeze, J. A. E., quoted, 5. 



Goff, E. 8., mentioned, 65, 196; quoted, 

 88. 



Golden bugs on sweet potato, 369. 



Gooseberry enemies and diseases, 292- 

 294; fruit-worm, 293; mildew, treat- 

 ment, 102, 292 ; sawtiy, 13, 286. 



Gophers, treatment of, 135. 



Gordon, G., quoted, 57. 



Gouger, plum, 344. 



Gourd, bitter, 5. 



Graduating spray nozzles, 198, 199. 



Grain, rusts, 319 ; treatment of, 106, 

 135. 



Grape, anthracnose, 294 ; treatment, 23, 

 37, 45, 295; bird's-eye rot, 294-296; 



