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The Spraying of Plants. 



Sphcerella Fragarice, 364. 



Sphceria, 275, 840 ; morbosa, 275, 340. 



Sphceropsis malorum, 241, 353. 



Sphcerotheca Castagnei, 365 ; Jfors- 

 uvce, 292 ; pannosa, 359. 



Spider, orange, 321 ; red, treatment of, 

 310. 



Spinach, anthracnose, 863 ; mildew, 

 363. 



Spores, use of, 229. 



Spot, black, of rose, 358 ; carnation, 273 ; 

 leaf, of rose, 358. 



Spotted cucumber-beetle, 283. 



Spray, character of, 218, 222-224; ma- 

 chinery, care of, 224. 



Sprayed fruit, keeping qualities of, 238. 



Sprayer, dust, Sirocco, 205 ; power, first 

 form advertised, 193. 



Sprayers, potato, 221 ; power, 220, 221. 



Spraying, definition, 3 ; in America. 59- 

 114 ; in 1886, 92-99 ; in 1887, 99-102 ; 

 in 1888, 102, 103 ; in 1889, 103-106 ; in 

 1890, 106-108 ; in 1891, 108-110 ; since 

 1892, 110-112; in Australia, 57; Canada, 

 112; England, 54; Europe, 53 ; France 

 in 1885, 29 ; in 1886, 80 ; in 1887, 34 ; 

 in 1888, 88 ; in 1889, 41 ; Germany, 54 ; 

 Italy, 53 ; Nova Scotia, 113 ; laws, 58, 

 376-^381 ; machine, gas engine, 196 ; 

 steam power, 196 ; machinery, 207-224 ; 

 early forms, 185 ; method of, 226 ; old 

 orchards, 218; profits of, 238; tank, 

 218, 219 ; value of, 237, 238. 



Squash, insects affecting, 814, 364 ; pow- 

 dery mildew, 314, 364. 



Standard Bordeaux mixture, 108, 130. 



Starr, R. W., quoted, 113. 



Steam spraying machine, 195, 196. 



Steely -bug, grape, 306. 



Stinking smut, wheat, 315-319, 373. 



Stock in sprayed orchards, 233, 234 ; so- 

 lutions suggested, 34. 



Strawberry, leaf blight, 364 ; roller, 366 ; 

 mildew, 365 ; rust, 364 ; sawfly, 366 ; 

 slug, 366; sunburn, 364; tarnished 

 plant-bug, 366. 



Striped cucumber-beetle, 284. 



Strychnine, 75. 



Sugar, and copper compounds, 178. 



Sulphate, of ammonia, 44 ; of copper, 142 ; 

 see also Copper sulphate ; and wheat 

 smut, 318 ; of iron, see Iron sulphate. 



Sulphated sulphur, 44, 174 ; verdet, 44. 



Sulfatine, 33 ; analysis of, 118 ; in Aus- 

 tralia, 57 ; powder, preparation of, 

 174. 



Sulphide of lime, 16; preparation of, 

 158 ; potassium, 51, 180 ; and kerosene 

 emulsion, 180 ; smuts, 318 ; in England, 

 55 ; soda wash, preparation of, 178. 



Sulphocyanide of copper, 44. 



Sulphosaccharate of copper, 42, 173. 



Sulphosteatite, 44 ; early use of, 33 ; in- 

 troduction of, 174 ; tested, 38, 41 ; value 

 of, 49. 



Sulphur, 10, 11, 12, 13, 175 ; and copper 

 hydrate, 44 ; cuprophosphate, 44 ; lime 

 mixture, 147 ; powder, 176 ; lye, 159 ; 

 snuff, 176; Sulphosteatite, 49; whale- 

 oil soap, 176 ; in America, 88 ; salt, and 

 lime wash, 157 ; sulphated, 44, 174 ; use 

 of, in greenhouse, 807. 



Sulphuret of potassium, 163. 



Sulphuric acid, 45 ; and copper sulphate, 

 143; iron sulphate, 169, 179; as a 

 fungicide, 22. 



Sunburn, strawberry, 364. 



Sun-scald, celery, 274. 



Sweet potato, black rot, 368; golden- 

 bugs, 369 ; leaf-mold, 368 ; spot, 368 ; 

 sawfly, 368; tortoise-beetles, 369; 

 white mold, 368. 



Swingle, W. T., mentioned, 106. 



Switzer, S., quoted, 15. 



Sycamore leaf blight, 369. 



Synchytrium Vaccinii, 279. 



Syringe, 7. 



Syringes, early forms of, 183 ; uses of, 

 183, 208. 



Syringing, definition, 3. 



Tank for spraying, 218, 220. 



Tanks, agitators for, 211-213. 



Tanner's bark, 8. 



Tansy, 5. 



Taphrina, 47, 342. 



Tar, 136 ; water, 8, 11. 



Tarnished plant-bug, strawberry, 866. 



Tasmania, spraying in, 57, 58. 



Tavelure, 47. 



Tent caterpillars and arsenate of lead. 



77 ; on apple, 258 ; for gas treatments, 



150. 

 Telranychus Mmaculaius, 309 ; 6-ma 



culatus, 321 ; telarius, 310. 

 Thacher, J., quoted, 7, 8, 9. 



