INDEX 



ABSORPTION of heat, 126. 



Acids, flocculation produced by, 



323- 



Adhesion of spray fluids, 168. 

 Adsorption compounds, 324 

 Agriculture, Board of, on emulsions, 

 152. 



, , on fumigation, 206. 



, , on gall .mite, 216. 



, Irish Board of, on potato- 

 spraying, 183. 

 Air, artificial heating of, 129. 



, drainage, 127. 

 Alcohol, 215. 



Alkaline copper fungicides, 182. 

 washes, 164, 167. 



for mussel scale, 201. 



for psylla, 222. 



, method of action of, 



210. 

 Alkalinity, effect of on plant 



growth, 279. 

 Alkalis, action of on mussel scale, 



201. 



, flocculation produced by, 325. 

 Alternation of good and bad fruit- 

 ing years, 136. 

 Antinonnin, 214. 

 Antiseptics, action of, 252. 



, , on fruit, 162. 



, , on soils, 249, 253.] 



Aphelinus mytilaspidis, 196. 

 Aphides, 13, 14, 224. 

 , emulsions and nicotine used 



for, 224. 

 Apple, flower and fruit of, 8. 



sucker, 221. 

 Apples, analyses of, 104. 

 , bearing of, on different stocks, 



329- 



, date of flowering of, 141. 



, growth on different stocks, 



330. 



, manunal experiments on, 90. 



Arsenical compounds, 149. 

 Aspidiotus ostreceformis, 196. 



Bacteria in soils after heating, 249. 

 , in tilled and grassed soils, 278. 



Barker, on fungicidal action, 187. 

 Batchelor, on frosts, 127. 



. , on pruning, 78. 



Big bud, 212. 



Bizzell, on soil gasses, 276. 

 Black currants, behaviour of, in 

 trenched ground, 28. 



, manurial experiments on, 97. 



, varieties susceptible to mite, 



218. 

 Blossoms, method of injury of, by 



frost, 128. 

 Bordeaux injury, 190. 



mixture, 171. 



, action of, 175, 186. 



, action of air on, 175. 



, adhesiveness of, 179. 



, change of, on keeping, 



178, 180, 182. 



, delay in action of, 175, 



191. 



, dried forms of, 182. . 



, efficiency of, 178, 242. 



, manufacture of, 179, 181 



nature of, 173. 

 on potatoes, 244. 

 origin of, 172. 

 testing of, 174. 

 with insecticides, 183. 

 with treacle, 182. 



paste, 177. 



, action of air on, 175. 



, adhesiveness of, 179. 



, efficiency of, 178, 242. 

 , on potatoes, 244. 



, stability of, 177. 



Bordorite. See Bordeaux paste. 

 Bracey, meteorological data, 116. 

 Brenchley, toxic action of copper, 



189. 



Brooks, on silver leaf, 231. 

 Brownian motion, 323. 

 Budding and grafting compared, 



330. 

 Burgundy mixture, 179, 183. 



..adhesiveness of, 179. 



, by-products in, 185. 



-, change on keeping, 184. 

 -, on potatoes, 179, 242. 



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