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INDEX 



Massee, on silver leaf, 234. 

 Meteorological data, search for al- 

 ternation in, 138. 



records, 116. 



Methylated spirits, treatment of 



caterpillars with, 226. 



, gall mite with, 215. 



, mussel scale with, 202. 



, plants with, 215. 



Mildew, spraying for, 149. 



Mildews, 12, .13. 



Millbrook, analysis of soil at, 83. 



, manurial experiments at, 93. 



Mist, formation of, 126. 

 , questionably injurious to 



trees, 126. 

 Mites, 13. 

 Moss and lichen, removal of, 164, 



167. 



Moulds, 12, 13. 

 Mussel scale, 196. 



, experiments on, 200. 



, dates for winter treatment of, 



205. 



, hatching of eggs of, 207. 



, remedies tried for, 205. 

 , summer treatment for, 198, 



208. 

 Mustard, difference of toxic action 



of, and wheat, 319. 



Naphtha, treatment of gall mite 



with, 215. 

 Naphthalene, on gall mite, 215. 



, solubility in soap, 161. 



National Fruit and Cider Institute, 



grass experiments at, 307. 

 Newstead, on gall mite; 214. 



, on mussel scale, 196. 

 Nicotine, 15, 147, 223. 

 Nursery stock, lifting of, 46. 

 , planting at different depths, 



50. 



, root-injury of, 45. 



, treatment with paraffin, 220. 

 , worked above and below 



ground, 51. 



O'Gara, on protection from frost, 



128, 130. . 

 Oregon wash, 147. 

 Ormerod, on gall mite, 214. 



Paraffin oils, 148, 151. 



, addition of, to alkaline 



washes, 167. 

 , action of, dependent on 



volatility, 153. 



, action on fruits, 162. 



, damage by, 154. 



, dipping trees in, 154. 



, effect on soil, 156. 



Paraffin oils for woolly aphis, 220. 

 , nature of action of, 161. 



, on gall mite, 214. 



, use of undiluted, 152, 153. 

 Paranaph, 161. 

 Paris green, 149, 170. 

 Parkinson, on smudging, 128. 



, on frost-injury, 128. 

 Pears, growth of, on different 



stocks, 330. 



Percival, on silver leaf, 231. 

 Pethybridge, on Bordeaux com- 

 pounds, 177. 

 Phenol, 148, 149. 

 Phytophora infestans, 241. 

 Plant-growth in heated soil, 253. 

 Planting, 30. 



, arrangement of trees on, 54. 



, best age for, 47. 

 , best time for, 48. 



, deep, effect of, on stocks, 36. 



, deep, effect of, on trees, 36, 

 49. 



, high, 49. 



, in sand, 52. 

 , rough, 30. 



, soil condition for, 42. 

 Plants, action of one on another, 



293- 



, behaviour of inner and outer 



rows of, 315, 320. 

 , branch interference of, 314. 

 , characteristics of, i . 

 , different numbers of, in same 



space, 315. 

 , grown at different distances 



apart, 314. 

 , growth of, in limited soil, 



3M. 



, in masses, 313. 



of different ages growing to- 

 gether, 316. 



, physiological functions of, 10. 



, root-interference of, 314. 

 Plant-sprays, gaseous, 150. 



, liquid, 146. 



, solid, 145. 



Plum trees, a disease of, 339. 



, behaviour towards silver leaf, 



234- 



Pot experiments, 291, 313. 



Potash, 164. 



, removal of, from soil, 103. 



Potassium sulphide, 148. 



Potato disease, 241. 



haulms, appearance of, mis- 

 leading, 243. 



, cutting down, 248. 



seed, steeping, 247. 



spraying, effect of, on soil, 189. 



, general consideration of, 



246. 





