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THE RURAL SCIENCE SERIES 



HE SPRAYING OF PLANTS: A 



Succinct Account of the History, Principles 

 and Practice of the Application of Liquids 

 and Powders to Plants for the Purpose of 

 Destroying Insects and Fungi. By E. G. 



LODEMAN, late Instructor in Horticulture in the 

 Cornell University. 



399 PACES 92 ILLUSTRATIONS $1 .00 



In these days this subject is conceded to be of 

 especial importance to the horticulturist; for it is 

 only by intelligent spraying that many large fruit 

 interests are saved from utter extinction. Professor 

 Lodernan treats the subject both historically and 

 practically, and the work forms the only complete 

 manual of spraying, being admittedly the standard 

 authority. Not only is spraying discussed in its 

 relations to the plant or tree and the crop, but the 

 diseases and insects which are to be combatted are 

 most fully presented. 



THE SPRAYING OF PLANTS includes in its first part a complete 

 history of the rise of spraying, both in this country and abroad. 

 There are also full illustrated accounts of pumps and nozzles, com- 

 plete recipes of formulas, and the like. The second part, compris- 

 ing 135 pages, entitled "Specific Directions for Spraying Cultivated 

 Plants," is an alphabetical illustrated account of the various insects 

 and fungi, with methods of treating them. 



"Mr. Lodeman has gathered the results of an immense amount of 

 experiments, both in Europe and America, and his book can be trusted not 

 only as a manual of practice, but as a true and well classified record of our 

 knowledge on this subject at the present time." Garden and Forest. 



"There is nothing else on the subject so new, complete, accurate and 

 available." Evening Post (N.Y.). 



