INDEX. 



Abies balsamea, 69. 



Abraxas grossulariata, L. (magpie moth), 



121, 363, 374, 377, 383. 

 Absinth, essence of, 315. 

 Absolute alcohol, 129, 313. 



— diseases, 1. 



— parasites, 3. 



Absorption of copper salts by plants, 203-8. 



Acacia, kermes of, 306. 



Acari (plant lice), 5, 15, 31, 53, 102, 117, 



132, 152, 276, 3.6, 343, 368, 375,376, 



383. 



— (green lice), 375. 



Acarus telarius (red spider). See Tetrany- 

 chus telarius. 



— of gooseberry (BriobiaRibis), 31,383. 

 Acetate of copper, 241, 281-2. 

 (basic), 279-81. 



— — iron, 173. 



lead (sugar of lead), 197, 217. 



Aceto-arsenite of copper (emerald green, 



Paris green), l'J-11, 95, 241, 260, 270-6. 

 Acetylene, 157, 308-10. 



— lamps as insect traps, 8. 



Acids : preparation, properties, and use of, 

 as insecticides, fungicides, and weed- 

 killers — 

 Acid, acetic, 323-4. 



— arsenic, 97. 



— arsenious, 18, 94-7, 109. 



— boric, 97. 



— carbolic, 14, 162, 170, 305, 337, 338, 343, 



354-8. 



— hydrochloric, 88-9. 



— hydrocvauic (prussie), 9, 11, 12, 14, 93, 



130-3. 



— hypochlorous, 153. 



— nitric, 90-1. 



— oleic, 307. 



— oxalic, 188. 



— phenoisulphonic, 167. 



— pliosphoric, 92. 



— picric, 358. 



— prussie. See Acid, Hydrocyanic. 



— sulphocarbolic, 167. 



— sulphuric, 17, 31, 82-8, 133, 327, 332. 



— sulphurous, 78-S2, 201. 



— sulphvdric, 11, 41-2. 

 Acridides, 95-6, 109, 116, 340, 383. 

 Acridium migratorium, 95-6, 109, 116, 340. 



— peregrinum, 95-6, 109, 116, 340. 

 Acrostalagmus albus, 370. 

 Actinonema rosae (rose rust), 150. 

 Aderhold's bouillie, 169. 



Adhesion of bouillie bordelaise, 2j8, 245. 



Adiantus, 132. 



Adjuvant causes of disease, 1, 15. 



Adoxus Vitis, 67, 383. 



Aecidium of barberry, 48. 



— clematidis (clematis disease), 52. 



— Euglerianum, 52. 



— grossulariffi, 246. 

 .(Ecidospores, 166. 

 Aerial parasites, 64. 



— treatment of plants, 12, 64. 

 Aerobic bacteria of potato scab, 114. 



Age of plant, and effect of bunt and smut, 



32. 

 Agrilus Siuuatus, 164, 383. 

 Agriotes (elaterides, click beetles), 58, 67-9, 



95, 106, 108, 120, 211, 298, 301, 307, 330, 



335, 383. 



— lineatus, 67-8, 95, 106, 120, 146, 153, 225, 



275, 345, 383. 



— obscurus, 68, 95, 383. 



— sputator, 68, 95, 383. 

 Agrotis (Noctua), 384. 



■ — corticea, 76. 



— exclamationis (hart and dart moth), 70, 



9G, 3S4. 



— nigricans, 70. 



— segetum (common dart moth), 24, 70, 96, 



120, 275-6, 303, 336, 353, 382, 384. 



— tritica, 70, 384. 



— valligera (Trachea piniperda. Pine noctua), 



25, 397. 



— vestigial is, 70. 



Albumen, binder in copper bouillies, 284. 



— coagulation of, 129, 202, 204, 207. 



— precipitation of, 14. 

 Albuminous bouillie, 285. 

 Alcohol, absolute, 129, 313. 



— amylic, 164, 297, 314, 328-'>, 332-3. 



— ethvlic, 313, 328, 3-^9, 332, 343, 347, 371-2. 



376-7, 378-9, 381. 



— methylic, 313, 331. 



— ■ phenylic, 354. See Carbolic Acid. 

 Alcoholic solutions, 10. 



— — of soap, 9. 

 Alcohols, 312 et seq., 351. 



Aldehyde, formic (formalin), 35, 210, 316 



et seq. 

 Alder, galeruca of, 129. 

 Aleyrodes citri, 351. 

 Algae, 206-7, 208. 



— green, 289. 



Alkalies, caustic, 10, 98, 99, 112. 



— carbonated, 101, 110, 121. 

 Allium, 194. 



Allorhina Nitida, 301. 



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