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INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, AND WEED KILLERS. 



Barium carbonate, 139. 



— chloricie (preparation, properties, use), 



138-9. 



— sulphate, 139. 



— sulpliocarbonate, 139. 

 Barley, diseases of: — 



Browning ( Helniinthosporium gramineuni), 



115, 224. 



Disinfection of seed-barley, 33-4, 85, 221, 

 290. 



Grasshoppers, 99, 120, 304, 389. 



Rust, 40, 8.., 114, 142-3, 170, 2J0, 204-11, 

 2-^1, 269, 320-3, 402-4. 



Smut, 31-7, 85, 111, 2-.-'i, 290, 406. 



Thrips, 308, 333, 367, 405. 

 Batates edulis (sweet potato), 47. 

 Bean, diseases of : — 



Bruchus, 37, 68, 309, 388. 



Mildew, 114. 



Noctua gamma, 157, 357. 

 Beech (Fagus), action of HCl gas on, 89. 



— (Fagus), <liseases of :— 

 Agrilns sinuatus, 164, 383. 



Canker, 151, 184-5, 250, 324, 3-39, 366, 369. 

 Liparis monaca, 367, 368, 387. 

 Lucanus cerviis, 69, 396. 



— symbiosis with fungus, 4. 



Beet carrion beetle, 274, 324, 330, 345. 

 • — • diseases of : — 



Agrotis segetum, 24, 70, 96, 120, 275-6, 



303, 336, 353, 382, 384. 

 Atomaria linearis, 161-2, 326, 345, 357. 

 Carrion beetle (Silpha opaca), 274, 324, 



330, 345. 

 Cassida nebulosa, 156, 274, 3S8. 

 Cockchafer, 24, 42, 65, 67, 134, 146, 157, 



297, 301, 310, 335, 345, 356, 390. 

 Disinfection of .see<l, 84, 225, 291, 355, 



356. 

 Flv, 308, 385. 

 He'terodera (Nematode), 42, 58, 65, 99, 



108, 119, 144, 187, 307, 395. 

 Leaf-stalk disease, 24, 36, 84, 143, 355, 



399 

 Mildew, 243-4, 398. 

 Plusia gamma, 157, 357, 397. 

 Rhizoctinia, 36, 144, 156, 185, 356, 401. 

 Rot of lieart, 24, 36, 185, 399. 

 Rust, 246, 402. 

 Spot of leaves, 258, 389. 

 Weevil, 307-8, 33.V6, 391. 

 Bellows for sulphurating, 47. 

 Benzene, 132, 305, 334-7. 



— emulsions, 335. 

 Bicarbonate of copper, 287. 



Bichloride of mercury, 8, 144. 166, 204, 289- 



293. 

 Bichromate of potash, 189. 

 Binders (glue, etc. ) in bouillies, 285. 

 Bird-lime, 16, 351-2. 

 Bird.s, 195, 343, 377. 381. 



— granivorous, 195, 377, 381. 

 Bisulphide of carbon, 55-7. 



— of mercury, 273. 

 Bisulphite of lime, 157. 



— of magnesia, 162. 



Bitter rot of fruit ((rloeosporium frutigenum), 



116, 142, 255, 267, 394. 

 Black currant, disease of : — 



Magpie moth, 121, 363, 374, 377, 383. 



Black rot of grapes, 49, 90, 103, 143, 191, 224, 

 250-3, 266, 281, 284, 292, 309, 366, 

 386. 



— smut of fruit trees. See Capuodium. 

 Blatta Orientalis (cockroach), 93. 

 Bli.ssus leucopteris, 331. 



Blue, Prussian : — 

 Preparation, 188. 

 Properties, 18^. 

 Use. 188. 



— \'itriol (copper sulphate, which see) : — 

 Preparation, 201. 



Properties, 201-2. 



Use, 202-26, 241, 242, 290, 292, 293, 339. 

 Boiler, hot-water, for vine scalding, illus- 

 trated, 49. 

 Bombyx chrvsorrhea (brown-tailed moth), 

 21, 22, 80, 260, 386. 



— dispar, 196, 297, 303, 340, 348, 363, 373, 



387. 



— monaca (Nonne), 367, 368, 387. 



— mori silkworm, 141, 210, 291, 312, 355. 



— neustria, 260, 367-8, 387. 



— pini, 25, 146, 340-1, 387. 



— processionea, 340, 3S7. 



BoraginiS and cyclic development of parasitic 



fungi, 17. 

 Borago officinalis, 124, 132, 289. 

 Borates (preparation, properties, and use 



of):- 

 Borate of copper, 268. 



— of iron, 188. 



— of manganese, 193. 



— of soda, 97, 109, 166. 



— of zinc, 166. 



Borax. See Borate of Soda. 



Bordeaux "mixture". See Bouillie Borde- 



laise. 

 Borers. See Bostrichus. 

 Boric acid. See Acid, Boric. 

 Bostrich of the tig (Tomicus ficus), 145. 



— of the mulberry (Tomicus Mori), 145. 

 Bostrichus, 387. 



— dispar, Tomicus dispar, Bostrichus taxe- 



sini, 145, 164, 357. 



— Typographicus (typographer bark beetle), 



'387. 

 Botrytis cinerea (grey rot of vine), 143, 156, 

 157, 162, 163, 194, 259, 284, 320, 387. 



— Dougla,sii (conifer disease), 192. 

 Bouillie, albuminous, 285, 286. 



— arsenical, 153, 260, 274. 



— copper bicarbonate, 277. 



carbonate, 287. 



— ammoniacal, 287. 



— corrosive sublimate, 291. 



— galipot, 214, 288. 



— milk, 286. 



— saccharate of copper, 287. 



— turpentine, 288. 



— verdigris, 281. 



Bouillie bordelaise (Bordeaux mixture), (pre- 

 paration, properties, and use), 144, 

 226-60, 321. 



arsenical, 274. 



celeste, 279. 



— (single powder), 217. 



hyposulphited, 103. 



lactated, 286. 



moditied, 286. 



