422 INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, AND WEED KILLERS. 



Mouse, 77. See Miis inus ulus. 

 Muhlberg's insecticides, 332. 

 Mulberry, diseases of : — 



Bacterian disease of, 182, 396. 



Bombyx niori (silk-worm), 191, 210, 291, 

 312. 



Bostrich (Tomicus flcus), 145, 387. 



Cochineal (keriues, Diaspis pentagona), 76, 

 389-90. 



Deiiiatopliora (rot), .51, .'18, 64, 99. 



Mildew of leaves, 103, 124, 157, 185, 224, 



Miimiiiitiiatinn of quinces (Sclerotiui 



Cydonis), 2.')9. 

 Mu8 a,i,Tarius (mouse), 92. 



— ainpliibius (rat), 81. 



— decumauus (rat), 92. 



— musculus (mouse), 92. 



— ratus, 81, 92. 



■ — sylvestris (mouse), 77. 



Mushroom, mole disease of (Mycogone per 



niciosa). 81, 137, 143, 151, 225, 250, 



366, 395. 

 Mustard, ploughing in crop of, to disinfect 

 soil, 134. 



— wild, action of weed-killers on, 108, 



118, 161, 176. 

 Mutualistic symbiosis, 3. 

 Mycogone perniciosa (mole disease of mush- 

 room), 81, 137, 143, 151, 225, 250, 366, 

 395. 

 Mytilaspis flavescens (cochineal of orange), 

 77, 389-90. 



— fulva, 343. 



— pomorum, 136, 182, 187, 306, 342-3, 



389-90. 



N 



Nanisme, 23. 



Naphthalene, 103, 148, 150, 216, 327, 335, 

 337, 338-9, 380. 



— preparation, properties, use, 343-7. 



— solutions, alcoholic and benzenic as in- 



secticides, etc , 344. 

 Naphthalinated oil, 327. 

 Na])hthol, preparation, properties, uses, 369. 

 Naphtholate of copper, 369. 



— of iron, 369. 



— of lime, 369. 



— of soda, 369. 



Necrosis of wood (Nectria cinnabarina), 



(Tubercularia vulgaris), 151. 

 Nectria cinnabarina (Tubercularia vulgaris), 

 151, 369. 396-7. 



— ditissima (canker of apple, pear, and 



peacli trees), 151, 185, 250, 324, 339, 



366, 397. 

 Negril (Colaspidema), 145, 345, 390. 

 Nematode of the beet (Heterodora Schactii), 



42, 65, 99, 119, 144, 187, 395. 



— of the violet, 192. 



Nematodes (eel-worms), 8, 99, 119, 187, 298, 

 307, 397. 



Nematus of gooseberry (Neniatus Ril)is ami 

 N. Ventricosus), 121, 134, 146, 163, 

 260, 275, 279, 302, 368. 374, 377, 308. 

 397. 



— pallidiventris, 275. 

 Nepticula, 70. 



Nessler'8 insecticides, 314, 324, 3-30, 332, 



370, 381. 

 Nickel, carbonate, 194. 



— sulphate of, 193, 207. 

 Nicotine, 94. See Tobacco. 

 " Nitragine," 4. 



Nitrates, preparation, properties, and use 

 as insecticides, fungicides, and wee<i- 

 killers of— 

 Nitrate of copper, 200, 203. 



— of lead, 195. 



— of mercury, 293. 



— of potash, 120-1. 



— of silver, 197-8. 



— of soda, 107,211,220. 



— of zinc, 165. 

 Nitric ferments, 59, 110. 



— acid glove, 91. 

 Nitrobenzene, 130, 314, 353-4, 362. 

 Nitrogenous bacteria, useful, 4. 



Noctua (Noctuidae), 70, 146, 297-8, 303, 307, 

 384, 397. 



— e.\clamationis, 70, 96, 384. 



— gamma, 157, 357, 397. 



— gramen, 303, 366, 368. 



— segetum (dart moth), 70, 96, 120, 275-6, 



303, 336, 353, 382-3, 384. 



— valligera (Agrotis valligera), (Trachea 



piniperda), 25, 397. 

 No.Tious herbs. See Weeds. 

 Nutrition, extra racinary, 181. 



— of plants, 18. 



Nutritive fluids, addition of toxic bodies, 

 effect of, 193, 204-7, 313. 



Oak, action of HCl gas on, 89. 



— copper in wood of, 206. 



— — in leaves of, 206. 



— diseases of :— 



Agrilus of the pear, 164, 383. 



Bombyx monaca, 367, 368, 387. 



— processionea, 340, 387. 



Capricorn, large and small, 69, 388. 



( ;ossus, 64, 70, 297, 336, 357, 363, 379. 390. 



Dematophora necatrix. 51, 58, 64, 99, 103, 



124, 157, 185, 224, 391. 

 Polyporus, 151, 184, 339, 368, 400. 

 Stag beetle, 69. 

 Wood leo])ard moth, 70. 

 Oats, action of SO.j gas on, 79. 



— di.seasesof: — 



Bunt, 31-2, 33, 34-5, 8.5-6, 103, 119, 183, 



190, 197, 217-22, 245, 312, 316-23, 358, 



3SS, 406. 

 Di-iufrctinn ,)f seed-oats, 35, 85-6, 113-4, 



■_'-Jl--.i. --".M, ;W0-1. 

 (;r.is.|p.|,i„r, ;t9, 120,304, 389. 

 L,-at sp.as, 254, 404. 

 Rust, 3o, 40, 85-6, 100, 101-2, 114, 137, 



165, 166, 170, 189, 190, 193, 197, 200, 



209, 210, 223, 246, 268, 324. 

 Smut, 31-2, 33, 35, 8.5-6, 113, 114-5, 119, 



121, 183, 217-23, 245, 290, 292, 317-23, 



358, 406. 

 "Occidine," 216. 

 Ocueria dispar (gipsy moth), 196, 297, 303, 



340, 348, 363, 373, 387. 



