428 INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, AND WEED KILLERS. 



Seiieeio vulgaris, 289. 



Septoria cerasiua (Corvneum Beyerincki, leai 

 spot of kernel Iruit trees), 2;>i, 324, 404. 



— gi-amiiuun, 2.'>4, 404. 



— Lyi:opfrsiti (ToiikUo disease), 2.14, 404. 



— iiiVerriiiia (])f:ir-tri'o leaf spot), 254, 404. 



— Fetroseliui (parsley leaf spot), 51, 254, 404. 



— Piricola (pear-tree leaf spot), 116, 254, 



404. 



— Ribis (gooseberry leaf spot), 254, 268, 404. 



— Rubi (bramble and raspberry leaf spot), 



254, 268, 404. 



— Socia (chrysantlieiuum leaf spot), 254, 



404. 



— Tritici, 254, 404. 

 Sesia, 14, 70, 379, 404. 



— apiformis, 70, 3-36, 404. 



— of the pear (Sesia niyopiformis), 146, 404. 

 Silicates, preparation, properties, and use of, 



as fungiciiles, insecticides, and weed- 

 killers :— 

 Silicate of alumina, 164. 



— of copper, 277. 



— oif magnesia, 162. 



— of soda, 10, 357. 



— of zinc, 167. 

 Siloing, use of salt in, 107. 

 Silpli black (Silpha atrata), 274, 404. 



— opaque (Silpha opaca), (beet carrion beetle), 



274, 298, 324, 33U, 345, 404. 

 Sinapis arv.-iisis (wild mustard), 289. 

 Single versus multiple sjn-aying, 13. 

 Sitones lineatus (stripeil pea weevil), 362, 373, 



391. 

 Sitotraga cereallela (alucite of cereals), 70, 82. 

 Smuts. See Ustilaginese. 

 Snails and slugs, 120, 147, 157, 225, 226, 339, 



381. 

 Soil, disiniection of, 57-9, 179, 298 et se</., 

 316. 334-5. 



— exhaustion of, 19, 57 et seq., 71 et seq. 

 Soap as binder in copper bouillies, 284-8. 



— black, 116, 129, 133, 143. 293, 299, 328, 



359 



— emulsions, 76, 346. 



— fish oil, 299, 328. 



— hard, 327. 



— Marseilles, 143, 327. 



— soft, 116. 129, 130, 143. 149. 152. 29.3, 



300, 328, 329, 330-3, 335, 342, 347. 351. 

 357. 



— whale oil. 299. 328, 331, 332, 333. 

 Soaps, 52, 284, 327-30. 356. 



Sodium, salts of. preparation, properties, and 

 use of : — 

 Sodium arsenite, 108-9. 



— borate (borax). 109, 110. 



— C"irb..ii;dr. 110-11. 



— clll.Di.lr. llll-'.t. 



— hvpusulpliit.', 102-3. 



— nitrate, lu7, 108,220 



— silicate, 10, 357. 



— sulphate, 103-4. 

 Solanese, 242. 

 Solenopsis geminatus, 275. 

 "Solutol," 3.59. 

 "Solveol," 359. 



Sonchus oleraceus, 136, 289. 

 Soot, 52, 164. 

 Sorauer's bouillie, 169. 



Sorrel, action of weed-killers on, 108, 118, 161. 

 Sparrows, 19.'), : 43, 377, 381. 



Sphaceloma aiupelopliaga. See Anthraeno.sis 



of Vine. 

 Sphoerella Fragariae (strawberry leaf .siwts), 51, 

 87, 115, 254, 404. 



— Morifoli;e (mulberry leaf rust), 254. 



— Tulasnei (black of cereals), 405. 

 Sphieriaceie, 404. 



Sph;ernp^i> inalnnim (apple rot), 250. 

 Spha-rntl,,. ,, , ...ta-nei. 37, 51, 115, 392. 



— huniuli, :p7, 2<\<\^ ;J92. 



— mors uvae, 115, 250, 392. 



— paunosa, 37, 51, 103, 115, 150, 250, .329, 

 339, .365, 392. 



Spilographa cerasi, 69, 70, 153, 381, 389. 

 Spores, summer and winter. 3, 5, 16, 32, 



245. 

 Spraying machines, 13, 115, 234 et seq. 



— single versus multiple, 13. 

 — ■ time, Ijest for, 9, 13. 



— with bonillies, 13, 234 et .seq. 



— Willi r,,M water, 30-1. 



— witli .•iiiulsions. 304. 



— with hot water, 37 et seq. 

 Spruce-tree. See Epicea. 

 Squirrel (ground), 97. 

 Stannous chloride, 293. 

 Staphylococcus pyrogenus aureus, 370. 



j Stearine, 351. _ 



I Steatite, niagnesmm silicate (talc), 162. 



Sti"r,Hl,,„lUlU. V>'<. 208. 



Stimulants plant. 170, 192-3, 194, 203 et seq., 



229-32", '^iW, 311, 315. 

 Strachia oleracea (caljbage bug), 40, 304, 342, 



,357, 367, 398. 

 Strawberry, diseases of : — 

 Anthonome, 301. 

 Lachnosterna, 68, 120, 301. 

 Mildew, .50-1, 266. 

 Oidium. 50-1. 



Red cockchafer, 335, 339, 395. 

 Rhvnchites, 373. 



Splirerella, 51, 87, 115, 254, 404, 405. 

 Thrips, 308, 333. 

 Strychnine, preparation, properties, uses, 



381-2. 

 Styrolene, -337. 



Sublimate, I'orrosive, 290 et sty. See Cor- 

 rosive Sublimate. 

 Submersion (artificial) of fields and meadows, 

 vineyards, and forests to kill insects and 

 vermin, 24-30. 



— antiphyllo.xeric, 25 et seq. 



— in practice, 26. 



— of forests, 24-5. 



— of vineyards, 25-30. 



— during active period of vegetation 



of vine, 27-30. 



— winter, 27. 



Sucker lice of plants, 14. 

 Sugar, per cent of beet increase in. by bouillie 

 bordelaise, 244. 



— as a binder for bouillies, 246. 

 Sugar as bait, 109. 

 "Sulfatine," 216. 



" Sulpharine, " 87. 



