338 



IKDBX. 



I. 



Ichneumon flies, 63. 

 Implements, 119-125. 

 Impregnating materials for hop 



poles, 183, 184, 191. 

 Improvement of varieties, 83, 85. 

 India, hop-growing in, 65. 

 Inflorescence of the hop, 17-21. 

 Injuries to grovyth of hops, 41-62. 

 Insecticides, 56, 57, 59, 60. 

 Insects beneficial to hops, 62, 63. 



— injurious to hops, 52-62. 

 Interest and depreciation, 261. 

 Intermediate cropping, 253, 254. 

 Irrigation, 87. 



J. 



Jones hops, 39. 



Judging value of hops, 288-297. 



Juggles, 41. 



Julus guttulatus, 53. 



K. 



Kainit. See Potash manures. 



Karl's kiln, 237. 



Kiferle frame, 208. 



Kohn's kiln, 247. 



Kraus on impregnating wood, 184. 



L. 



Ladybird beetle, 63. 

 Late hops, 41, 84. 

 Lateral runners, 110. 

 Leaf-stripping bine, 226-228. 

 Leaves, chemical composition of, 



166, 167, 251. 

 Leaves of the hop plant, 14-16. 

 Lecithin in hops, 285. 

 Light, required by hops, 68, 69. 

 Liquid manure, 173. 

 Long cut, 141, 143-147. 

 Lbschner's kiln, 240-242. 

 Lovage weevil, 62. 

 Lupulin, 286. 



— content as a standard of 

 value, 278, 292. 



— extracting, 276. 



— glands, 23-27. 



— granules, structure of, 23-27. 



— percentage of, 278-280. 

 Lupulinic acid, 283, 284. 



M. 



Male flower of hops, 17-18. 

 Malformations, 41. 

 Manure, compost, 173-175. 



— influence of, on growth,|172, 

 177, 180, 181. 



— liquid, 173. 



— stall, 17L 



— weight of dressing, 171, 175- 

 181. 



Manures, 165-181. 



— artificial, 165, 175-18L 



— nitrogenous, 172, 175-181. 

 Manuring, 165-181. 



— cost of, 259. 



— cut stocks, 165, 157. 



— experiments in, 177-180. 



— method of, 170, 171, 173, 176. 



— season for, 171. 



— sets, 107, 112. 

 Marketing hops, 311-331. 

 Markets, hop, 311, 312. 

 Marking out frames, 103-105. 



— — ground, 94, 105. 

 Mathon hops, 40. ' 

 Mattocks, 107, 108, 120, 121. 

 Medicinal properties of hops, 2. 

 Medium early hops, 39, 40, 84. 

 Meopham hops, 39. 



Mice, damage by, 52. 

 Micrococcus huniuli, 267. 

 Mildew. See Mould fungi. 

 Moisture, determination of, 288. 



— necessary for hops, 68-76. 



— percentage of, 280, 287. 

 Moonspot hoverer, 63. 



Mould fungi in hops, 49, 50, 268. 

 Mucor niucedo, 268. 

 Mucor nigricans, 268. 

 Mucor racemosus, 268. 

 Mliller's kiln, 245, 246. 



N. 



Nematode worms, 55, 66. 

 Netherlands, hop-growing in, 4. 

 Neutomischl hops, 41. 

 New Zealand hops, 40. 

 Nitrate of soda, 175, 176-179 



181. 

 Nitric acid in hops, 287. 

 Nitrogen in hops, 287. 



