INDEX. 87 



Peewit (Vanellus cristatus) IV., 11 



Pensions, old age, in Germany and Denmark VI., 263 



Percival, J. : The house sparrow IX., 338 



Weeds and their suppression X., 461 



Perkin system of transporting fruit II., 192 



Perthshire Agricultural Society X., 28 



Peru, demand for agricultural machinery VI., 403 



Phaseolus beans IX., 373 



Phoma disease of swedes VI., 448 



Phosphates : Christmas Island, industry ... VII., 514 



American IV., 94, 510 



Imports of III., 221, 438 



Requirements of live stock X., 254 



Phylloxera : 



Australia, Act of South Australia VII., 92 



Russia, regulations to prevent introduction ... ... ... Ill, 179 



Sicily VI.,396 



Pickling corn II., 323, 327 ; VIL, 352 ; IX., 364 



Pigeons : France, number, 1892 ... ... ... IV., 324 



Hungary, number VII., 248 



Pigs. See Sivine. 



Pine : Aphis (Lachnus pini) IV., 476 



Attacked bv fir-beetles IV., 49 



Beetle II., 170 ; X., 72 



Growth in Britain VII., 4 ; X., 319 



Sawfly X., 388 



Pine-apples, prices. See Fruit, Prices. 



Pith moth , ... IX., 523 



Plants and shrubs : Chemical composition of plants IX, 375 



Export VIL, 244 



Imports VI., 245 



Plant breeding VIII., 521 



Bulgaria, importation into V., 400 



Cape Colony, import regulations X., 260 



Germany „ „ ... ... ... ... X., 255 



Greece, prohibition of importation iu to . ... IV., 518 



Italy, importation into III., 314 ; V., 90 ; VIL, 514 



Russia, introduction into ... ... ... ... ... III., 314 



Pleuro-Pneumonia : Returns. See Diseases of Animals, Returns. 



Canada, pleuro-pneumonia and Canadian cattle ... L, 91 ; III., 82 



Ploughing orchards V., 190 



Ploughs and ploughing X., 289 



Demand for turf ploughs in Madras L, 325 



Experiment with turf plough VL, 443 



Plover (Vanellus cristatus) ... ... ... ... ... ... IV., 11 



Plums : Attacked by insects and fungi ...V., 179 ; VI., 65 ; VIII., 165, 191 ; 



IX., 361, 522, 526 ; X., 511. 



Cold storage VL, 86 



Crops ... 1895, II., 402 ; 1896, III., 365 



Drying ... ... II., 266 



Grading and packing X., 147 



Hop aphis on plum trees ... ... . ... V., 179 



Imports ... III., 218, 367, 436; V., 446; VL, 463; VIL, 469; 

 VIII., -4 95; IX, 504; X., 498. 



