140 



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Laclv Birds 131, 132 



Larch Sawfly 130 



Larvae 105 



Late blight of potatoes 73 



symptoms 74 



^spread 74, 75 



Late bliglit of potatoes — precau- 

 tions 78 



Late blight and potato tubers 76 



Law against barberry 90 



Layering 29 



Lead, arsenate of ... 108, 109, 110, 111 



Leaf blotch of cucumbers 85 



Leaf-cuttings 32 



Leaf mosaic 17 



Leaves, absorption of water by ... 23 



arrangement of 18 



needle-shaped 23 



pores of 21 



wilting of 22 



structure of 21 



work of 20 



Leather Jackets " 113 



Lecanium yersicae 127 



Leguminous plants 13 



Leigh, quoted 99, 135 



Lepidoptera 107 



Leindosaphes ulmi 127 



Light, efeect of, on plants 5 



Lightning, injury bv 53 



Lily ^...."^ 29 



Limacid^ 101 



Limax maximtis 102 



Lime for Cabbage Root Fly 117 



Lime and Carbolic Acid, remedy 



for Onion Fly ^ 118 



Lime and Salt spraying 125, 126 



Lime and Soot, remedy for Slugs 102 

 Lime and Sulphur for "big bud" 104 



Liming of soils 11 



Liming of soil against " Club 



Root " disease 69 



Linnet 98 



Literature bearing upon Economic 



Zoology 135 



Liver of sulphur 84, 86 



Longevity of seeds 42 



. Long-tailed Tit ....129 



Macrosporium solani 84 



Malformations 49 



Mallow, rust 94, 95 



Manure, farmyard 11 



March moth 109 



Martins 129 



Mealy Bug 127 



Mendel, Gregor 46 



Merodon equestris 119 



Michaelmas daisy 3 



Mildew, American gooseberry ... 88 



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Mildew of roses 87 



Mildews, treatment of 88 



Mildews of leaves 87 



Millipedes 103, 130 



Mint rust 94 



Mites 103 



Mollusc a 101, 130 



Moorland plants 23 



"Mosaic disease" 51 



Mosquitoes 113 



Moths 107 



Motile spores 63 



Mould on bread and dung 59 



Mucor 59 



Mucor — spores — germination 59 



Mulberry Scale, control of, in 



Italy ^ 133 



Miisca doniestica 119 



Mushrooms and toadstools 58 



Mussel Scale 127 



Mutations 45 



Myriapoda 130 



Mytilaspis iwmorum 127 



Myzus rihis 122, 123 



Xapthalene for Eelworms 100 



for Wire worms 112 



Xarcissus Flies 119 



" Xasturtiums," enemies of 107 



Natural selection 44 



Xematus ribesii 110 



Xesting boxes 130 



Xicotine spraying 112, 116, 126 



Xitrate of soda 14 



Xitrate of soda, remedy for Slugs 



and Snails \ 102 



Nitrate of soda, , remedy for 



"Leather Jackets" 114 



Nitro-bacterine 13 



Nitrogen, importance of 12 



Nosema apis 133-34 



S^ovius cardinalis 132 



Nutrition of fungi 60 



Onion Fly ^117 



Orange Scale and methods of 



eradication in California 132 



Orthoptera 106 



Overwatering 7 



Ovipositor 114, 133 



Ox3'gen, need for 7 



Paraffin, remedy for Cabbage 



Root 117 



Paraffin and Soft Soap Emulsion 



118, 125, 127 



" Paralysis " in Bees 134 



Parasites ' 60 



Parasitic Insects 131, 133 



Parsnips, insect enemies of 115 



