GENERAL INDEX. 
Acrostalagimis: 
Produced from cultures of Fenestella, 118, 123. 
Spires do not produce pycnidia, 118, 122. 
iEcidiosporea of Zfredinece, 103, 104. 
.ZEcidium: 
Associated with Puccinia tanaceti, 31,85. 
Of Phragmidium subcorticium , 32. 
On Artemisia, nomenclature of, 85. 
On Berberis, nomenclature of, 85. 
Sexual organs in, 44. 
Agarics, North American, 58,135. 
Alcohol in sorghum blight, 195,197,199. 
American vines: 
Adaptation to French soils, 223. 
Species of, 223. 
Ammoniacal carbonate of copper: 
Cost of, 212, 214. 
For apple scab, 210, 211, 212, 213. 
Formula for, 206, 211. 
For powdery mildew of the bean, 214. 
How prepared, 211. 
Injury to apples from, 211. 
Strength of, 211. 
Anderson, F. W., wishes specimens, 188. 
Antheridium of Uromyces poce , 44. 
Anthracnose: 
Of tho bean, 161. 
Of tho grape, 45, 224. 
Apothecia of Sclerotium vaccini, 40. 
On Prunus padus , 41. 
Apple: 
Observations on rot of, 129. 
Rot induced in, 131. 
Treatment of bitter-rot of, 37. 
Apples and pears, cracking of, 33. 
Apple-scab and gooseberry mildew, experiments 
in treatment of, 33. 
Apple scab: 
Comparative size of apples affected with, 213. 
Cost of treatment of, 213. 
Early applications necessary, 214. 
First appearance at Lansing, 211. 
In New Zealand, 200. 
Number of applications for, 210, 213. 
Results of treatment, 35,211, 214. 
Treatment of, 35, 210. 
Apple trees: 
Disease of, in France, 106. 
Effects of root fungus on, 199. 
Applications of remedies: 
Date of beginning, 214. 
For bitter-rot of apples, 37. 
For black-rot of grapes, 219. 
For insects and fungi united, 214. 
For plum leaf blight, 38. 
For tomato rot, 227. 
Number necessary for applo scab, 213. 
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Apricots: 
Fungi on, 222. 
Rot induced in, 131. 
Arsenic, used for smut, 89. 
Arthur, J. C., on smut of wheat and oats, 165. 
Asci: 
Of black-rot, mode of discharging spores, 45. 
Of Sclerotiurn vaccini, 40. 
Ascomycetes, life-history of, 53. 
Ascospores: 
Of black-rot covered with earth, effect on, 92. 
Of Oucuibitaria platani, 181,184. 
Of Fenestella plcitani, 116. 
Of Pezizatuberosa, 225. 
Ash-leaf rust, 95. 
Asparagus berries: 
131 ck spot of, 157= 
Fungi on, 158. 
Australia, rust of flax in, 215. 
Bacteria: 
In plants, 176. 
In sorghum blight, 43,196, 197,198. 
Bagging grapes for black-rot, 204. 
Barberry bushes, influence on wheat rust, 104, 
Barley : 
Infection of, by smut, 42. 
Propagation and prevention of smut in, 42. 
Treatment for smut, 113,167. 
Basidiomycetes, synopses of, 179. 
Basidia, as a basis of classification, 99. 
Bean, E., sulphur powder prepared by, 210, 211. 
Bean: 
Anthracnose of, 161. 
New Phytophthora on, 221. 
Powdery mildew of, 214. 
Beucker, Georges, traitement du mildiou, 216. 
Berkeley’s types in Kew herbarium, 215. 
Bermuda, powdery mildew in, 214. 
Bitter-rot: 
Of the apple, sulphuret of potassium for, 37. 
Of the grape, 223. 
Black-knot of plum and cherry, 176. 
Black-rot of grapes, 45, 223. 
Ascospores as affected by covering with earth, 
92. 
An experiment in the treatment of, 204. 
Bagging for, 204. 
Cost of treatment, 203, 207, 208. 
Early treatment necessary, 209. 
Field experiments in fungicides, 219. 
In berries, 219. 
On leaves, 219. 
Parasite causing, 204. 
Perithecia of, 45. 
Treatment of, 205, 219, 220. 
Winter treatment for, 205. 
Black smut, 105, 218. 
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