435 
Black rot of sweet potatoes, 55, 300, 411. 
Black rust of cotton, 299. 
Black spot of— 
peaches, 9l, 374. 
plums, 99. 
Bladder plums, 409. 
“Bleaching powder ” for club root, 85. 
Blight— 
and canker, American, remedy, 173. 
tire, in Africa, 410. 
notes, 412. 
leaf, of— 
cotton, 403. 
gooseberry,374. 
pear, 411, 417, 419. 
quince, remedy, 411. 
rose, 417. 
Southern tomato, 300. 
strawberry leaf, treatment, 174,417. 
sycamore, 95,413. 
Blight of— 
Alternanthera leaves, 414. 
apple, 304. 
bean, tufted leaf, 411. 
chrysanthemums, 414. 
fruit-tree leaves, 412. 
grape, in New York, 310. 
Hydrangea, 55. 
nursery stock, treatment, 170. 
orange— 
causes, 32,33 
distribution, 32. 
nature, 32. 
notes, 162. 
remedies, 33, 34. 
peach description, 36. 
pear— 
effect of w r eather, 374. 
eradication, 295. 
freedom from, 405. 
notes, 163,174, 374, 412. 
remedy, 313. 
results of investigations, 165. 
Windsor, remedy, 410. 
pear blossoms, 411. 
pear leaf— 
Bordeaux mixture, 175. 
notes, 168,174. 
treatment, 169,174. 
Pelargonium, 166. 
Petunia, 414. 
plum, 94,173, 304. 
plum trees, treatment, 173. 
potatoes— 
experiments with Bordeaux mixture, 172,175. 
in Ireland, 162. 
notes, 62,171,172,174, 307,407. 
treatment, 417. 
wheat— 
cause and remedy, 408. 
notes, 95. 
Blister of— 
peach, copper sulphate for, 173. 
pine, 413. 
Bloom on leaves, use, 297. 
Blossom blight of pear, 411. 
Blue grass, smut, 98. 
Bluestone for wheat smut, 416. 
Bordeaux mixture- 
adhesiveness, 204, 310. 
analysis of dry, 314. 
as a fungicide. 77, 308, 312. 
color test, 369. 
combined with— 
Paris green, 310. 
soap, 370. 
corn smut not prevented by, 171. 
effect on— 
color of leaves, 206, 209. 
germination of potatoes, 174. 
Japan pear stock, 245. 
leaf blight, 243. 
leaf blight of American pear stock, 247. 
lichens, 264, 267. 
Mahaleb cherry, 250. 
Marianna plum, 255. 
Mazzard cherry, 252. 
Myrobolan plum, 254. 
quince stocks, 248. 
vegetation, 175. 
wheat plants, 215. 
wheat rust, 208, 210, 214, 216, 224. 
formula, 12, 22, 26, 174, 175, 200, 217, 222, 262. 
history, 415. 
influence on dew, 205. 
keeping qualities, 376. 
lime not necessary, 312. 
methods of making, 175, 365, 371. 
notes, 174, 306. 
objections, 311. 
objections to, on grapes in New York market, 
175. 
stimulant to growth of grapevines, 410. 
stock solutions, 337. 
used for— 
downy mildew of grape, 52. 
fungous diseases, 419. 
grape rot, 54. 
horse-chestnut leaf blight, 353. 
pear leaf blight, 175, 333. 
potato disease, 23, 159, 172, 173, 174, 175, 306, 
386, 387. 
wheat rust, 218, 219. 
testing for free copper, 337, 368. 
wetting power, 204, 205. 
wine not affected by, 173. 
Botanical notes, 62. 
Botanist of New York State, annual report, 147. 
Botanists, station, work, 401. 
Botany, fossil, 148. 
Bramble rust, 412. 
Branch knot of hackberries, distribution and 
ravages, 57. 
Brassica, liable to attack of club root, 84. 
Brefeld, Oscar, 51. 
Brome smut, 98. 
Brown rot of— 
grape, treatment, 62, 309. 
peach, 92. 
stone fruits, 57. 
Brunissure and,red spider, 403. 
Buckwheat mildew, 62. 
