442 
Iron borate mixture—Continued, 
formula, 222. 
notes, 349. 
Iron— 
causing injury to leaves, 379. 
chloride not useful for corn smut, 171. 
sulphate— 
as a fungicide, 312. 
for chlorosis, 415. 
for fruit trees, 414. 
solution, 174. 
treatment for wheat rust, 218. 
sulphide mixture— 
effect on wheat rust, 224. 
formula, 174, 222. 
notes, 349. 
Italy, fungi, 325, 328,329. 
J. 
James, J. I'., 268. 
Jannicke, W. (See Alten, H.) 
Japan pear— 
leaf blight, effect of ammoniacal copper carbon¬ 
ate, 245. 
stocks — 
budded, 259, 261 
effect of Bordeaux mixture, 245, 246. 
treatment, 245. 
Japy— 
knapsack spraj er, improved, 39. 
pump, 39,110, 313. 
sprayer— 
cost, 41. 
description, 40. 
J ava— 
coffee-leaf disease, treatment, 299,381. 
parasitic fungi, 381. 
rainfall, 381. 
trip to, by Haberlandt, 381. 
Jensen— 
hot-water treatment of wheat and oats, 57, 
170,171. 
process for smut, new method, 372. 
K. 
Kelsey plum- 
budded upon jieach, 228. 
rosette affecting, 227. 
Kirchner, 0., 286. 
Knapsack sprayers— 
cost, 41. 
for prune orchards, 357. 
improved Japy, 39. 
new, 39, 509, 310. 
notes, 313. 
L. 
Lactuca, fungus affecting, 407. 
Lcestadia bidwellii. (See Black rot of grapes.) 
Lagerheim, G., 44, 103. 
Larch— 
canker of, 166, 304. 
diseases, 397. 
fungi, 413. 
Leaf assimilation, experiments, 297. 
Leaf blight, effect on pear seedlings, 242. 
Leaf blight of— 
Alternanthera, 414. 
American pear stock, effect of— 
ammoniacal copper carbonate, 247. 
Leaf blight of—Continued. 
Bordeaux mixture, 247. 
cherry, experiments, 249,250. 
cotton, 403. 
fruit trees, 412. 
gooseberry,374. 
horse chestnut, treatment, 352. 
Japan pear, effect of— 
ammoniacal copper carbonate, 245. 
Bordeaux mixture, 245, 246. 
nursery stock, 170. 
nursery stock, fungicides for, 338. 
pear- 
action of fungicides, 351. 
description, 241. 
effect of ammoniacal copper carbonate, 243. 
effect of Bordeaux mixture, 243,312. 
experiments to prevent, 242. 
notes, 168, 304. 
spraying, 419. 
treatment, 300, 307, 309,310,333, 411,417. 
plum, experiments, 253. 
quince, 168, 247. 
quince, remedy, 411,417. 
strawberry, treatment, 302, 308, 417. 
tufted, of bean, 411-5 
Leaf- 
curl of orange. (See Blight of orange.) 
curl of peach. (See Curl and Peach.) 
disease of strawberry, remedy, 416. 
glaze of orange, cause, 36. 
rust of— 
beet, cause, 408. 
peach, 92, 412. 
plum, 412. 
j spot of— 
alfalfa, 411. 
almond, 66, 233. 
cherries, effect, 62. 
India-rubber tree, 60. 
orange, causes, 35. 
orange, distribution, 35. 
orange, nature, 34. 
plums, effect, 62. 
screw palm, 60. 
Leaves, decay spots, 56. 
Leguminosse— 
absorption of free nitrogen. 159. 
root tubercles, 80, 297. 
Uromyces, 327. 
Lemon scab— 
gum in, remedy, 420. 
notes, 162. 
Lettuce- 
diseases, 160. 
mildew— 
effect of electricity, 314. 
notes, 406. 
sulphur, 312. 
rotting, 408. 
wild, fungus affecting, 407. 
Lichens— 
biology. 318. 
effect of Bordeaux mixture, 264,265,267. 
effect of eau celeste, 266. 
on pear trees, removal, 264. 
symbiosis, 388. 
Lightning, effectmn grape vines, 296. 
