452 
w. 
Waite, M. B., 33, 264, 333. 
Ward, H. M., 150. 396. 
Washington, botany at meeting of A. A. A. S., 
293. 
Wax on leaves, use, 297. 
Weather— 
and plant diseases, 91, 92, 94, 95, 293, 373, 374, 
375,400, 401. 
effect on apple scab. 373. 
effect on peach curl, 88, 314. 
record at Garrett Park, Md., 209. 
Webber, H. J., 363. 
Wetting power of fungicides, 202. 
Wetting quality of Bordeaux mixture and soap- 
370. 
Wheat— 
(See Cereals.) 
abundance of Septoria graminum, 211. 
appearance of Pucdnia rubigovera , 212. 
Australian, harvest, 160. 
blight, 95, 408. 
diseases, 95. 
experiments, synopsis, 218. 
plants, effect of— 
ammoniacal solution, 215. 
Bordeaux mixture, 215. 
potassium sulphide, 215. 
rust— 
ammoniacal copper carbonate treatment, 218, 
219. 
and rust of marshmallow, 302. 
and smut, 300. 
Bordeaux mixture treatment. 218, 219. 
cause, 408. 
conference in Australia, 287. 
copper sulphate, 415. 
corrosive sublimate treatment, 218. 
ferrous-sulphate treatment, 218, 219. 
hot-water treatment, 218, 219. 
in Africa, 299. 
in Australia, 195, 288. 
in United States, 196, 
insect eating, 319. 
iron borate, 224. 
iron suphide, 224. 
loss from in Australia, 287, 
potassium bichromate treatment, 218, 219. 
potassium sulphate treatment, 218, 219. 
remedy. 298. 
spores, dissemination, 298. 
spraying for, 173, 196, 198. 
spread, 209, 315. 
Strawsonzier for, 308. 
sulphate of iron treatment, 218. 
sulphur and lime treatment, 218, 219. 
sulphur treatment, 218. 
time of appearance, 206, 208. 
treatment, 415,419, 421. 
tricupric orthophosphate, 224, 
zinc borate for, 224, 
Wheat;—Continued, 
rust, effect of— 
ammoniacal copper carbonate. 210. 
basic cupric acetate, 223. 
Bordeaux mixture, 208, 210, 214. 
copper borate, 223. 
cupric ferrocyanide, 223. 
cupric hydroxide, 224. 
cupric polysulphide, 224. 
ferrous ferrocyanide, 210, 224. 
iron borate, 224. 
iron sulphide, 224. 
tricupric orthophosphate. 224. 
zinc borate, 224. 
rust experiments, 195, 214. 
rust experiments at— 
Garrett Park, Md., 197, 212. 
Manhattan, Kans., 213, 214. 
Rockport, Kans., 216, 222, 223, 225. 
rust experiments— 
conclusions, 195, 225. 
fungicides used, 199, 216, 222. 
general condition of plants, 210, 211. 
plan, 197. 
result, 203. 
soil treatment, 198. 
scab — 
description,301. 
notes, 95, 158, 407, 411. 
seed- 
effect of copper on vitality, 421 
immersed in fungicides, etc., for rust, 198 
smut, loose— 
fungicides to prevent, 172. 
treatment, 298, 314, 416, 419, 422. 
yield in United States, 195. 
Wheats, rust-resisting, 196. 
White worm, fungus affecting, 178,190,191. 
Wild and cultivated plants, interrelations, 56, 406. 
Wilt. (See Blight of orange). 
Windsor pear blight— 
notes, 411. 
remedy, 410. 
Wine industry of Russia, 165. 
Wines, French, 173. 
Wireworms, fungus killing larva, 192. 
Y. 
Yeast— 
fermentation, 424. 
method of obtaining ascospores, 430. 
Yellows (See Peach). 
Yeasts, list, 179. 
Z. 
Zinc-borate mixture— 
effect on wheat rust, 224. 
formula, 222. 
notes, 350. 
Zinc— 
ferrocyanide mixture, 350. 
silicate mixture, 350. 
sulphide mixture, 350, 
Zopf, 282, 284, 389. 
