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GENERAL INDEX. 
Proportions found useful, 1890,86,89; 
non-success in killing Aphides, and 
reason, 87 ; success in killing cater¬ 
pillars, 88; method of application 
of spray, 90; animals not to be fed 
under sprayed trees, 91; special 
notes regarding, 94, 95 ; nature of, 
96, 97; repetition of percentage 
analysis of, 97 ; cautions as to use 
of, 97, 98 ; spraying machines for, 
99-102 ; to mix flour with, 108,104 
Difficulties answered as to use of, 
1891, 73-76; proportions of, to 
water, for various trees, 71, 73 ; 
cautions in the use of, 75; machines 
for spraying, 76; objections to use 
of soft-soap with, 77-82 ; notes of 
effect of mixing with soft-soap by 
Dr. Aug. Voelcker, Consulting 
Chemist of the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England, 78-80; notes of 
effect of mixing with various kinds 
of soap, by Mr. F. Shute, Chemist 
of the Experimental Farms of the 
Dominion of Canada, 80-82 
Applied, as syringing, as a remedy for 
Black Currant Phytoptus, 1892, 64 ; 
Apples sprayed with, found free 
from arsenic, 99 
Pamphlet with directions for use of, 
by E. A. Ormerod, issued for distri¬ 
bution, referred to, 1895, 68 
Directions for use, 1896, 101-103; 
a remedy for Codlin Moth ( Car- 
pocapsa povionella), 7 ; for larvae of 
Cabbage butterflies ( Pieris sp.), 26 
Cautious remarks on use of, against 
Currant pests, 1897, 32, 33 
To destroy larvae of Tmetocera ocel- 
lana, 1898, 8, 9 
Parsley (see Plant index) 
Parsley “Blight” (? caused by insect or 
fungus), 1884, 71, 72 
Parsnip (see Plant index) 
Parsnip-seed Moth (see Depressaria liera- 
cleana) 
Parsnip Fly (see Tepliritis onopordinis) 
Parsnip and Celery Fly (see Tepliritis 
onopordinis) 
Partridge ( Perdix cinerea), usefulness 
of, 1878, 23 
Destroys Wireworm, 1882, 52 
Paste or Bread Beetle (see Anobium 
paniceum) 
Pea (see Plant index) 
Pea Aphis (see Aphis (Siphonophora)pisi) 
Pea-nut (see Plant index) 
Pea Weevil, Leaf-eating (see Sitones 
lineatus) 
Pear (see Plant index) 
Pear Blight (see Xyleborus dispar) 
Pear and Cherry Sawfly (see Selandria 
atra) 
Pear Gnat Midge (see Diplosis pyrivora) 
Pear Leaf-blister Mites (see Phytoptus 
pyri) 
Pear Sawfly (see Tentliredo cerasi) 
Pear-tree Slug(see Eriocampa adumbrata) 
Pebble Moth (see Pionea forjicalis) 
Pebble Prominent Moth (see Notodonta 
ziczac) 
Pediculus cervi (see Lipoptera cervi) 
Peewit (see Lapwing) 
Periplaneta americana, 1897, 24-28 
Description of, and allied species, 1897, 
25-27; prevention and remedies, 
27, 28 
Peronea ? comariana , 1883, 70-72 
Injurious to Strawberry plants near 
Chester, 1883, 71 
Peronea ? comparana (see Peronea coma¬ 
riana) 
Peronospora trifolii, referred to, 1898, 19 
Peronospora trifoliorum, referred to, 
1889, 2 
Plicedon betulce, 1877, 19; 1879, 35, 36; 
1882, 74-76; 1885, 55-58; 1886, 
58-76; 1892, 90-99; 1893, 60-74 
Injurious to Mustard and Turnips in 
Cambridgeshire, 1877, 19 
Observations on attack, 1879, 35, 36 
Notes of severe injury from, to White 
Mustard, less to Brown Mustard, 
and observations of habits, 1882, 
74-76 ; also preventive treatment, 76 
Date of first observation of, as a Mus¬ 
tard pest, 1885, 55; on food-plants 
and habits of, 55-58 ; measures to 
push on good growth, as good pre¬ 
vious cultivation and suitable ma¬ 
nuring, of service against attack, 58 
Special report on, 1886, 58-76; where 
attack comes from, 59 ; weeds and 
crops attacked, 61; means of pre¬ 
venting or lessening injury from 
attack, 62-65; manures found ser¬ 
viceable, 65 ; measures for destroy¬ 
ing, 66-68; description and life- 
history of, 72 
Further observations and sugges¬ 
tions regarding attack of, 1892, 
90-99 ; beetles found alive in sacks, 
94; dressings found not serviceable 
remedially, 95; dressings of quick¬ 
lime and sulphur serviceable, 95 
Life-history of, including winter shel¬ 
ters, 1893, 62, 63 ; description of 
eggs, with observations by E. A. 
Ormerod of place of deposit, details 
of hatching, &c., 64-65; effects 
of Paris-green on newly-hatched 
grubs, 66; Peterborough Conference, 
observations on habits of, at, 66-68; 
information on, by Mustard-growers, 
where published, 69, 70 ; machine 
invented by Mr. Cole Ambrose for 
clearing beetles, 70-73 
Phcedon cochlearice (see Plicedon betulce) 
Plicedon ( Gastropliysa) polygon! , injuri¬ 
ous to Mangolds, 1880, 2, 44 
Pheasant ( Pliasianus colchicus), 1500 
Wireworms in crops of, 1882, 53 
