New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.’ 
Lentils, notes on, 1, 1438. 
Leptomitus lacteus in tile drain, 20, 
155. 
Leptothyrium pomi, notes on, 18, 400. 
Lettuce, 12, 566. 
best amount of manure for forcing, 
MUS 2: 
commercial fertilizers for 
wa SS. 
cultivation of, 14, 326. 
description of varieties, 5, 231, 14, 
327, 328. 
fertilizer experiments, 20, 22, 323, 
330. 
fertilizers for forcing, 
484, 487, 18, 19. 
for, 14, 108: 
forced, notes on crop, 
yields, 20, 345-349. 
forcing, acid phosphate for, 17, 
486; experiments, results, 20, 
350; house, description, 17, 462; 
in pots, 14, 326; nitrate of soda 
revels, ©4586) potash “for, 17, 
486; soils, ingredients and com- 
position, 17, 464, 467, 475, 484, 
487; stable manure and _ nitro- 
genous chemical fertilizers for, 
20, 321; stable manure vs. com- 
mercial fertilizers, 17, 488. 
germination of, 2, 60. 
growth on forcing soil, 17, 476. 
with and without commer- 
cial fertilizer, 17, 486. 
green vs. ripe seed, 4, 162. 
head, soil mixtures for forcing, 17, 
461. 
marketing, 14, 326. 
mildew, figure, 4, 280; notes on, 
4, 279. 
notes on varieties, 6, 326, 7, 123, 
8, 333, 10, 476. 
plant food constituents in, 24, 374. 
Rhizoctonia on, 19, 108. 
root system, 38, 307. 
rust, notes on, 4, 277. 
seed, germination and growth, 17, 
468, 470. 
soils, mechanical analyses, 17, 479. 
varieties, description, 4, 162; for 
forcing, 14, 330, 17, 484; index 
of names, 4, 198; synonyms, 4, 
161. 
variety tests, 1, 136, 2, 189, 3, 213, 
Sel 7, 6) 2290075122. 
Leucania albilinea. (See Army worm.) 
forcing, 
notes, 17, 
20, 340; 
unipuncta. (See Army. worm.) 
Leucanthemum vulgaris (See Ox-eye 
daisy ) 
Lewis, Alfred G., on Board of Control, 
25, VII. 
Librarian, appointment, 16, 5, 
ATI 
] Library, additions to, 16, 10. 
Hotes one toe, 9, is Le: 
refitting, 1G, 10. 
Lice, plant. (See Plant lice.) 
Licensed brands of feeding stuffs, 19, 
421, 20, 361, 21, 418; classification, 
21, 423. 
Liess, O. H., appointment, 8, 11; As- 
sistant Botanist, 3, 3. 
Light Brahma fowls for capons, 11, 237, 
243, 244, 245, 250, 2538. 
effect of shade on, 23, 236. 
Lightning potato bug killer, description, 
LG eet 
Life history of corn worm, 14, 560; 
leaf blister mite, 25, 310; plum scale, 
14, 582; striped cucumber beetle, 14, 
Ot 
Lilies, 
608. 
Lily, Bermuda, disease of, 14, 522; ex- 
periments with, 14, 523; preven- 
tion of, 14, 524. 
disease, suggestions for treatment, 
14, 522. 
diseases, 14, 520. 
Lima beans, blight of, 11, 554. 
Limbertwig group of apples, 25, 345. 
Lime, air-slaked, for cabbage maggot, 6G, 
97; use against striped beetle, 
“dusty miller’’ attacking, 14, 
18, 268. 
and soap solution for oat smut, 5, 
129. 
arsenite of, for canker worm, 17, 
39; S0Ge 
bordeaux, preparation, 24, 180. 
for bordeaux mixture, preparation, 
167° 2273 
function in bordeaux mixture, 22, 
324. 
in egg shells from oyster shells, 10, 
186. 
in sugar beets, 16, 195. 
paste, stock, 22, 327. 
shell, for club-root of cabbage, 14, 
Sa 
sulphur-caustic soda wash, 24, 299. 
sulphur compounds, formulas, 21, 
336, 337, 338; summer treatment 
with, 2%," 335. 
sulphur-salt wash, and bordeaux 
mixture, use, 21, 344; ahd casein, 
formula, 21, 343; character, 21, 
286; duration of effect, 21, 315; 
early spring treatment, 21, 287; 
effect of precipitates from, 21, 
320, 328; effect of soluble por- 
fone ak 326, jo4o 7 efrect of 
weather upon, 21, 290, 293, 298, 
302; effect on apples, 21, 297; 
effect on peaches, 21, 289, 292, 
