General Index. 369 



Curraut-stem girdler — Continued. Page 



enemies ot 52 



girdling of tlie shoot, how and why 48 



habits of borers 50 



historical 42 



how to control • . . 52 



indications of its presence 43 



mortalit}' among eggs and grubs of 50 



name and synonomy 41 



preparations for winter ,..v 51 



spring transformation of 46 



tunnel, extent of 51 



winter home of 46 



Dahlia (Bulletin 128) 97-136 



books on, societies and dealers 127 



cactus dahlia, origin of 125 



cactus dahlias ... 113 



color of, a few words on 115 



commercial possibilities of 124 



Cornell variety test of 1896 129 



cultivation of 122 



cut flowers, dahlias as 115 



exhibition of at Am. Inst. Fair, New York City 100 



frost, a word about 124 



history of 104 



improvements of, suggested 108 



introduction 99 



merits of 109 



place for dahlias 113 



pompons 110 



single dahlias iii 



single stem branching system 123 



suggestions relating to 119 



variegated dahlias 117 



varieties recommended 131 



Director, Report of . ". ix 



Diseases of currants, see currant canes. 



Entomologist, Report of xxi 



Extension work, see agricultural extension. 



Fertilizers, experiments with 349 



Fertilizers, see field experiments with. 



Field experiments with fertilizers (Bulletin 129) 136-147 



cultivation of the plats 145 



fertilizers to be applied 144 



harvesting the crop 146 



introduction 139 



plats, size, shape and arrangement of 143 



plan of experimental plats 140 



quantit}' to be applied 145 



results 146 



selection of the field for 143 



soil fertility, general remarks on - 141 



Financial Report (Appendix II). 



Forage crops (Bulletin 135) 269-296 



average results 1895 and 1896 288 



barley and peas as forage crop 290 



clovers compared as nitrogen gatherers 296 



