INDEX. 



Active life members, 282 

 Address, President's, 256 

 Alpine strawberry, 238 

 Amelanchier alnifolia, 241 



canadensis, var. oblongifolia, 241 

 Annual members, 285 



Bee-bird, 113, 114 



food-habits of, 113 

 Bees the friend of the horticulturist, 42 

 Beltzer, L. A., Remarks by, 16 

 Bessey, C. E. — Notes on the botany of 

 the strawberry, 237 



Remarks by, 230, 235 

 Bkd, Butcher, 145 



Cedar, 143, 144 



Cherry, 144 



day in our schools, 56 



law of Nebraska, 164-166 

 Birds, as destroyers of weed seeds, 55, 

 83, 130 



better known than other animals, 50 



distribution of, 51 



fond of joking, 52 



food-habits of, 53, 54, 56 



how numerous, 50, 53, 54 



list of Nebraska, 57-163 



migration of, 51 



Nebraska as a home for, 57 



nest building of, 52 



numbers of insects destroyed by, 54 



of Nebraska, 48 

 See special index, 167 



plumage of, 52 



remarks about, in general, 50-56 



speed of flight, 51 



their relation to horticulture, 50 



their relation to other animals, 50 



variation of, in size, 51 



Gallinaceous, 78 



Birds, Perching, 113 



of prey, 84 

 Blackberries, 187, 192 

 Blackbird, Crow, 129, 130 



food-habits of, 129, 130 



Red-winged, 124, 125 

 Black raspberry, 246 

 Bluebirds, food-habits of, 161 

 Bob-white, 79, 80 

 Botany of the bush fruits, 241 



strawberry, 237 

 Brown, A. J., Remarks by, 12, 232 

 Brown Thrush as an insect destroyer, 56 



injuring apples, 56 

 Bruner, L. — Birds of Nebraska, 48 

 Buffalo berry, 242 

 Bush fruits. Botany of the, 241 

 By-Laws, 289 



Canning of fruit, 203 

 Card, F. W. — Botany of the bush fruits, 

 241 



Remarks by, 32, 235 

 Carrion Crow, nature of food, 85 

 Catbird, 154, 155 



food-habits of, 156 



injuring fruit, 156 

 Chilian strawberry, 239 

 Chinese raspberry, 244 

 Committees, Standing, 280 

 Common gooseberry, 252 

 Common or high blackberry, 248 

 Constitution, 287 

 Cowbird, 124, 125 



parasitic habits of, 125 

 Crow, Common, 118, 122 



food-habits of, 122, 123 

 Cuckoo, Black-billed, 104 



Yellow-billed, 104 

 Cuckoos, caterpillar destroyers, 103 



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