INDEX 



Abalone, 130, PI. XVIII 



Agricultural resources: 

 under the missions, 217; 

 at the time of the Spanish 

 discovery, 216; farm 

 values, 226-227; fertility, 

 219 



Alaska, excursions to, 276; 

 mines and minerals of, 66 



Algae, marine, 179-181 



Amphibians, 96, 105, 110 



Ants, white, 145 



Approaches to the Pacific 

 Coast: Alta California, 6; 

 Cape of Good Hope route, 

 4; Colorado River, 7; 

 continental route, 5, 7, 10; 

 Manila route, 5; Northeast 

 passage, 4; Northwest 

 routes, 4, 7; sea routes, 2, 

 4, 5, 6 



Areas, fauna], 108 



Arizona, agricultural re- 

 sources of, 221; deserts of, 

 174 



Associations, animal, 108 



Astronomical observatories, 

 197-206: Chabot, 203; of 

 the Dominion of Canada, 

 205; International Latitude 

 Observatory, Ukiah, 203; 

 Lick, 197; Lowe, 204; 

 Lowell, 204; Manila, 205; 

 Mare Island Navy Yard, 

 204; Mills College, 204; 

 Mount Hamilton, 197, PL 

 XXVII; Mount Whitney, 

 202; Mount Wilson, 200, 

 PI. XXVI; National Ob- 

 servatory of Mexico, 205; 

 Pomona College, Frank P. 

 Brackett Observatory, 203; 

 of the University of Santa 

 Clara, 204; Solar, 200, PI. 

 XXVI; of Stanford Uni- 

 versity, 204; of University 

 of California, 203 



Astronomical societies, 205 



Austin, Mary, 265 



Barium products, 244 

 Base metals, 54, 55, 57 

 Beach terraces, 39, 50 

 Big tree, 160, PI. XXII 

 Biological stations (See 



Marine biological stations) 

 Birds, fossil, 97, 98; recent, 



109, 112 

 Bohemian Club, 256, 257 

 Borax, 73, 242 

 British Columbia, excursions 



in, 276; mines and minerals 



of, 65, 67 

 Building materials, 53, 66, 73 

 Burbank's gardens, 185 



Cacti, 173 



Calaveras skull, 103 



California, Alta, occupied, 

 16; Baja, 6; deserts of, 

 100, 110, 111. 172, 174; 

 geological map of, PI. XL; 

 hydro- electric develop- 

 ment in, 233-234; irriga- 

 tion districts in, 228-233; 

 Lower, 7; life map of, PI. 

 XLIII; relief map of, PI. 

 V; west central, map of 

 PI. XXXIV; zones of, PI. 

 XLIII 



California Current, 19, 124, 

 133 



Cambrian, 93 



Carbonic acid, 244 



Carboniferous, 44 



Carmel Mission, PI. II, 286 



Celebrations, 252, 261 



Cement, 240 



Chaparral, 109, 150 



Chemical resources and in- 

 dustries: barium products, 

 244; borax, 242; carbonic 

 acid, 244; cement, 240 (See 

 also Geology and Mining) ; 

 cream of tartar, 244; ex- 

 plosives, 239; fertilizers, 

 243; gas, 241; insecticides, 

 244; lime, 240; magnesia, 

 240; minerals, 244 (See 

 also Mines and mining 

 and Geology) ; paper pulp, 

 243; petroleum, 237; pe- 

 troleum refining, 239; salt, 

 242; soda, 242; sprays, 244; 

 sugar, 243; sulphuric acid, 

 237; tartaric acid, 244 



Coalinga oil district, 82 



Colombia, 17 



Continental shelf, 124 



Cretaceous, 45, 48, 56, 80, 94 



Cypress, Monterey, 165, PI. 

 XX 



Death Valley, 172 



Desert, cacti of the, 173; 

 Colorado Desert of south- 

 ern California, 174; Death 

 Valley, 172; erosion in, 34; 

 Laboratory, 174; palms, 

 175, PI. XXIV; regions, 

 168; of southwestern Ari- 

 zona, 174; vegetation, 169; 

 fauna of the. 111, 112; 

 fossil-bearing beds of the, 

 100; Mohave, 100, 111; 

 origin of flora of the, 169; 

 Painted, 171; petrified for- 

 ests of the, 171 



Desert Laboratory, 174 



Devonian, 44, 93 



Drama (See Outdoor life and 

 the fine arts) 



Dry farming, 222-224 



Earthquake of 1906, 63 



297 



