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INDEX 



Norfolk, dates in, 107. 



Norway, money, 523. 



Nuphar, 191. 



Nurse-crops, 140. 



Nursery, for forest trees, 202. 



Nursery stock, diseases, 274 ; fertilizer 



for, 72 ; fumigating, 288. 

 Nutrients, digestible, 424. 

 Nutritive ratio, 413, 414. 

 Nymphaea, 191. 



Oats, diseases, 262, 274 ; fertilizer for, 



73; grading, 157; weight, 536, 541. 

 Oberea bimaculata, 330. 

 (Ecanthus niveus, 331. 

 (Edema, 260 ; of tomato, 283. 

 Oemler, quoted, 108. 

 CEstris ovis, 440. 

 Ogden, on water-flow in pipes, 491 ; 



on hydraulic rams, 503 ; on hot-air 



engines, 503. 

 Oils, miscible, 297. 

 Okra, packages, 170. 

 Olein, 443. 



Oleomargarin, test for, 455. 

 Oncideres sp., 328. 

 Onion, diseases, 274 ; fertilizer for, 



73; insects, 323; packages, 169, 



171 ; weight, 536, 541. 

 Oospora scabies, 266, 280. 

 Orange boxes, 164 ; insects, 323 ; trees, 



distances, 119. 

 Oranges, storing, 147. 

 Orchard-grass, weight, 536. 

 Organic compounds, 25. 

 Organization of a farm, 174. 

 Orris-root, 552. 

 Orthotylus delicatus, 322. 

 Osage orange seed, weight, 536. 

 Oscinis sp., 313. 

 Osmium, 24. 

 Othonna, 189. 

 Otis, on soiling, 137. 

 Otto of roses, 551. 

 Ouvirandra, 191. 

 Over-run in butter-making, 454. 

 Oxalis, 189. 

 Oxygen, 24, 25. 

 Oyster-shell scale, 308. 

 Ozonium omnivorum, 269. 



Pace, a measure, 528. 



Pacers, 358. 



Packages, for fruits, 163 ; for vege- 

 tables, 169, 171. 

 Packing apples, 166. 

 Paint, for greenhouse roofs, 201 ; for 



hot water pipes, 200 ; required for 



given surface, 511. 

 Paints, 509. 



Paleacrita vernata, 306. 

 Palladium, 24. 

 Palmatin, 443. 

 Palm, measure, 528. 

 Palms, house, 189, 198. 

 Panama, money, 522. 

 Papaipema nitela, 311. 

 Paper for hotbeds, 200. 

 Paper measure, 519. 

 Paper, paints, 510. 



Papilio asterias, 324 ; polyxenes, 313. 

 Papyrus, 191. 

 Paraffine oil, 297. 

 Paraguay, money, 523. 

 Parasites of animals, 429, 434 ; of fowls, 



377. 



Paris green, 291. 



Parsley, insects, 324 ; under glass, 190. 

 Parsnip, fertilizer for, 73 ; insects, 



324; weight, 536, 541. 

 Parturition, 343. 

 Party flowers, 186. 

 Pasture seeds, 94 ; soiling, 134. 

 Pattison, on storing grapes, 145. 

 Peach, diseases, 275 ; dried, 529 ; scor- 

 ing, 177 ; weight, 536 ; fertilizer for, 



74 ; insects, 325. 

 Pea, diseases, 275 ; fertilizer for, 62, 



74. (See Peas.) 

 Pea-hen, incubation, 342, 343. 

 Peanuts, weight, 536. 

 Pear, diseases, 277 ; fertilizer for, 74 ; 



insects, 326. 

 Pearson, quoted, 172, 442, 443, 446, 



447, 448, 450, 467, 469. 

 Pears, storing, 147 ; weight, 536. 

 Peas, packages, 170, 171 ; to preserve 



for exhibition, 555 ; under glass, 



190; weight, 538, 541. 

 Pecan, insects, 327. 

 Pegomya brassicse, 312, 330; cepe- 



torum, 323; fusciceps, 311. 

 Pelargoniums, 189. 

 Penicillium sp., 262. 



