INDEX 



453 



Precipitation, in relation to choice of 



species, 26-29. 

 Pricking out, 312-325. 

 Protection of planting and seeding 



sites, from fire, 183-187. 

 from plant-eating animals, 181- 



183. 



from seed-eating animals, 176-181. 

 Prouve's planting iron, 418, 442. 

 Pruning nursery stock, 369-371, 393- 



394. 



Puddling, 344. 

 Pure stands, 61-64. 



Rabbits, protection from, 181-183. 

 Rakes, 226, 278. 

 Receptacles for plants, 431. 

 Reclamation of soil, 188-198. 

 Red lead for coating seeds, 351. 

 Red spider, damage by, 354. 

 Redwood, 20, 130, 148, 284, 302. 

 Regeneration, artificial, 14-15, 81. 



choice between natural and arti- 

 ficial, 75-81. 



mixed, 87-89. 



natural, 4-14. 

 Rhododendron, 371. 

 Rodents, protection from, 176-183, 



346-348. 

 Rollers, for forming drills, 272. 



for forming seedbeds, 264. 

 Root cuttings, 6, 7, 396. 

 Root rot, 348. 

 Rotation of crops, 252, 254, 258, 261, 



262. 



Roth's planting tool, 405. 

 Rye as soiling crop, 253. 



Sand dunes, 193-198. 

 Saxon planting iron, 418. 

 Sauer's drill roller, 272. 

 Screens, 295-298. 

 Scrim screens, 298. 

 Seed, cleaning, 160. 



collecting, 137-146. 



color as indicative of ripeness, 101. 



coniferous, detaching wings from, 

 159. 



Seed, cost per pound, 100, 102. 

 covering in seeding, 276-280. 

 curing, 146-156. 

 dealers, list of, 90. 

 demand for, 90. 



distribution in seeding, 213-216. 

 drying, 146-156. 

 extracting, 156-166. 

 flask, Swedish, 227. 

 genuineness, determination of, 109. 

 loss of, in seedbeds, 346-348. 



in storage, 103-105. 

 maturity, determination of, 138. 

 number, of pounds per bushel of 

 fruit, 100-102. 



per pound, 96-100. 

 packing for shipment, 175. 

 production, study of, 134-137. 

 purity, determination of, 106-108. 

 quality, 91-103. 



quantity required, formula for, 

 283-285. 



in broadcast seeding, 282. 



in drill seeding, 281. 



in full seeding, 212. 

 respiration and transpiration, 166. 

 size of, 96-100, 103. 

 storage, loss in, 103-105. 



methods of, 166-174. 

 stratification of, 104, 121, 168. 

 testing, 106-120. 

 transport of, 174-175. 

 trees, 95. 



viability of, 122-123. 

 Seedbeds, arrangement of, 263. 

 boxes, 288, 296, 351. 

 covers, 286-300. 

 curbing, 265. 



damage by rodents, 346-348. 

 management, prior to germination, 

 285-289. 



after first year, 302-304. 



after germination, 290-302. 

 mulching, 300. 

 preparation of, 262-265. 

 shading, 290-298. 

 size of, 262. 

 watering, 245-250. 



