INDEX 



Alfalfa, 288, 290. 



Animals, 182. 



Annual, 74. 



Ant, 1 1 8. 



Anther, 46. 



Apple, 62, 82, 92, 103, 328. 



Apple-tree tent caterpillar, 136, 137. 



Asparagus, 257. 



Bacteria, 26, 33, 101, 104, 225. 



Bailey, Professor, quoted, 56. 



Balanced ration, 216-218. 



Beans, 253, 258. 



Bee, 120, 207. 



Bee, anti-robbing entrance, 210. 



Bee culture, 207. 



Beet, 253, 257. 



Beetle, 120, 121. 



cucumber, 262. 

 Biennials, 74. 

 Birds, 234. 

 Black knot, 114, 115. 

 Blackberry, 58, 62. 

 Blight, 266. 



egg plant, 263. 



pear and apple, 103. 



potato, in. 



tomato, 265. 



Bordeaux Mixture, 99, 100, 327. 

 Bordeaux-Paris-green mixture, 130, 



330. 



Borer, peach, 138. 

 Breeding cage, insect, 126. 



Bud variation, 61. 

 Budding, 86. 

 Buds, 58, 62, 86. 

 Bug, 1 20, 121. 

 Bulbs, 271. 

 Burbank, Luther, 86. 

 Butter, 223. 

 Butterfly, 120, 123. 



Cabbage, 114, 248, 251, 254, 255, 



258. 



worm, 140, 141. 

 Cambium, 84, 104. 

 Cankerworm, 133. 

 Canna, 277. 

 Cantaloupes, 261. 

 Cape jessamine, 270. 

 Capillarity, 12. 

 Carbohydrates, 213, 214. 

 Carbon, 41, 42. 

 Carbonic acid gas, 8. 

 Caterpillar, 123. 

 Cattle, 192. 



Cauliflower, 114, 249, 328. 

 Celery, 254, 259. 

 Cherries, 62, 328, 330. 

 Chinch bug, 140. 

 Churn, the, 222, 223. 

 Clover, 39, 284, 294. 

 Club root, 1 14. 

 Cocoon, 121, 122, 124, 125. 

 Codling moth, 128. 

 Cold frame, 249, 251, 252, 253. 



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