INDEX 



427 



Turnip, 90, 126, 293; club foot of, 



248, 249*; Swede, 269*. 

 Turnip greens, 320. 

 Tussock moth, 189*. 

 Typhoid fever, 43. 



Umpqua River, 302. 

 Underdrains, 129, 130*. 

 Utah, 64, 164, 395. 



Valley, 21*, 22*. 



Valley soils, 21. 



Vancouveria, 331. 



Varnish, 78, 88. 



Vedalia, 216. 



Vegetable cheese, 280. 



Vegetable mold, 22, 24. 



Vegetables, 517-326. 



Vein, 373. 



Veins of the leaf, 81. 



Veneer, 343. 



Veneer graft, 105*. 



Vetches, 126, 288. 



Vine, see Grape. 



Vine hopper, 217, 218*, 221. 



Vine maple, 26. 



Vineyard, 310*. 



Violet, 96, 223. 



Volcanic ash, 22. 



Volcanoes, 22. 



Vries, de, 107, 113. 



Walnut, 3, 103, 314. 



Walnut blight, 244*. 



Wandering Jew, 100*. 



Warmth, effect on plant, 122; need 

 of, 2, 114. 



Washes, 411-413. 



Washington, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 

 30, 33, 50*, 146, 148, 152, 162, 163, 

 275, 280, 284, 285, 287, 297, 298, 

 302, 306, 326, 329, 331, 340. 



Water, alkali, 135, 137; amount 

 needed, 16; bottom, 42, 43; dis- 

 solves plant food, 57; dissolving 

 action, 55-59; in soils, 10; man- 

 ner of entering seed, 3*, 4 ; need 

 of, 1, 16, 114, 115-117; penetra- 



tion of, 53*, 54* ; stored in soil, 41 ; 



wasted by evaporation, 44-49; 



waste of, 38-41. 

 Water bacteria, 257. 

 Watermelon, 329. 

 Watermelon wilt, 246. 

 Wax, 78, 88. 

 Weather, 149-164; in California, 



159-162; in the Great Basin, 162; 



in Oregon, 162; in Washington, 



162. 



Weather maps, 155*, 157*. 

 Weather signs, 156. 

 Weeds, 128, 165-182; annual, 166- 



179; bulletins on, 182; perennial, 



179, 180 ; poisons for, 166. 

 Weevils, 196. 

 Wells, 42. 

 Well waters, 57. 

 Westphalia, 277. 

 Whale oil soap, 413. 

 Wheat, 69, 71, 126, 134*, 273-276; 



laying of, 119. 

 Wheat rust, 240. 

 Wheat smut, 237. 

 Whip graft, 104*. 

 White clover, 287. 

 White corpuscles in blood, 364. 

 White fly, 214. 

 White of egg, 82. 

 White plague, 368. 

 White sage, as bee pasture, 409. 

 Wild apples, 300. 

 Wild barley, 266. 

 Wild cabbage, 268*. 

 Wild cherry, 182. 

 Wild mustard, 175, 176*. 

 Wild oats, 266, 278. 

 Wild radish, 175. 

 Wild rye, 266. 

 Willamette, 23. 

 Willow, 90, 100. 

 Wilt, 246. 

 Wind-breaks, 121. 

 Wind brings pollen to flowers, 94. 

 Wind, effect on plants, 120, 121*. 

 Windpipe, 361, 362*. 

 Winds, 149. 

 Wine, 312. 



