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INDEX 



Amoeba, indefinite in form and 

 structure, I, 54 



Ampelops'is, hardy vine, VII, 

 249 



Analysis of soils, often valu- 

 able, VII, 313 



Ancestral strains, diversity of, 

 III, 347; of immigrants, VIII, 

 368 



Ancon ram, Darwin on, II, 22 



Anemophilous plants, II, 245 



Angers quince, III, 236 



Animal cells, action of proto- 

 plasm of, V, 84 



Animal world, I, 235; evidence 

 from the, II, 227-231; de- 

 pendent on vegetables, V, 86 



Animals, offspring of, II, 123 



Animate and inanimate forms 

 of life, I, 54 



Anthers, II, 349 



Antirrhinum, II, 349 



Antiseptic surgery in the 

 orchard, III, 172-174 



Apex plumcot, final selection 

 of, IV, 200-203 



Aphides, destroy stoneless 

 seeds, II, 53 



Aphis, woolly, orchard pest, 

 III, 225; Northern Spy im- 

 mune, III, 226 



APPLE, A FRUIT STILL CAPABLE 

 OF FURTHER IMPROVEMENT, 



III, 207-234 



Apple, Baldwin, II, 58; hybrid- 

 ized, II, 178-179; develop- 

 ing a new variety of, III, 15; 

 color, how produced, III, 93; 

 migration of, III, 156; can 

 be grafted on pear stock, III, 

 178; improvement of, III, 

 207-234; result of hybridiz- 

 ing dewberry with, V, 64-66 



Apple orchards, injured by 

 woolly aphis, III, 225 



Apples, pears, and quinces, pos- 

 sibilities in crossing, III, 234 



Apple plum, III, 94; III, 338; 



IV, 139 



Apple seeds, method of plant- 

 ing, III, 222 



Apple trees, grafts cut, I, 149; 

 find in man a friend, I, 151; 

 pruning of, III, 80; all 

 closely related, III, 86; de- 

 crease in production of, III, 

 101; low size, III, 113; adapt- 

 ability of, III, 154 



APRICOT AND THE LOQUAT, III, 



261-285 



Apricot, crossed with plum, I, 

 233; smooth, I, 262; Russian, 



III, 277; and plum crossed, 



IV, 183; bearing nuts, VII, 

 339 



Apricot plum, Chinese, IV, 9 

 Aquilegia, honey of, I, 131; de- 

 scribed, VII, 125-130 

 Araucaria, adaptability to en- 

 vironment, I, 87 

 Arctium, burdock, VII, 285 

 Arderne, H. W., discovers white 



Watsonia, VII, 67, 107 

 Aroma and taste, IV, 110 

 Artichoke, adaptability of, I, 

 167; development of, V, 819- 

 227 

 ARTICHOKES AND OTHER GARDEN 



SPECIALTIES, V, 217-238 

 Artificial pollination, II, 117 

 Artificial selection, II, 21 

 Arum, color and scent of, I, 

 126; pollination by flies, I, 

 127; variation of, I, 135-136 

 Asclepia, rubber-producing 



plants, VIII, 135 

 Ash, possibilities of, VIII, 171 

 Asiatic daisy, I, 305 

 Asiatic Elaeagnus, IV, 384 

 Asiatic plum, IV, 120 

 Asparagus, selling qualities, I, 



265; valuable food, V, 248 

 Asters, possibilities of, VII, 140 

 Atmosphere, new, stimulative, 



II, 105 



Atom, characteristics of, IV, 

 150-160; Prof. Rutherford on, 

 IV, 154-155; Lord Kelvin on, 



