INDEX 



393 



IV, 155; Sir J. J. Thomson 



on, IV, 155; Becquerel on, 



IV, 157 

 Australian star flower, VII, 



186-190 

 Australia, plants from, III, 227, 



289, 310; VII, 182, 186 189; 



VIII, 96 



Bacilli, insects spread, III, 



171-172 

 Bacillus amy lov o rus, pear 



blight due to, III, 170; re- 

 lated to bacilli that cause 



human maladies, III, 170 

 Bacterial diseases of plants, 



VII, 317 

 Bailey, Prof. L. H., fails to 



hybridize squashes, V, 112 

 Baldwin, apple, all trees parts 



of original tree, III, 211 

 Balloon-flower, VII, 95 - 103, 



108-116 



Balsam fir, VIII, 140 

 Baltimore Belle rose, VI, 238 

 Banana, development of, III, 



97 

 Banana melon, a hybrid, V, 



103-104 



Banksia rose, VI, 238, 243 

 Barberry, blossom of, I, 131; 



(Berberis vulgaris), II, 252; 



acrid, is changing, IV, 373- 



384 

 Bark grafting and inarching, 



II, 318-319 

 Barley, grown from seed, III, 



9; fermentation of, V, 342 

 Barnyard manure, effect of, on 



soil, VII, 319 

 Barr, Peter, bulb expert, I, 



165; on personality stamped 



on flowers, VII, 229 

 Bartlett pear, luscious fruit of, 



I, 157; adapted to Califor- 



nian soil and climate, III, 



162; qualities of III, 166, 170, 



231 

 Bateson peas, II, 32-33 



Beach plum, description of, IV, 

 121; ennoblement of the, 

 123-130; size increased by 

 hybridization, VI, 257 

 Bean, III, 9; V, 95, 145-156 

 Bear, history of a cub, I, 95; 

 hereditary instincts, I, 95-96 

 BEARING OF THIS WORK ON 



HUMAN LIFE, 349-378 

 Beauty plum, III, 338; IV, 21 

 Becquerel, on atom, IV, 157; 



finds radio activity, V, 159 

 Beech, hardiness of, VIII, 165 

 Beecher, Henry Ward, on cook- 

 ing the quince, III, 235 

 Bees, orchid pollenized by, 

 1, 128-129 ; pollenize milkweed, 

 I, 129 ;pollenize cherry 

 blossoms, I, 145; pollenize 

 snowball, I, 151; pollenize 

 daisy, I, 186; help produce 

 new daisy, I, 190; cause vari- 

 ation, I, 105; do not mix 

 pollen, I, 205; attracted by 

 flowers, I, 206; produce 

 honey of different flavors, I, 

 206; taste like human be- 

 ings, II, 7; pollenize cher- 

 ries, II, 112; importance 

 of, II, 111-115; have eye 

 for color, II, 343; Dr. Turner 

 on, II, 347; aiding the, II, 

 348-352; fertilize columbines, 

 VII, 129 



Belladonna, IV, 293-295 

 Berckman plum, III, 339 

 Bermuda onions, V, 193 

 Berries, hybrid, II, 170-178; of 

 importance, IV, 209-348; im- 

 proved varieties of, V, 26- 

 43; announcement of new va- 

 rieties, VIII, 297 

 Beurre Clairgeau pear, III, 93 

 Bidens, VII, 285 

 Biffin, Prof., on wheat, II, 208- 

 212, 277; experiments in rust 

 eradication, V, 350-352; ex- 

 periments, wheat, VI, 16-20 

 Bignonia, VII, 257 



