INDEX 



405 



Jumping bean, I, 141 

 June buds, II, 325-326 



Kaffir corn, V, 318-319, 338 

 Kale, V, 99, 117 

 Kapok, VII, 234 

 Keen's seedling, IV, 273 

 Kelsey plum, II, 305-307 

 Kelvin, Lord, on atom, IV, 



155 

 Kentucky blue grass, VII, 270; 



best for lawns, VII, 270-271 

 Kerosene, for disinfecting plant 



wounds, III, 172 

 Kieffer, Mr. Peter, introduces 



new pear, III, 161 

 King corn, ancestor of, V, 312 

 Kittatiny blackberry, IV, 224 

 Klondike tree, III, 58 

 Knight, Andrew, III, 160 

 Kohl-rabi, V, 99, 117 

 Kolreuter on pollination, 1,328 



Larkspur, VII, 211-236 

 Latex, VIII, 136-137 



LAWNS AND THEIR BEAUTIFICA- 



TION, VII, 263-303 



Lawns, lippia, VII, 269; Ken- 

 tucky blue grass, VII, 270- 

 271; flowers for, VII, 296 



Lawton blackberry, I, 327-329; 

 II, 207; IV, 224, 255, 257 



Leader peach, III, 201 



Leaf system, IV, 103 



Leaves, V, 80, 95 



Le Conte pear, III, 162, 166 



Leguminous plants, VI, 40-42 



Le Long, cm sugar prune, II, 

 146 



Lemon, III, 288 



Lemon cucumber, V, 103 



Lemon Giant calla, VII, 46 



Leopard lily, VII, 54 



Leotsakos, on cactus fruit, V, 

 15 



LETTING THE BKFS Do THEIR 

 WORK, II, 331-352 



Lettuce, I, 151, 167, 172; V, 

 227, 229, 230 



LET Us Now PRODUCE SOME 

 NEW COLORS IN FLOWERS, I, 

 175-203 



Lieb, Judge, VIII, 208 



Life, I, 53-55; VIII, 217-221 



Ligusticwn, V, 198-199 



Lilac, color, VI, 325 



Lilies, I, 149; V, 279; VII, 53- 

 61, 315, 316; VIII, 299-300 



Lima bean, V, 150-153 



Lime, familiar citrus fruit, III, 

 288 



Lippia, VII, 172; for lawns, 

 VII, 263-269 



Little Gem calla, II, 13 



Liverwort, I, 63 



Lock, R. H., on corn, V, 333 



Locust trees, VIII, 171 



Loeb on insects, II, 344-348 



Loganberry, discovered by Lo- 

 gan, IV, 253-254 



Longworth, on raspberry, IV, 

 235 



Loquat, III, 281-284 



Lovett, T. J., introduces white 

 blackberry, I, 325 



Lumber, VIII, 97-123 



Lye and sugar, IV, 38-39 



Lyscom apple, seedlings from, 

 III, 221 



Madia (madder), VIII, 134 

 MacDougal, Dr. D. T., treats 



plants with chemicals, V, 173 

 McFarland chestnut, VIII, 63 

 Madagascar, plants from, VII, 



64 



Madame Edouard rose, VI, 238 

 Madame Hulot, blue gladiolus, 



VII, 29 



Magnolia, VIII, 168-169 

 Mahaleb cherry, II, 327 

 Maize, improved by Indians, I, 



161-164 

 Mala Oydonia, Roman name for 



quince, III, 237 

 Malthus, views of, VII, 357 

 Mango tree, V, 71-72 

 Mao-li-dzi, V, 23 



