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INDEX 



Maple, hardiness of, VIII, 165 

 Marshal Niel rose, VI, 238 

 Marie Henriette rose, VI, 238 

 Marigold, VII, 217-220 

 Market, III, 115-118 

 Martin, II, 20, 101, 248 

 MARVELOUS POSSIBILITIES IN THE 



IMPROVEMENT OF PLANTS, I, 



259-278 



Mayberry, Japanese Golden, 

 IV, 321-325 * 



Mayflower verbena, VII, 163- 

 172 



Maypop, V, 255, 258 



Mazzard cherry, II, 327 



Meadow lark, II, 99 



Medicinal tree products, VIII, 

 142-143 



Melon, III, 9; V, 101, 106, 107, 

 109 



Mendel, experiments of, I, 337- 

 340; IV, 239; V, 138, 139, 

 145; VIII, 340-341; made 

 known by De Vries, Correns, 

 and Tschermak, V, 351 ; Men- 

 del, his theory, essential facts 

 of, VI, 7; theories of, in prac- 

 tice, VII, 347-384; principles 

 discovered independently by 

 Burbank, VII, 352 



Mendelian formulae, II, 126- 

 127; IV, 309-311 



Mendelian heredity, how deter- 

 mined, VII, 88; dominant 

 and recessive colors of flow- 

 ers, VII, 88-93; shown by 

 columbines, VII, 126; in pop- 

 pies, VII, 210; in hybrids, 

 VII, 349; significance of unit 

 characters, VII, 353; isolation 

 of groups of factors, VII, 

 378-379 ; in walnuts, VII, 383- 

 384 



Mendelian interpretation, II, 

 122 



Mendelism, I, 341; VII, 352- 

 354, 368, 370; VIII, 340-344 



"Messenger," ancestor of Amer- 

 ican trotting horses, III, 11 



Mexico, plants from, III, 311; 



V, 315-317; VII, 141; VIII, 



136 



Meyer, Frank F., VIII, 65 

 Michaelmas daisy, I, 303 

 Microscope, aid from the, IV, 



145-149 



Mildew, IV, 355; VI, 237 

 Milk thistle, V, 235 

 Milkweed, I, 129; II, 339; VII, 



233-234 



Miller, buys prune, IV, 51-52 

 Mimulus, monkey flower, VII, 



259 

 Mints, and their allies, V, 199- 



205 



Mirabilis, VII, 121 

 Miracle plum, IV, 88 

 Miss Sherwood poppy, VII, 



200, 208 



Molecules, IV, 150-151 

 Montecito grape, Rutland on, 



IV, 367 

 Moors, as cultivators of the 



orange. III, 295 

 Morganhill prune, IV, 51-52 

 Morning-glory, VII, 224-225, 



289, 293 

 Morrow, W. W., aids Burbank 



work, VIII, 208 

 Morton, an orange hybrid, III, 



292 



Moss verbena, VII, 173 

 Mosses, II, 239 

 Moth, II, 332-333 

 Mountain ash, II, 171; V, 37 

 Muir peach, III, 191, 201 

 Mulberry, crossed with fig, III, 



306-309; possibilities of, IV, 



343 



Muscat grapes, IV, 365 

 Muskmelon, V, 99, 103-106 

 Mustard, V, 117, 205-213 

 Mutability of species, VII, 7-32 

 Mutation, II, 14, 17, 21-33; V, 



145 

 MY EARLY YEARS AT SANTA 



ROSA, VIII, 243-269 

 Myrica, VIII, 147 



