INDEX 



407 



Myrobalan plum, II, 39 

 Myrtle, V, 6-29; VI, 325; 

 VIII, 301 



Narcotics, plants produce, IV, 



293-395 

 Nasturtium, I, 131; V, 208; 



VII, 227-228 



National peach, III, 192, 201 

 Native raw materials, IV, 120- 



123 

 Natural selection, II, IT, 105; 



IV, 80; V, 43; VII, 355-368; 



VIII, 339 



Nature, ingenuity in, I, 209; 



creates no duplicates, I, 293; 



aid from IV, 82-85 

 Navel orange, III, 96, 293-594; 



IV, 92 



Nectarine, has common ances- 

 tor with peach, III, 189; 



sometimes grown from peach 



seed, III, 190; white, crossed 



with Muir peach, III, 191; 



crosses readily with almond 



and peach, VII, 332 

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FRITITS, V, 39-69 

 "New Creations," VIII, 305, 323 

 "New Creations in Fruits and 



Flowers," VII, 347; VIII, 



294-295, 309-314 

 "New Creations in Plant Life, ' 



VIII, 215 

 NEW PLUMS AND PRUNES IN THE 



PROCESS OF MAKING, IV, 115- 



160 



Ne Plus Ultra almond, depend- 

 able, VII, 344 

 Nettle, I, 132 

 Newtown Pippin, seedlings 



from, III, 221 

 New Zealand, plants from, II, 



88; III, 227; VIII, 282 

 New Zealand Sonchus, V, 236 

 Nicotiana, announcement of 



new varieties, VIII, 302 

 Nicotunia, announcement of, 



VIII, 301-302, 337 



Nightshade family, IV, 293-295 



Nitrates, carried to plant cells, 

 V, 93 



Nitrogen, necessary for starch 

 and sugar, V, 93-93; impor- 

 tance in fertilizers, VII, 314 



Nitrogenous matter, called pro- 

 tein, V, 95 



Nobel, discovers nitroglycerine, 

 V, 159 



Nonpareil almond, VII, 343-344 



Northern Spy, III, 221, 226-227 



Norway pine, source of resin, 

 VIII, 139 



No Two LIVING THINGS EXACT- 

 LY ALIKE, I, 117-146 



Nut-bearing trees, VIII, 11 



Nut crop, report for 1909, 

 VIII, 17-19 



Ntrrs AS A PROFITABLE CROP, 

 VIII, 7-26 



Nuts, of economic importance, 

 VIII, 9-97 



Nuttall, Dr., II, 227-231, 298 



Oak, VIII, 165 



Oats, III, 9; V, 342 



October Giant raspberry, VIII, 



316 

 Odor, in flowers, II, 7; VI, 343- 



344 



CEnothera, VII, 136 

 Oils, VIII, 137-140 

 Onion, V, 100 

 Opium poppy, VII, 199-208 

 Opulent peach, III, 192-193 

 Opuntia. (See Cactus) 

 Orange, I, 167, 172; II, 43; III, 



237, 288-296, 301, 303; IV, 31, 



92 

 Orange daisy, sun-loving flower, 



I, 182-185 



Orange melons, V, 107 

 Orange quince, III, 236 

 Orange sugar canes, VI, 81 

 Orange sweet corn, crossed 



with late white, V, 335 

 Organisms, II, 19, 21; VII. 155, 



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