416 



INDEX 



Waverley clematis, VII, 254. 

 Waxberry, VIII, 147-148 

 Wax grafting, II, 316, 319-322 

 Wax myrtles, VIII, 317 

 Webber, H. H., experiments of, 



VI, 60 



Weeds, menace of, VII, 282- 

 296; annual and perennials, 



VII, 28",- annual, how pre- 

 vented, VII, 284; perennial, 

 how prevented, VII, 284-285; 

 with feathery seeds, VII, 

 287; how protected, Vli, 

 288; introduced with seeds, 

 VII, 289; worst in California, 

 VII, 291; how exterminated, 

 VII, 294-296 



Weissmannian doctrine, VIII, 



346-347 

 West's Mammoth quince, III, 



236 



WHAT THE B URBAN K PLUMS 

 AND PRUNES HAVE EARNED, 

 IV, 161-179 

 WHAT TO WORK. "OR IN 



FLOWERS, VI, 197-224 

 Wheat, reproduction of, I, 132; 

 Prof. Biffin, on, II, 208-212; 

 pollination of, II, 253, 255; 

 grown from seed, III, 9-10; 

 chief vegetable food, V, 342; 

 subject to rust, V, 347-349; 

 -^alysis by Professor Biff en, 

 VI, 8; with beardless ears, 

 VI, 10; segregation of unit 

 characters, VI, 13-14; hybri- 

 dizing wild with cultivated, 

 VI, ^,-25 



Whip graft, II, 315, 317 

 WHITE BLACKBERRY, I, 325-352 

 White blackberry, I, 325-352; 

 II, 30, 36, 122, 131, 193, 205- 

 208; IV, 218 



White daisy, ancestors pre- 

 ferred shade, I, 182-183 

 White grape, IV, 355 

 White mustard, pest, V, 207 

 White strawberry, IV, 284 

 Wichuriana rose, VI, 238, 245 



Wickson plum, IV, 18-19, 21, 



166-167; V, 49; VIII, 316 

 Wild flowers, color variation 



in, VI, 323-324 

 Wild-Goose plum, IV, 121 

 Wild lettuce, VII, 285 

 Wild oats, IV, 77 

 Wild plants, I, 199; III, 8 

 Wild plum, IV, 34 

 Wild radish, VII, 295 

 William's Favorite apple, III, 



221 

 Willits, an orange hybrid, III, 



291-292 



Wilson Junior berry, IV, 226 

 Wind, carries seed and poiien, 



I, 64, 134, 149 

 Windbreaks, VII, 303 

 Wind-loving plants, II, 245 

 Wineberry, V, 33 

 WINTER RHUBARB, II, 87-110 

 Winter rhubarb, II, 108-110; 



V, 239-249 

 WINTER RHUBARB AND OTHER 



INTERESTING EXOTICS, V, 239- 



259 

 Wistaria, variety in types, VII, 



259-260 



Wonderberry, IV, 289, 292 

 Wonder ixia, VII, 198 

 Woodward, Dr., theory of, I, 



335 



Woolly aphis, III, 225-226 

 WORD TO THE READER, I, 17-20 

 WORKING WITH A UNIVERSAL 



FLOWER THE ROSE, VI, 225- 



250 

 Wormwood, I, 85 



Xanthium, VII, 285 



Yellow Bellflower apple, III, 



221 



Yellow field corn, V, 329-331 

 Yerba buena,, V, 201-203 

 Yucca, in the desert, I, 85; II, 



331-337 



Zea, V, 317-339 



