INDEX. 



"Abundance" plum, 211. 



Achillea atrata, 342, 343 fig.; mos- 

 chata, 342, 343 fig. 



Adaptation, 345. 



Advertisement of pedigree wheat, 

 40 fig. 



Agricultural breeding. Discover}' 

 of Xilsson and, 93. 



Agricultural experiment station at 

 Svalof, 48 ff., 272; of Kansas, 

 125 fig.; of Minnesota, 103, fig. 



Agricultural plants. Discovery of 

 elementary species of, 29. 



Agrostis, 1 70. 



Alhambra plum, 213. 



Amaryllis, 162; hybrids, 207. 



Amelioration, German methods of 

 selection and, 56; Gradual, 31; 

 of agricultural plants by selec- 

 tion. Explanation of, 99; of ap- 

 ples and pears, 256. 



Amsterdam, Experiment garden at, 



15 %-, 143 fig-. 323 fig- 

 Analysis of varieties of cereals, 68. 

 Anthocyanin, 246, 248. 

 Anthoxanthum, 170. 

 Apples, Amelioration of, 256; 



Seedless, 188, 257. 

 Ajiricot and plum hybrids, 2:8. 

 Asclepias, 170. 

 Atropa Belladonna, 243 fig. 

 Australian star - flower, 169 fig., 



172; Improved everlasting, 171 



fig. 

 A.vena elatior, 285 fig. ; Flower of, 



278 fig.; Forms of, 286. 

 Azolla carolinensis, 334. 



Barley, breeding for stiff culms, 

 63; Constancy of, 89; Hallett's 

 Chevalier, 39 fig., 44, 269; Meal- 

 iness of, 287; Prentice, 65; Pri- 

 mus, 240, 269; Princess, 65: 

 selection for strong straw, 239; 

 Spikelet and flowers of, 279 fig. ; 

 Transparency of, 287. 



Barrenness in corn, 141, 145 fig. 



Bartlett plum, 226. 



Bateson on discontinuous evolu- 

 tion, 8. 



Beach plum, 212. 



Beans, \\'indsor, 248. 



Beech, Seedling-plants of, 295 fig. 



Beets, Amount of sugar in, 304; 

 Methodical study of, 284; Se- 

 lection in sugar-, 94; Sugar-, 



307- 



Belladonna, 243, 244. 



''Bellevue de Talavera" wheat, 32 

 fig-, 33- 



Berries and flowers, 244. 



Blackberry, \\'hite, 189. 



Bore-wheat, Svalof, 267 fig. 



Brambles, 185; Laciniate, 249 fig. 



Breeding, Agricultural, 93 ; blocks 

 of corn, 155 fig.; by isolation of 

 individuals, 67; corn, 107 fif.; 

 corn for oil, 108 fig. ; Correla- 

 tions in agricultural, 255 flf. ; 

 English vs. German method, 65 ; 

 German method of, 46; Meth- 

 ods of corn, 133; of cereals, 29 

 ff^. ; of corn, History of, 130; 

 plots, 137. 



Erodiaea, 170. 



