INDEX. 



PAGB 



Acclimatization . 307, 310, 320 et seq.* 

 Acquired character, heredity as 

 an 23 



— definitions of . .56, 76, 77, 78, 79, 264 



Adaptation — arguments 51 



Africa, bean from 131 



Agassiz's theory 268 



Age and runiiing out 384 



— of type and variability 50 



Alabama, corn from 298 



Albumen 19 



Alchemy 140 



Alegatiere, and the carnation . . 442 

 Algae 18 



— sex in 104 



Aliquote 292, 293 



Alleghany flora 270, 275 



Allen, John, mentioned 126 



— John Fisk, mentioned 432 



Alliance, pomological 267 



Alkaloids, origin of 52 



Almond, nativity of 276 



Almonds 206 



Alsike clover 261, 263 



Alternation of generations • 18, 67, 73 

 Altitudes and plants .... 294, 302 

 Amarantus retroflexus .... 2.">9, 261 



Ambrosia artemissefolia 259 



Amelioration and seed • produc- 

 tion 229, 251 



America, early fruits in 145 



— native fruits in 210 



American and Asian fruits 267 



"American Gardener's Calendar," 



quoted 204 



American fruits for America, 



311 et seq. 



— horticulture, progress in 202 



PAGB 



American Pomological Soc, cited . 420 



— varieties 178 



Ammonia, phosphate of 226 



Amceba 21 



" Amoenitates AcademicsB," quoted . 139 

 Amphibious animals, number of . 139 



Anabolic changes 347 



Animals, breeding 160 



— number of 139 



— vs. plants 82 



"Annals of Botany," quoted ... 25 



Annuals, nature of 45, 265, 294 



Authemis nobilis 52 



Apple, acclimatization .... 327, 332 



— age of 137 



— American vs. European . . 205, 314 



— Australia 244 



— borers 188 



— climate and, 99, 174, 244, 282, 283, 337 



— cosmopolitan tj'pes 370, 374 



— Delaware Winter and Lawver . . 242 



— dominant types 175 



— Downing 205 



— Esopus Spitzenburgh . . 383, 389, 390 



— exportation of 215 



— flower-bearing 351 



— fungi , 339 



— geography of 279 



— graftage 344 



— Idaho 283 



— Illinois 280, 282 et seq. 



— insects 186, 338 



— Knight's work 158 



— longevity of 334 



— maggot 183 



— marketing in early days 215 



— Minnesota 282 



— Missouri 283 



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