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INDEX. 



PAGE 



Apple, McMahon 204 



— nativity of 276 



— New South Wales 281. 282 



— New York 279, 282 



— number of 366 



— nurserymen's varieties 246 



— old types 145 



— Oregon 283 



— Pennsylvania 282 



— progress in 207, 208 



— propagation 343 



— pruning 345 



— quality in 221 et seq. 



— Quebec 282 



— races in Russian ... • • 240 



— running out .... 335, 384 et seq. 



— Russian in America . ■ 206, 317, 327 



— Russian, quality in ■ . • 230 



— scab 181, 244, 390 



— seedling and austere • 361 



— seed-production in 229, 253 



— sports of 90 



— sterUe and fertile 353 



— stocks 286 



— synonyms in 244 



— Tasmanian 215 



— variation in Baldwin 238 



— variation in branches 91 



— Washington .... 281, 282 et seq. 



— wild 210 



— Wisconsin 280, 282 



— World's Fair 279 



— worms 180 



Apprentice system 203 



Apricot, nativity of 276 



Arabs, evolution amongst .... 108 

 "Arbres Fruitiers," considered • 142 



Arctic vegetation 271 et seq. 



Army-worm 188 



Aromatic qualities 170 



Arrows, poison for 52 



Artemisia vulgaris 52 



Arum 52 



Asexual variation 71 



Asian plants 267 et seq. 



Asparagus, Cooper on 153 



Asters, in New Brunswick 301 



Australia, apple in 244 



PAGB 



Australia, rabbits in 200 



Autochthonal hypothesis . ... 288 



Azaleas 285 



Bacteria 15 



Bailey, L. H., quoted 185, 393 



— W. W., quoted .... .301 

 Bakewell, Robert, mentioned, 160 

 Banana, seed-production in . 2,52, 253 



— variation in • 71, 99 



Bananas, importation of .... 216 

 Banks' herbarium 127 



— Sir Joseph, cited 155, 329 



Bark louse 186 



— study of _ 156 



Barlow, mentioned 448 



Barnes, Charles R., mentioned . 67 

 Barnet, cited . . 403, 406, 407, 408 

 Barrenness of orchards . ■ • 249, 252 

 Barron, quoted 229 



Baskets, progress in 215 



Bathmism . . 26. 61, 402 

 Bauhin, Casper, cited . . . 401 



Beal, W. J., quoted . . . 330, 379, 380 

 Bean 137 



— lima, a plur-annual 45 



— Soy 132 



Beans and latitude 299 



— evolution of 129 



— seed-production in 251 



Beet, progress in 207 



Begonia 102 



— growth-force in 25 



Begonias, rest in 48 



Belgium, pears to 216 



Benary, mentioned 450 



Bengal, bean from 131 



Bennett, mentioned 450 



Bentham, mentioned 273 



Berghaus, quoted 299 



BerthoUet, mentioned 142 



Bessler, cited 458 



Biberg, quoted 139 



Biennials, nature of 45 



Bigness is variation 170 



Bilateral development 14 



Birds, dispersion of 182 



— insectivorous 214 



— number ox- . . . 189 



