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INDEX. 



FAGB 



Variation, Dandelions 258 



— definite 23 



— and varieties, describing . . 174, 237 



— differences, importance of ... . 242 



— due to struggle 258 



— fertilizers and 262, 264 



— fixing of . . .367 



— food-supply .... 27, 87, 98, 159, 169 



— fortuitous 24 



— geography of 282 et seq. 



— growth 25 



— has it ceased 358, 373 



— increase in 206 



— insects and diseases in relation 



to 371 



— introducing 369 



— merit rising 373 



— multifarious 23 



— origin of 32, 58 



— Parallelism of 219 



— pea 264 



— petunia 264 



— poor growers 246 



— production of 138, 177 



— progress in 364 



— progressive 204, 209 



— running out 145, 157, 



161, 335, 356, 376 et seq. ; 

 382 et seq. ; 397 et seq. ; 445 et seq. 



— seed-production 251 



— soils, influence of ... . 257, 378 



— test of a 208 



— testing 171 et seq. ; 371 



— VanMonson 142 



— wheat 257 



— why fail 364 



Variegation ... 92 



Varietal difference 336, 339 



Vedalia 215 



Vegetables, number of 139 



Vergil, quoted 201 



Vermes 14 



Vestiges 98 



Vilmorin, cited .... 438, 453, 469, 472 



— on tomato 118, 127 



Vine, acclimatization of 323 



Violets, sports in 92 



Virginia, Albemarle Pippin .... 244 



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Virginia, peach-trees in 323 



Vitality of fruit-trees 2.30 



Vitis Labrusca 235, 432 



— vinifera 423 et seq. 



Volta, mentioned 142 



Von Martens, on beans 129 



— Mohl, mentioned 85 



Vroom, quoted .... 301 



Waite, M. B., cited 353 



Wales, New South, at World's 



Fair, etc 281, 282 



Wallace, quoted 182. 220, 333 



Walnut ... 52 



— acclimatization 326 



— nativity of 277 



Ward, cited 97 



Waring, Geo. E., and the Trophy 



tomato 480 et seq. 



Washington, acclimatization . ■ . 326 



— at World's Fair . . . 281, 282 et seq. 

 Watermelon, seed-crop 37 



— selection in 154 



Watermelons to Europe 216 



Watson on maize 1'28 



Weather and plants 302 



Weediness ...... 193 



Weeds in the clearings 182 



— from abroad 188 



— spread o£ 192, 193 et seq. 



Weed-types 49 



Weeping varieties 92 



Weismann, quoted .... 29, 62, 63, 65, 



70, 72, 73, 75, 77, 78, 102, 265, 348, 495 



— mentioned . . 61, 62, 66, 67. 68, 69, 70. 



71, 76, 101, 103, 106, 167, 168. 261, 263 

 Weismannism . . 64, 79, 81, 103, 1G7, 264 

 Wheat 137 



— acclimatization 332 



— and clover 259 



— and Russian thistle 195 



— variation in 257 



Williams and Morrow, mentioaid, 270 



— H. S., quoted 21, 48, 492 



Williamson, cited 441 



Willows 100 



Willow, weeping 99 



Windbreaks 308 



Winds and fruit culture 308 



