INDEX. 



449 



PACE 



Pruning, general principles tf 271 



hardy shrubs -'85 



large limbs j-4 



root 284 



to intluee fruitfulness . . . .'84 



to prevent ovcrbcari:ig . . JS5 



shade-trees 282 



spring .... ... -'78 



when to prune 277 



why to prune 279 



Quail 315 



Quality 402 ■ 



Relation between root-system 



and leaf-system . . . 272 



Ki\ers 15 



Rolling ji 



Rose-slug 324 



Rotation of crops 153 



courses in 157 



effect upon insects . . 157,299 



effect upon soil 153 



effect upon weeds .... 156 



Roughage 145 



Sand 7, 8, 46 



Scale insects 299, 319 



Scheele's green 300 



School grounds 349 



Scion 2ii 



Seed-bed, preparation of ... 67 



Seedlings, peach 231 



isolation of 249 



variation of 253 



Seeds 201 



age of 206 



germination of .... . 207 



preservation of 207 



purity 204 



seed coat 201 



selection of 246 



stratification 2^2 



testing 202 



treatment of fine seeds . . 211 



vitality 2:4 



Selection 245 



artificial 398 



diagram of 267 



natural 297 



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Sheep . . 42 1 



Cheviot 425 



Cotswold 426 



Dorset . . 425 



Englisli Down 425 



Leicester 426 



Lincoln 426 



Merino ... .... 424 



Rambouillet 424 



Tunis 425 



Shrubs . . . 349. 375, 378 



Silage 147 



Skim-milk .... ... 181 



Snowslides 20 



Soiling 146 



crops 159 



Soils, acidity 97 



alkaline 98 



alluvial 44 



chemical analysis .... 85 



classification and properties . 42 



clayej 46, 49 



collecting . 47 



fertility 84 



foothold for plants .... 77 



furnishes olant-food ... 77 



inoculation of iio 



moisture and preparation of . 57 



physical properties .... 49 



pores of 54 



sandy 46, 49 



sedentary 43 



storehouse for wa'.er ... 77 



subsoil 43 



temperature of 50 



transported 44 



So}--bean 112, 125, 126 



Stable compost 99 



Starch in wood 84 



Stock 233 



Sparrow 3 >o. 312, 315 



Spider 307 



Sugar maple 373 



Sycamore 373 



Temperament 403 



Temperature, curve .... 50 



regulated by soil .... 78 



regulated by rains .... 62 



Tent-caterpillar, .\merican . . 32.1 



