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Index. 



Stem, fastest elongation of, 80; how 

 lengthens, 79; root originates in, 

 64; vital part of woody, 55. 



Stem cuttings, 202; how planted, 

 203; proper length of, 203. 



Stems, how they increase in diame- 

 ter, 54; underground, 78. 



Stigma, 95. 



Stimulative pruning, 251. 



Stocks for grafting, 210. 



Stockiness, pruning for, 247. 



Stoma defined, 49. 



Stomata defined, 49. 



Storage of cuttings, 201; of reserve 

 food, 63. 



Stratification of seeds, 108. 



Strawberry, periect and imperfect 

 flowers of, 101. 



Strength, pruning for, 248. 



Striped cucumber beetle, 156. 



Subjects for crossing, selection of, 

 264. 



Style, 95. 



Suckering defined, 242. 



Sulfate of potash, 151. 



Sulfur, part played by in plants, 45. 



Sun heat injurious to young seed- 

 lings, 140. 



Sun-scald, 117. 



Superphosphate, 151. 



Symbiosis, 149. 



Table for computing dew point, 129; 

 showing duration of seed vital- 

 ity, 106; showing germinating 

 temperatures of seeds, 26. 



Tarred-paper cards, tool for cutting, 

 168. 



T-b udding, 221. 



Temperature as affecting plant 

 growth, 115; fatal to protoplasm, 

 116; influence of on absorption of 

 water by seeds, 23; methods of 

 controlling, 194. 



Tenderness defined, 13. 



Terminal buds, pinching of, effect 

 on wood maturity, 124; destruc- 

 tion of, by cold, 121. 



Theory of evolution, 21. 



Thermal belts, 131. 



Thinning fruit, 103, 252. 



Time, most favorable for trans 

 planting, 226. 



Tobacco, broom rape of, 171; decoc- 

 tion of, for destroying aphidse, 161; 

 smoke for destroying insects, 160; 

 fluid extract of, 160; topping, 242, 

 251, 255; -worm, 157; frenching, 135. 



Tomato worm, 157. 



Tongue grafting, 214. 



Tool for injecting poisonous liquids, 

 167; for cutting paper cards, 168. 



Top grafting, 215. 



Topping, defined, 212; tobacco, 251, 

 255. 



Transpiration, amount of, 58; con- 

 ditions affecting, 57; current, 60; 

 defined, 57; excessive, 58; exces- 

 sive, caused by insufficient moist- 

 ure in the air, 137; increases with 

 degree of heat, 115. 



Transplanted plants, shading, 240; 

 watering, 240. 



Transplanted stock, tardy starting 

 of, 240. 



Transplanter, Baldridge, 236; Bemis, 

 236. 



Transplanting, 225; benefits nursery 

 trees, 75; endured best by vigor- 

 ous plants, 226; most favorable 

 time for, 226; stimulates root 

 branching, 74; devices for, 235. 



Transplanting tools, Richards', 236. 



Trapping insects, 15(5. 



Tree trunks split open by severe 

 freezing, 122. 



Trees, bundling for transportation, 

 230; detrimental to neighboring 

 crops, 59; directions for planting, 

 233; killing by girdling, 62; lifted 

 or lowered to accommodate grad- 

 ing, 228; lifting large, 227; nursery, 

 benefitted by transplanting, 75; 

 puddling roots of, 230; reducing 

 top of, prior to planting, 232, sack- 

 ing roots of, 228; staking, to pre- 

 vent shaking by wind, 231. 



Trimming defined, 242; roots prior 

 to planting, 232. 



Tuber, the, 190. 



Tubercles on roots, 77. 



Turn of the year, 113. 



