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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Plants, adaptation of, 1865 (Part 1), 131, 

 138; 1866 (Part 1), 265, 269; 1870 (Part 

 1), 287 (Part 2), 60, 1872 (Part 1), 

 58. 



to the world, to soil, climate, etc. 



(Prof. P. A. Chadbourne), 1865 (Part 1), 

 131. 



— as an indication of the nature of the 

 soil (Prof. Levi Stockbridge), 1866 (Part 

 1), 265. 



— bark of, characteristics and offices of, 

 1873 (Parti), 165. 



— bleeding of, facts in relation to the, 1873 

 (Parti), 182, 185. 



— catalogue of, in agricultural museum in 

 office of the Board of Agriculture, 1859 

 (Part 1, Appendix), iii. 



— characteristics of, 1872 (Part 1), 53. 



— chemical elements of, 1854 (Part 2) , 137 ; 

 1856 (Part 2), 51; 1873 (Part 1), 121, 

 169. 



— crossing of, the philosophy of the (Prof. 

 L. H.Bailey), 1891,21. 



— cultivated, on the relation of the botan- 

 ical characteristics of our, to the chemi- 

 cal composition and physical condition 

 of the soil, 1885, 139. 



origin and development of (Prof. P. 



A. Chadbourne), 1877 (Part 1), 61. 



— diseases of, 1853 (Part 1), 32 (Part 2), 

 217; 1859 (Part 1), 51; 1860 (Part 1), 

 135; 1861 (Parti), 6; 1872 (Part 1), 58; 

 1876 (Part 2), 164; 1877 (Part 1), 218; 

 1883,309; 1891, 158. 



— distribution of, 1872 (Part 1), 56. 



— distributing, nature's modes of (Prof. 

 W. S. Clark), 1870 (Part 1), 287. 



— feeding, experiments in (Prof. Levi 

 Stockbridge), 1875 (Part 1), 17. 



— fertilization of, by insects, 1865 (Part 

 1), 143. 



— fodder, classification of, 1887, 637 ; 1889 

 (Exp. Sta.), 191. 



— food of, and sources of supply 

 (Dr. James R. Nichols), 1871 (Part 1), 

 80. 



discussion on, 1871 (Part 1), 99. 



— growth of, exhaustion of soils by the 

 (Prof. Levi Stockbridge), 1878 (Part 1), 

 241. 



parasitic and fungoid, 1872 (Part 1), 



58. 



— house, care of, 1881, 276. 



— hybridization in (Prof. George L. Good- 

 ale), 1877 (Part 1), 156. 



— in their relation to disease, discussion 

 on, 1884, 65. 



— instinct of, 1874 (Part 1), 215. 



Plants, leaves of, structure and functions 

 of, 1858 (Part 2), 74; 1869 (Part 2), 35; 

 1873 (Part 1), 167, 181; 1874 (Part 1), 

 213. 



— leguminous, have power of taking free 

 nitrogen from the air, 1873 (Part 1), 

 117; 1885, 55; 1892,390,394. 



— lifting power of, 1874 (Part 1), 223. 



— mineral constituents of, to the compo- 

 sition of the soil, relation of the, 1885, 

 131. 



— nitrogenous, as cattle foods, 1S92, 17. 



— of cut worms, food, 1885, 172. 



— propagation of, effected in various 

 ways, 1S69 (Part 2), 35. 



— roots of, functions of, 1874 (Part 1), 

 209. 



— sap in, the circulation of (Prof. W. S. 

 Clark), 1873 (Part 1), 159. 



the circulation of, 1869 (Part 2), 42; 



1873 (Part 1), 159, 173, 180, 204; 1874 

 (Part 1), 224, 231, 240, 250, 261. 



— seed of, the, 1874 (Part 1), 209. 



— structure and nutrition of, 1855 (Part 2) , 

 64, 295 ; 1856 (Part 2), 47, 51 ; 1858 (Part 

 2), 72; 1859 (Part 1), 8; 1869 (Part 1), 

 43 (Part 2), 34; 1871 (Part 1), 80, 86, 99, 

 126; 1873 (Part 1), 112, 124, 159; 1874 

 (Part 1), 47, 77; 1875 (Part 1), 17, 20, 

 30; 1876 (Part 1), 142; 1878 (Part 1), 

 246; 1886, 199; 1888, 22; 1889 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 196. 



— sugar-producing, analyses of, 1888,640; 

 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 307; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 

 306; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 332; 1892 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 329. 



— tissues of, the, 1873 (Part 1), 164. 



— transpiration in, 1888, 39. 



— varieties of, perpetuation of, 1877 (Part 

 1), 157. 



— varieties in (Agassiz, Prof. Louis), 1866 

 (Part 1), 71. 



(Chadbourne, Prof. P. A.), 1866 (Part 



1), 61. 

 causes of, 1866 (Part 1), 61; 1877 



(Part 1), 70; 1885, 109; 1891, 21. 



limit to, 1877 (Part 1), 70. 



Plaster, analyses of, 1887, 754 ; 1888, 



604; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 285; 1890 (Exp. 



Sta.), 283; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 307; 1892 



(Exp. Sta.), 303. 



— on grass land, use of, 1856 (Part 1), 

 224 (Part 2), 175; 1868 (Part 1), 220; 

 1887, 175. 



— value of, as a fertilizer, 1853 (Part 1), 

 77; 1854 (Part 2), 135; 1855 (Part 2), 

 303; 1856 (Part 1),224; 1857 (Part 2), 

 166, 203; 1859 (Part 2), 44, 54; 1864 



