INDEX 



575 



Ficus, 189. 



Fidia viticida, 320. 



Field crops, dates to plant, 110 ; yields 



of, 127. 

 Figs, grades, 530 ; storing, 144. 

 Figuring fertilizer values, 49. 

 Finch, on incubation, 370. 

 Finland, money, 523. 

 Fippin, on drains, 481, 483, 484; on 



soils, 33, 36, 78, 79, 543. 

 Fireproof cement, 508, 509. 

 Fish, analysis, 58 ; for mosquitoes, 



246 ; for algae, 251. 

 Fish-oil as insecticide, 298. 

 Fitzroy, on weather, 12. 

 Flax, fertilizer for, 70. 

 Flaxseed, weight, 536, 541. 

 Flea-beetle, 303, 306, 330, 335. 

 Fleischmann, on milk, 443. 

 Floors, material for, 505. 

 Florida fruit packages, 164. 

 Florin, 522, 523. 



Florists' plants, Hst, 191 ; scoring, 180. 

 Flower gum, 511 ; flower-planting 



tables, 116; flower-pots, sizes, 199; 



to keep clean, 201. 

 Flowers, preserving, 546 ; scoring, 179 ; 



state, 185 ; to keep fresh, 550. 

 Fluorin, 24. 



Fodder, 133 ; composition, 28. 

 Forage crops, 133. 

 Forcing of vegetables, 190. 

 Forecasts of weather, 6. 

 Forestry, chapter on, 202. 

 Forestry schools, 564. 

 Forest-tree seeds, 96. 

 Forest yields, 204. 

 Formaldehyde for preserving fruits, 



553 ; in milk, 450. 

 Formalin, 256. 

 Formulas for fertilizers, 45. 

 Foundations, cement, 506. 

 Four-striped plant-bug, 303. 

 Fowl, parts of, 365 ; chapter on, 365 ; 



parasites of, 377 ; preparing for 



market, 374. 

 Fox, gestation, 342. 

 Fragaria for baskets, 189. 

 Franc. 522, 523. 

 Fraser, on grass seed, 94, 95, 96 ; on 



soiling, 136. 

 Freesia, 189. 



French money, 522, 523. 



Friction of water in pipes, 491. 



Frost, 12 ; smudging, 16. 



Fruit crops, yields, 125; packages, 163; 

 packages in Canada, 167; preserv- 

 ing for exhibition, 552, 556 ; protect- 

 ing from birds, 244 ; scoring, 177. 



Fruit Marks Act, 167 ; fruit-tree 

 seeds, 96; distances, 119. 



Fuchsia, 189. 



Fuel-distillate, 222. 



Fuller, windmills, 493, 495, 496, 497. 



Fumigation for insects, 287. 



Fungicides, 252. 



Fungous diseases as insecticides, 290. 



Fusarium oxysporum, 280 ; sp., 267 ; 

 vasinfecta, 269. 



Fusicoccum viticolum, 273. 



Gadolinium, 24. 



Galerucella luteola, 319. 



Gall-fly, raspberry, 331. 



Gallium, 24. 



Gallons, capacities, 528. 



Galls, 303. (See Crown-gall.) 



Gardeners, rules for, 173. 



Gardens, dates to plant, 106. 



Garriott, on weather, 10, 11, 12. 



Gas-lime, analysis, 59. 



Gastrophilus equi, 439. 



Gears, 498. 



Geese, incubation, 342, 343. 



Geldings, judging, 393. 



Georgia, dates in, 108. 



German feeding standards, 413. 



Germanium, 24. 



German ivy, 189. 



German money, 522, 523. 



German potash salts, analysis, 42, 58. 



Germicides, 252. 



Germination, 100, 102. 



Gestation, period of, 342. 



Ginseng, diseases, 270. 



Gipsy-moth, 303. 



Giraffe, gestation, 342, 343. 



Girdling by rats and mice, 234. 



Glace fruit, 143. 



Gladioli, scoring, 180. 



Glass, cement for, 508; radiation for, 



191. 697. 

 Glazing, putty for, 201. 

 Gloeosporium ribis, 270 ; venetum, 281. 



