INDEX 



405 



Jumping bean, I, 141 

 June buds, II, 335-3:26 



Kaffir com, V, 318-319, 338 

 Kale, V, 99, 117 

 Kapok, VII, 234 

 Keen's seedling, IV, 273 

 Kelsey plum, II, 305-307 

 Kelvin, Lord, on atom, IV, 



loo 

 Kentucky blue grass, VII, 270; 



best for lawns, VII, 270-371 

 Kerosene, for disinfecting plant 



woimds, III, 172 

 KiefFer, Mr. Peter, introduces 



new pear. III, 161 

 King corn, ancestor of, V, 312 

 Kittatiny blackberry, IV, 224 

 Klondike tree, III,*58 

 Knight, Andrew, III, 160 

 Kohl-rabi, V, 99, 117 

 Kolreuter on pollination, 1,328 



Larkspur, VII, 211-236 



Latex, VIII, 136-137 



Lawns axd their BEACimcA- 

 Tiox, VII, 263-303 



Lawns, lippia, VII, 269; Ken- 

 tucky blue grass, VII, 270- 

 271; flowers for, VII, 296 



Lawton blackberry, I, 327-329; 

 II, 207; IV, 224, 255, 257 



Leader peach. III, 201 



Leaf system, IV, 103 



Leaves, V, 80, 95 



Le Conte pear. III, 162, 166 



Leguminous plants, VI, 40-42 



Le Long, on sugar prune, II, 

 146 



Lemon, III, 288 



Lemon cucumbei", iV, 103 



Lemon Giant calla, VII, 46 



Leopard lily, VII, 54 



Leotsakos, on cactus fruit, V, 

 15 



Letthto the Bees Do Their 

 Work, II, 331-352 



Lettuce, I, 151, 167, 172; V, 

 227, 229, 230 



Let Ub Now Pboduce Some 

 New Ojlors ix Flowers, I, 

 175-203 



Lieb, Judge, VIII, 208 



Life, I, 53-55; VIII, 217-221 



Ligusticum, V, 198-199 



Lilac, color, VI, 325 



Lilies, I, 149; V, 279; VII, 53- 

 61, 315, 316; VIIL 299-300 



Lima bean, V, 150-153 



Lime, familiar citrus fruit. III, 

 288 



Lip]»ia, VII, 172; for lawns, 

 VII, 263-269 



Little Gem calla, II, 13 



Liverwort, I, 63 



Lock, R. H^ on corn, V, 333 



Locust trees, VIII, 171 



Loeb on insects, II, 344-348 



Loganberry, discovered by Lo- 

 gan, IV, 253-254 



Longworth, on raspberry, IV, 

 235 



Loquat, II L 281-284 



Lovett, T. J., introduces white 

 blackberry, I, 325 



Lumber, VIII, 97-123 



Lye and sugar, IV, 38-39 



Lyscom apple, seedlings from, 

 III, 231 



Madia (madder), VIII, 134 

 MacDougal, Dr. D. T., treats 



plants with chemicals, V, 173 

 McFarland diestnut, VIII, 63 

 Madagascar, plants from, VII, 



64 

 Madame Edouard rose, VI, 238 

 Madame Hulot, blue gladiolus, 



VIL 29 

 Magnolia, VIII, 168-169 

 Mahaleb cherry, II, 327 

 Maize, improved bv Indians, I, 



161-164 

 Mala Cydowa, Roman name for 



quince. III, 237 

 Malthus, views of, VII, 357 

 Mango tree. V, 71-72 

 Mao-li-dzi, V, 23 



