INDEX 



411 



Rontgen, discovers X-ray, V, 

 159 



Root system. III, 106; V, 80 



Rosales, members of, I, 237 



Rose, developed for beauty, II, 

 258; Burbank and others, VI, 

 225-234; susceptibility to dis- 

 ease, VI, 235; robust ram- 

 blers, VI, 238-247; possibili- 

 ties for new fruits, VI, 249; 

 announcement of new vari- 

 eties, VIII, 297 



Rose geranium, crossed, VII, 

 183 



Rotation of crops, importance 

 of, VII, 314-321 



Roxbury Russet apple, seed- 

 lings from, III, 221 



Royal apricot. III, 280 



Royal Walnut, II, 61-86 



Royal walnut, II, 68-86, 180; 

 VII, 347-349; VIII, 38-42, 

 91, 103-106, 296, 335-337. 



Rubber, production of, VIII, 

 132-137 



Rubio plum. III, 338 



Rusk, an orange hybrid. III, 

 291 



Russian cucimiber, common 

 cucumber crossed with, V, 

 103 



Rust, enemy of grains, V, 345- 

 350 



Rutherford on atom, IV, 154- 

 155 



Rutland, John M., buys spine- 

 less cactus, VI, 127-129 



Rutland plumcot, IV, 196-197 



Rye, grown from seed. III, 9; 

 importance, V, 342 



Sage, VII, 135 



Sagebrush, I, 72 



Salinas Burbank potatoes, V, 



399 

 Salmonberry, IV, 319-321 

 Salpiglossis, VII, 178 

 Salsify, V, 125-128 

 Salvia^ VII, 138-186 



Sandbar, VII, 285 



Sand cherry. III, 147-161; IV, 

 130 



San Jose scale, mixture for de- 

 stroying, III, 109 



Sans Noyau, II, 37-59 



Santa Rosa, VII, 143; VIII, 

 33; in 1875, VIII, 199; Bur- 

 bank's early years in, VIII, 

 243-269; Burbank's descrip- 

 tion of, VIII, 245-248; drain- 

 age and fertilization at, VIII, 

 262-263; fruit and flowers 

 produced at, VIII, 315 



Santa Rosa catalogue, VIII, 

 322 



Santa Rosa plum. III, 338; IV, 

 21 



Santa Rosa rose, VI, 233-284 



Santa Rosa walnut, VIII, S9- 

 33 



Sap, rise of. III, 296-301 



Sap-hybridism, II, 805-307; V, 

 182-186 



Sassafras, VIII, 146-147 



Satsuma, red-fleshed plmn. III, 

 319-340; IV, 196 



Sawdust, II, 281 



Scab, fuDgus disease, III, 109 



Scientific plant development, I, 

 51 



ScUla, V, 271 



Scotch flr, VIII, 139 



Sea Island cotton, VI, 52 



Sebastopol, VII, 16, 68, 143; 

 VIII, 204, 271-276 



Seckel pear trees. III, 161, 178, 

 211 



Second-generation hybrids, VII, 

 327, 349; VIII, 343-344 



Seed, life history of plant 

 stored in, I, 109; may be 

 eliminated, II, 57; essential 

 part of fruit. III, 95; im- 

 portance of the, IV, 261; 

 growth of, V, 72 



Seedgraft hybrid, V, 151 



Seedless fruits, outlook for, IV, 

 92-94 



