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INDEX. 



PAGE. 

 Prunes, sugar 145 



Pruning of grapevines, systems of _185, 191 

 Pruning, spring and winter, of peaches 314 



Purdy, Carl, Ukiah 255,352 



Purinne, examination of 170 



Pumpkins on alkali 326 



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Quinces, at San Joaquin Valley sub- 

 station 296 



at Southern Coast Range substation. 285 



Rainfall, at Chico substation 330 



at Foothill substation 267 



. at San Joaquin Valley substation 294 



at Santa Monica substation 341 



at Southern California substation 309 



at Southern Coast Range substation 278 



in the State for 1896-8 65 



of winter, utilization of _ 55 



utilization of _-, 280 



Raspberries, at Southern California 



substation _.. 323 



Raymond, George A., San Francisco ._ 259 

 Redington, Mrs. A. P., Santa Barbara. 123 



Reed, C. H., Gary, soil from 35 



Regulations for substations 263 



Reports on seeds and plant distribution 236 



Reynolds, Miss Mary J., Pomona 255 



Rey, W. J. A., San Francisco 260 



Rhagodia at San Joaquin Valley sub- 

 station 301 



Rice and hulls, analysis of _ 132 



distribution of seed of 234 



Rice, T. E., Livermore, reports from... 



237, 242,245, 248 



Richards, V. C., Patron of Chico sub- 

 station 329 



Richards, T. J., Bishop 98 



Righter, F. M., Campbell Station 89, 90 



Rising, W. B., examination of oils by.. 166 



Riverside County 83, 99, 117 



moisture in soils of 67, 83 



Rivers. J. J.. Santa Monica ___ 



...98, 239, 249, 251, 252, 255, 260 



Rixford, George P., San Francisco. 253, 255 



Robertson, George, Mentone 260 



Robertson, J. C., Cloverdale 122 



Robertson, R., Yountville, reports from 242 



Roberts, V., Alcalde, reports from 



238,246,249,250 



Robinson, J. G., Santa Clara 260 



Rock, John, Mies 352 



Rocks received for examination 97 



Roeding, George, Fresno 352 



Rood, H. J., San Diego 97 



Root-penetration of apricot trees 42 



of cereal grasses 48 



of Eastern trees _ 44 



of grapevines 52 



of native annuals _ 51 



of orange trees 43 



of peach trees 42 



of plants _ 46 



of weeds 51 



Root-rot in lupins 224 



Rose, J. N., Smithsonian Institute, 



Washington, D. C., seeds from 255 



Roselle, nature of _ 236 



distribution of seed of 234 



reports from correspondents on 236 



Rowell, George B., San Bernardino 125 



Rowley, B. IL, San Francisco 98 



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Royce, Mrs. L. D., Emeryville 260 



Rupert, E. E., West Side 98 



Rust, Judge R. C., Patron of Foothill 



substation 264 



Rutherford, J. E., Wyandotte, reports 



from 250 



Rutter, James, Florin, Paris-green from 200 



Sacramento County, sugar beets from. 136 



Sacramento Fruit Co., Sacramento 98 



Sacramento, rainfall of 65 



Salad oils, report on 159, 165 



Salinas Valley, analysis of soil of 32 



Salsify on alkali 326 



Saltbush, at San Joaquin Valley sub- 

 station 292, 299 



at Southern California substation... 326 

 at Southern Coast Range substation. 288 



distribution of seed of 234 



moisture in soils of 71, 74, 94 



reports on.... 243, 262 



San Bernardino County 86, 87 



analyses of soils from 38 



moisture in soils of _ 76,86,87 



Sanborn, F. G., Santa Clara 120 



Sandercock, W. C., Winlaw, Assiniboia. 255 

 Sander, F. & Co., St. Albans, England. 255 



San Diego County 117 



San Francisco, rainfall of 65 



San Joaquin County, moisture in soils 



of 69, 70 



San Joaquin Valley substation, rain- 

 fall of 65,84,85 



report on 292 



San Luis Obispo County 86 



analysis of soil from 35 



fruit from _ 157 



moisture in soil of 67, 74, 86 



Santa Barbara County 



83, 84,85, 89,90, 91, 131 



analyses of soils from 35 



moisture in soil of 63, 67, 83, 85, 90, 92 



Santa Clara County ..89, 90 



apples from 143 



moisture in soil of 89, 90 



Santa Cruz County, moisture in soils 



of ....71,74 



sugar beets from 13& 



Santa Maria Valley, description of. ..33, 85 



moisture in soils of 63 



rainfall of 65 



Santa Monica Forestry substation, re- 

 port on 340 



moisture in soils of . 69, 70, 74 



Saticoy Plain, moisture in soils of 63, 80 



Sayre, A. I., Madera... 123 



Sawyer, E. P., Los Angeles '123 



Scale insects, spravs and washes for-._ 182 



Scanland, G. A., Etiwanda ....97, 125 



Schaeberle, Prof., Mount Hamilton 125 



Schaffer, J. S., Tuttletown 255, 260 



Scharff, Adolph, South Pasadena, re- 

 ports from _. -.. 250 



Schein, Miss Louise E., Bridgeport, 



Conn., reports from 240 



Schlesinger & Bender, San Francisco.. 98 



Schmidt, P. R., Calistoga^ 200 



Schwagerl, E. O.,Puget Sound Univer- 

 sity 255 



Scripps, W. A., Miramar._ 97 



Seamans, Karl H., lone, reports from . 247 



Sears, F. H., Corona 97, 118 



Sea water, antiseptic value of ..._ 171 



