INDEX 



309 



Root hairs, 24, 28, 37, 38 

 Roots in rocks, 7 

 Rose apple, 100 

 Roseau Valley, in 

 Rotation of crops, 62 



Norfolk course, 63 



system, 79 

 Roucou, 244 



Royal Gardens, Kew, 90, 91, 223 

 Royle, Dr., 222 

 Rules for pruning, 79 

 Runners, 41, 43 

 Rust on oranges, 15 1 

 Rye, 53 



Saccharum Officinarum, 132 



Saddle grafting, 84 



St. Kitts, 54, 133, 260, 283 



St. Martin, 57 



St. Vincent, 279, 282, 283 



Salicylic acid, 157 



Saline atmosphere, 167 



Salt, 38 



crude, 61 

 Saltpetre, Chili, 56 

 Saman trees, u6 

 San Domingo, 10 1 

 Sand, II, 18 

 Sands, 12 



calcareous, 12 



coral, 12 



micaceous, 12 



quartz, 13 

 Sandy calcareous soil, 16 



deserts, 48 



loams, 15, 17 



soils, 16, 50 

 Sap, 78 _ 

 Sarsaparilla, 240 

 Savannahs, 49 

 Saw-dust, 53 

 Scale blight, 105 



insect, 151, 170 

 Schiibler, 17 

 Scientific discoveries, 64 

 Scion, 82, 182 



Scraped ginger, 196 

 Scurvy, 153 

 Sea, 9, 23, 47 



breezes, 167 



level, 47 



salt, 23 



water, 55, 61 

 Sea-weed, 54 

 Seas, 24 

 Secondaries, 103 

 Sedentary soils, 1 1 

 Seed, 28, 35, 41 



cake, 52 



envelopes, 30 

 Seeding trees, 81 

 Seeds, propagation, 41 

 Sepals, 29 

 Seychelles, 204 

 Shade, 100, 115, 181 



belts, 114 

 Shaving cinchona, 227 

 Shell insects, 105 



sands, 12 

 Shelled corn, 264 

 Shelter belts, 48, 100, 125, 154 



sheds, 186 

 Siam, 200 

 Siberia, 10 



Silica, 13, 21, 25, 39, 62 

 Silicon, 21 

 Silver-skin, 108 

 Simmonds, Mr. P. L., 282 

 Slag, Thomas Gilchrist, 59 

 Slaked-lime, 60, 171 

 Slopes of moii^^ins, 10 

 Smilax officinalis, 240, 243 

 Smoke, 21 



Smooth Cayenne pine-apple, 174 

 Snow, 23 ' 

 Soda, 21, 25, 39 



nitrate, 55, 56 

 Sodium, 21, 61 

 Soft soap, 170 



Soil, 112, 124, 133, 146, 154, 160, 

 167, 185, 188, 191, 194, 197, 

 200, 204,-223, 230, 236, 238, 

 241, 245, 251, 262, 265, 266, 

 272, 275, 279, 286, 289, 292 



