INDEX 



315 



Dominant characters, 9 



Dormant budding, 77 



Drainage in irrigated regions, 154 



irrigation and, 142 



to prevent soil acidity, 153 

 Dried blood as nitrogen source, 130 



fruits, study of, exercise, 296 

 Drupe tribe, 180 

 Drying fruits and vegetables, 293 



of fruits, effect of, 295 

 Dye stuffs from legumes, 109 



Ectoplasm, description of, 18 



illustrated, 17 

 Eggplant, 111 

 Eggs of red-spider, 242 

 Egypt, irrigation in, 142 

 Eight-to-one test, 198, 263 



for oranges, exercise, 274 

 Elephant Butte reservoir, 147 

 Elm, 306 



dissemination of seed of, 44 

 Emasculation denned and described, 

 172 



exercise, 178 



illustrated, 173-174 

 Emulsion, 227 

 Endive, 107 

 Endogenous stem, 26 

 English ivy a ground cover, 307 

 Enzymes, 27 



action of, 293 



their part in germination, 47 

 Epidermis, illustrated, 31 



relation to moisture conservation, 



36 



Euphrates Valley, irrigation of, 142 

 Evaporators, advantages of, 295 

 Exogenous stem, 26 

 Exo-akeleton, 224 



Fall budding, 77 



Family, botanical term, 5 



Fascicled roots, 21 



Feijoa, a semi-tropical fruit, 204 



Ferments, action of, 26 

 Fertilization, definition of, 159 



illustrated, 160 



pollination, 158 

 Fertilizers for fruits, 133 



for mature orchards, 128 



for young orchards, 127 



in relation to marketing, 261 

 Fibrous roots, 21 

 Fig, fruit of, 202 



native habitat of, 202 



pollination of, 203 



Smyrna, in California and Ari- 

 zona, 203 

 Filament, defined, 159 



illustrated, 158 



Filberts in North America, 194 

 Fir, 306 

 Flat-headed borer, described and 



illustrated, 230 



Floriculture, in Europe and Amer- 

 ica, 3 

 Florida, citrus canker in, 199 



frost-injury in, 197 



pomelo, 200 



Flowering cherries of Japan, 191 

 Flowers, essential organs of, 160 



of fig, 202 



parts of, 158 



structure, study of, exercise, 177 

 Fly, characteristics of, 224 



metamorphosis of, 226 

 Forests, injury by insects, 223 

 Formaldehyde solution for potato 



scab, 253 



Formal style in landscape-garden- 

 ing, 307 



France, ravages of phylloxera in, 220 

 Freezing of blackberries, how pre- 

 vented, 211 



Frequency of irrigation, 148 

 Frost, effect on viability, 46 



in relation to citrus fruit culture, 

 197 



plants may become more resistant, 

 12 



susceptibility to, 197, 198 



