INDEX 



A bronia aurita, see Desert verbena. 

 Acacia greggii, see Cat-claw. 

 Adenostoma sparsifolium, see 



Chamiso. 

 Agave deserti, see Mescal. 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, 



123, 357- 

 Agua Caliente Springs, 250. 

 Agua Caliente village, 236. 

 Agua Dulce, 181. 

 Alamo Bonito village, 176. 

 Alamo River, 292. 

 Alargon, Hernando de, 32:. 

 Algodones, 298. 

 Alkali in soil, 188, 215. 

 Alkali lake-beds, 148, 157. 

 Alkaline water, 94, 107, 361. 

 Andreas Canon, 20, 37. 

 Anemopsis californica, 82. 

 Anza, Capt. Juan Bautista, 211, 



304, 312. 



Arabia compared, 105, 112, 200. 



Arbol de fierro, see Ironwood. 



Arctostaphylos, see Manzanita. 



Arrastra, 163, 333. 



Arrowweed, Pluchea sericea, 34, 

 60, 76. 



Arsenic springs, 138, 362, 



Artesian wells, 168. 



Asclepias eriocarpa, 83. 



Aster orcuttii, 171. 



Asuncion, Fray Juan de la, 321. 



Atriplex canescens, 61. 



A triplex hymenelytra, see Desert 

 holly. 



Atriplex lentiformis, see Quail- 

 bush. 



Bad-lands, 193, 201, 256. 

 Banner, village, 243. 



Barrel cactus, Echinocactus cylin- 



draceus, 54, 76, 128. 

 Barren Mountains, 325. 

 Beach-line, ancient, 16, 127, 173, 



180, 187. 

 Bees, 41, 115, 136. 

 Beloperone californica, 66. 

 Bermuda grass, 290. 

 Bighorn, 22, 28, 31, 32, 62, 173. 

 Birds, 96, 105, 107, 153, 239, 249, 



301, 323- 

 Biznaga, 54, 76, 128. 

 Blastophaga wasp, 123. 

 Blythe, town, 330. 

 Borego Springs, 203. 

 Borego Valley, 62, 215. 

 Brawley, town, 289. 

 Bullion Mountains, 151. 

 Burro-weed, Franseria dumosa, 



48, lOI. 

 Butterfield stage-line, 240. 



Cacti, 53 et seq. ; also Appendix B. 



Cactus wren, 14, 31, 57. 



Calabazilla, 72. 



Calexico, town, 290. 



Canon wren, 22, 164, 171. 



Campomoche, 255. 



Cardinal flower, Lobelia splen- 



dens, 228. 

 Carrizo, Phragmites communis, 76. 

 Carrizo Creek, 247, 274. 

 Carson, Kit, 240. 

 Castle Dome, 307, 314. 

 Cat -claw. Acacia greggii, 48, 79. 

 Cattle, 26, 38, 56, 154, 205, 216, 



224, 241, 354. 

 Caves, 20, 22, 187. 

 Cercidium torreyanum, see Palo 



verde. 



