458 
Reptiles, 411-412 
Rhode Island Red chickens, 241 
Rhubarb, 15 
Robin, 372 
Roots, kinds and function, 51-54 
Rootstocks, 61 
Rose family, 78 
Roses, 97, 120 
Rosin weed, 101 
Russian olive, 119 
Russian thistle or cactus, 168 
Rust, 186, 187, 190 
Rutabaga, 12 
Salamanders, 414 
Salsify, 12 
Sandpipers, 290-292 
Sapsucker, 303 ° 
School gardens, 16 
Scratching birds, 293-205 
Sedges, 73, 81 
Seed, disease resisting, 185 
Seed bed, preparation, 142 
Seed-eaters (birds), 269 
Seeds and seedlings, 22, 23, 29 
INDEX 
Sora, 289 
Southdown sheep, 3614 
Sow thistle, 175 
Sparrow, chipping, 318; clay-colored, 318 
English, 314; grasshopper, 317; song, 
319; tree, 317; Vesper, 316; white- 
throated, 317 
Sparrow family, 313-321 
Spermophiles, 392-305 
Spike (flower cluster), 68 
Spinach, 12 
Spirea, 119 
Sprouting of seeds, 23 
Spurge, 166 
Squabs, 243 
Squash, 13 
Squaw-weed, 90 
Squirrels; squirrel family, 390-396 
Squirrel-tail grass, 135 
Stake driver, 287 
Stamens, 62 
Stems, 59-61 
Stilt, 290 
Stocks, 6 
Stooling on tillering, 72 
Seeds, effect of age on their vitality, 27, | Strawberries, 40 
32; selecting and testing, 142 
Serpents, 412 
Sheep, 358-366 
Shelter belt, 107-109 
Shepherd’s purse, 171 
Shide-poke, 287 
Shoe-strings, ror 
Shore birds, 287-293 
Shorthorn cattle, 351 
Shrews, 409 
Shrikes, 324 
Shropshire sheep, 360 
Shrubs, 18, 21 
Silkworm moths, 224 
Silver-berry, 89 
Silver-weed, 94 
Skunk, 387 
Smut, 185, 190 
Snakes, 412 
Snipes and sandpipers, 290-292 
Snowball, 119 
Snowbird, 315, 319 
Snow bunting or snowflake, 315 
Soils, 147-156 
Song birds, 305-333 
Song of birds, 258 
Suckers, 37 
Suggestions for studying birds, 275-277 
Sumac, 120 
Sunflowers, 102 
Swainson hawk, 273 
Swallows, 321-323 
Swamp camas, 100 
Swan, 286 
Sweet alyssum, 7 
Sweet clover, 138 
Sweet corn, 13 
Sweet peas, 7, 14 
Sweet William, 9 
Swift, 304-384 
Swimming birds, 283 
Swine, 367-371 
Syringa, 120 
Tanager, 321 
Teal, 286-287 
Terns and gulls, 283-284 
Testing seeds, 25 
Thistle, 100, 167 
Thoroughbred horse, 34¢ 
Thrasher, brown, 329 
Thrush, brown, 329 
