INDEX 



Abaca, for fiber, 286, 287 ; for paper, 507. 

 Aberdeen rotation, 107. 

 Abies balsamea, 322, 506. 

 Abies prandis, 625. 

 Abies pectinata, 625. 



Absinthe, 496, 499. 



Abutilon Avicennoe for fiber, 283. 



Acacia, 391; Angico, 628; Arabica, 627; binervata, 628; 

 Catechu, 268, 627; Cavenia, 628; Cebil, 628; dealbata, 

 628; decurrens, 628; Guarensis, 628; horrida, 628; leu- 

 cophloea, 628; longiColia, 628; mollissima, 628; penni- 

 nervis, 628; prominens, 628; pycnantha, 628; saligna, 

 628; Timbo, 628. 



Acer dasycarpum, 321, 428. 



Acer Negundo (Fig. 450;, 321. 



Acer rubrum, 428. 



Acer sdccharinum, 321, 428. 



Acetylene lie;ht, effect on plants, 24. 



Achard quoted, 30, 588. 



Achiote, 267. 



Acid colors, 271. 



Acid content of plants, effect of shade on, 121. 



Aconite, 457. 



Acorns for hogs on Pacific slope, 455. 



Acrocystis Batatas, 622. 



Acrostalagmvis albus (Fig. 56), 38. 



Adansonia, for paper, 503, 504, 506. 



Adulteration, test'ng seed for, 141, 142. 



Adventitious buds, 6. 



African kino, 629. 



African millet, 578. 



African oa'.i for tannin, 625. 



Agarics, 476, 477. 



Agaricus campestris, 474, 476. 



Agave, 290, 291; for fiber, 2<!1; for paper, 503; atro- 

 virens, 291 ; cserulescens, 290; cantula, 291 ; collina, 

 291; Kerchcevei, 290; Le>-hi>guilla, 290; lophantha 

 290: Potosina, "91; rigida, var. elongata, 287; rigida, 

 var. Sisalana, 287; Tequilana, 291; univittata, 290; 

 vivipara, 291. 



Agee, Alva, quoted, 264. 



Agronomy, defined, 191. 



Agropyron (or Agropyrum), botanical characters, 366; 

 cristatum, 76; occidentale, 376, 452; repens, 375, 376, 

 (See Quaek-graas); tenerum, 376, 452, {See Slender 

 wheat-grass). 



Agrostemma Githago (Fig. 144), 113. 



Agrostis, 365) 366; alba, 371, (See Red-topJ; canina, 

 371, (See Rhode Island bent-grass); vulgaris, 371. 



Aguiar dye, 268. 



Aich root, 267. 



Ailanthus glandulosa, 626. 



Aino millet, 469, 470; notes, 136. 



Air environment of plants, 21. 



Akerman, Alfred, article by, 330. 



Al root, 267. 



Alabama, crop rotation systems in, 100. 



Alabama Experiment Station, quoted, 261, 264, 266, 

 586. 



Alaska lupine, 455. 



Albertson, E., quoted, 481. 



Alcohol, industrial (denatured), 186-188; from corn, 

 412; wood, 186. 



Alder bark, for dye, 267; for tannin, 629. 



Ale, 188-190. 



Aleppo galls for tannin, 625. 



Aleppo pine for tannin, 624. 



Aletia argillacea, 252. 



Alfalfa, 192-197, 456; analysis, 518; barley as nurse crop 

 for, 203; as coverfcrop, 259, 351; as green-manure 



for sugar-beets, 590; introduction of varieties, 72, 74; 

 notes, 438, 456; on Pacific coast, 452, 4,'j3; in Pa- 

 louse country, 455; perennial character, 10; m Plains 

 region, 452; in its plant relations, 2; planting dates, 

 138-140; in Rocky mountain states, 452, 464; m rota- 

 tion, 88, 94-96, 100, 101, 104-108; in seed mixtures, 

 440, 441 ; seed notes, 133, 135, 141, 143, 439; seed-test- 

 ing, 141, 142; for silage, 414; for soiling, 570, 572,573; 

 in timothy region, 443, 446; yields, 153-155. 



Alfalfa, Turkestan, introduction nptes, 78. 



Alfilaria, 197, 198; Pacific coast, 455; Southwest, 454. 



Alfileria, 197, 198. 



Alfilerilla, 197, 198. 



AlgEB, fiowerless plants, 2; phothosynthetic processes 

 as affected by colored light, 27. 



AlgarobiUo, 77 ; for tannin, 627, 628. 



Alizarine, 230, 267-269. 



Alkali saccaton, 453. 



Alkaline conditions, breeding plants for, 59; soils in 

 relation to potato-scab and flax-wilt, 48. 



Alkanet, 267. 



Alkanna tinctoria, 267. 



Allium Cepa. {See Onion.) 



Allspice, 457, 586, 587. 



Almonds, bitter, 495-497. 



Almud, 244. 



Alnus firma, 629; glutinosa, 629; for dye, 267; mari- 

 tima, 629; Nepalensis, 629; nitida, 629. 



Aloe, 267, 268, 458; for fiber, 291; arborescens, 267; lu- 

 cida, 267; spicata, 267; Succotrina, 267; vera, 267; 

 vert, 289. 



Aloi quoted, 32. , 



Alopecurus, botanical characters, 366. 



Alopecurus pratensis, 370. {See Meadow foxtail.) 



Alpinia Galanga, 268. 



Alpinia officinarum, 268. 



Alsike clover. (See Clover,- alsike.) 



Alternaria blight, 360. 



Alternaria solani, 523. 



Althfea rosea, 268. 



Alumina in soil, 13. 



Aman paddy, place in rotation, 109. ' 



Amanita Csesarea, 477. 



Amanita muscaria, 167, 477. 



Amanita phalloides, 167, 477. 



Amarantus chlorostachys (Fig. 135), 110. 



Amarantus retroflexus. {See Pigweed.) 



Ambari fiber, 286. 



Ambrosia artemisisefolia (Fig. 136), 111. 



American gum, 412. 



American larch (Fig. 429), 316. 



Amitosis, 11. 



Ammonia, effect of electricity on amount in soil, 31; 



Ammoniacal carbonate of copper, formula, 39. 



Ammophila, 366. 



Ammophila arenaria, 370, 371. 



Ampelopsis quinquefolia, 270. 



Amygdalin, 496. 



Anacharis (Fig. 23), 11, 



Anaesthetics, effect on plant growth, 29. 



Ananas sativus, 291. 



Anbury of cabbage, 223, 550. 



Anchusa tinctoria, 267. 



Andira Araroba, 268. 



Andira inermis for coffee shade, 243. 



Andropogon f urcatus, 376 ; Halepensis, 367 ; notes, 574, 

 (See Johnseii-grass) ; ' muricatus, 497 ; Nardus, 498 ; 

 rufus, 76; Sorghum, 367, 384, 574, (See Sorghum) ; 

 Sorghum, var. technious, 216, 217; squarrosus^., 497; 

 Virginicus, 306. 



If there is any disagreement between the index and the text in the renderiug of a binominal Latin name, 

 the index is to hold. A very few names are affected in spelling or capitalizing. 



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