INDEX 



673 



Balaustines, 629. 



Bald cypress (Fig. 431), 316. 



Ball, Cfarieton R., article by, 674. 



Balsam for farm garden, 274. 



Balsam fir, in Canada, 319; for oil, 495; for paper, 503, 

 605-507 ; in swamps, 320; tolerant character, 323. 



Balsamocarpon, 627. 



Bambax. (See Bombax.) 



Bamboo, fiber, 281; introductions, 72; for paper, 503, 

 504, 506; for screening plants, 123. 



Banana, 199-201 ; dwarf, 200; fiber, 281 ; fiber for paper, 

 503; notes, 7-9,586. 



Bands for control of canker-worms, 42; for codling- 

 moth, 42. 



Banksia integrifolia, 629. 



Banksia serrata, 629. 



Baobab tree, 506. 



Baphia nitida, 267. 



Baphorhiza tinctoria, 267. 



Barbecue, 225. 



Barberry, 267; notes, 7; in preserves, 165. 



Bark, formation, 9; for paper, 603; for tannin, 623. 



Bark-beetle, hickory, 343. 



Barley, 202-206, 376; for brewing, 188-190; clover- 

 seeding in, 238; as cover-crop, 259, 276, 277, 350, 351 ; 

 effect of copper sulfate on, 118; effect of el""*-'; light 

 on, 22; effect of electricity on, 31; effect of iodid of 

 potassium on, 28; for hay on Pacific coast, 453; in- 

 specting, 364; introductions, 72; nitrogen require- 

 ments, 320; in its plant relations, 2; planting dates, 

 138-140; in rotation, 88, 89, 99-109, 203, 297; seed 

 disinfection, 49; seed notes, 132, 133, 135; for soiling, 

 671; smut, treatment, 50; straw for paper, 509; 

 straw for weaving, 293; weight, legal, 149, 152; 

 yields, 153-155. 



Barley-and-peas, as cover-crop, 276, 277; seed per acre, 

 135; for soiling, 571, 572. 



Barley-grass, small, 455. 



Barley, wild, eradicating, 118. 



Barnyard grass, 369, 446, 470. 



Barnyard millet, 369, 469-473 ; for soiling, 571 ; notes, 

 136. 



Barometric pressure in relation to sap rise in plants, 15. 



Barrett, O. W., quoted, 74, 246. 



Barrows, Anna, articles by, 161, 173. 



Barwood, 267. 



Basic colors, 271, 272. 



Basil, 467. 



Basket, fibers, 281; mills, 341; willows, 341. 



Basswood, marketmg, 341; seed notes, 328, 329; shade- 

 enduring character, 326. 



Bast, defined, 9; function, 15. 



Bastard hemp, 267. 



Bastard saffron, 270. 



Batatas edulis, 613. 



Bavaria, crop rotation systems in, 107. 



Beach-grass, 371. 



Beach rye in Alaska, 455. 



Beal, quoted, 141, 447. 



Bean, broad, 212-214; introduction, 73; notes, 4, 668; 

 in Robertson mixture, 612. 



Bean, Carob, introduction, 73, 76. 



Bean, field, 206-212; anthracnose, 49, 61; blight, 210; 

 bush, 26, 206; for canning, 159, 160, 165, 171-173; 

 as cover-crop, 350, 361 ; effect of electric incandes- 

 cent light on, 24; effect of electricity on, 31; in farm 

 garden, 279, 280; influence of environment, 59; kid- 

 ney, 107; mildew, 51; nativity, 4; notes, 7; in plant 

 relations, 2; planting dates, 138-140; pole, 25; races 

 of, 67; in rotation, 100-108, 207; seed-growing, 145; 

 146; seed notes, 132, 133, 136; snap, 206; storage 

 notes, 137; treatment with copper sulfate, 118; 

 weevil, 211; weight, legal, 149, 152; wild, 454; 

 yields, 153-166. 



Bean, lima, for canning, 160; notes, 656. 



Bean, Magothy Bay, 309; in rotation, 106. 



Bean, velvet, 666-668. (See Velvet bean.) 



Bearberry for tannin, 628. 



Beard-grass, 306. 



Beccaria quoted, 32. 



Beckwith's clover, 454. 



Bedamier bark, 627. 



Bedda nuts, 627. 



B43 



Beech, diseases, 345, 346; plant-food requirements, 

 320; regeneration, 326; utilizing, 341. 



Beech-wheat, 217. 



Beefwoods, 629. 



Beer, 188-190; notes, 184. 



Bees, as carriers of plant diseases, 50; cross-pollenation 

 by, 56, 236; hairy vetch as food for, 660. 



Beetle, striped, control, 42, 43. 



Beets, for canning, 160; cattle, 542; composition, 643; 

 effect of acetylene light on, 25; effect of electricity 

 on, 31; in farm garden, 279, 280; field, 542; notes, 5, 

 10, 688; pickled, 173; in plant relations, 3; propaga- 

 tion notes, 147, 148; pulp for silage, 414; pulp waste 

 for paper, 503; in rotation, 106-108; seed notes, 132, 

 133, 135; treatment for leaf-spot, 51; weight, legal, 

 149, 152. 



Beet-sugar, manufacture, 696-599; for alcohol, 186 

 notes, 588, 589, 591 ; world production, 610. 



Beggarweed, 214, 215; as cover-crop, 259, 350, 361 

 notes, 460; seed notes, 133, 135, 148; in rotation, 89, 

 101 ; in Southwest, 464. 



Begnall, Capt. Richard, quoted, 402. 



Begonias, effect of acetvl»-o light on, 25; as house 

 plants, 129; notes, 502. 



Beijerinck quoted, 392. 



Beleric, 627. 



Belgium, crop rotation systems in, 107. 



Bell, George, quoted, 107. 



Bell. W. F., quoted, 107. 



Belladonna, 457, 469. 



Bene, 501. 



Bengal, crop rotation systems in, 108, 109. 



Bengal grain, 306. 



Bengal-grass, 369. 



Bent-grass, 371; seed per acre, 135; treatment with 

 copper sulfate, 118. 



Bentley, C. H., article by, 168. 



Berberin dye, 269. 



Berberis Aquifolium, 269. 



Berberis Japonica, 631. 



Berberis vulgaris, 267. 



Bere, place in rotation, 107. 



Bergamot, importations, 496. 



Berkley, M. J., mentioned, 36. 



Bermuda-grass, 371, 441, 449; adaptation, 260; per- 

 centage of purity and germination of seed, 133. 



Berry, Wilton G., quoted, 267. 



Berseem, 215, 216, 235; notes, 2, 72, 79; seed per acre, 

 136. 



Bertholon quoted, 30, 32. 



Bessey, E. A., quoted, 74. 



Beta maritima, 688. 



Beta vulgaris, 542, 588. 



Betel vine, in rotation, 109. 



Betula alba, 629. 



Betula lenta, 497. 



Beverage-producing plants in their plant relations, 4. 



Bidens frondosa (Fig. 137), 111. 



Biennial plants, notes, 3, 4, 10, 17. 



Big tree for tannin, 626. 



Big wheels, use in transporting logs, 336. 



Bigelow, W. H., quoted, 178. 



Bignonia Chica, 268. 



Bilberry, 267; red, 268. 



Bimlipitam jute, 286. 



Bindweed, 112, 217; eradicating, 118. 



Bingo-i fiber, 292. 



Birch, in Canada, 319; diseases, 345; intolerant char- 

 acter, 323; market, 341 ; place in forest rotation, 324; 

 regeneration, 325; seed notes, 328, 329; sweet, 497; 

 for tannin, 629; yellow, 332. 



Birch-hark tar, 629. 



Bird cherry, place in forest rotation, 324. 



Bird peppers, 465. 



Bird-seed rape, 530. 



Bird's-eye maple, cause of appearance, 16. 



Bird's-foot clover, 306. 



Bird's-foot trefoil, 78, 306. 



Birds as insect-destroyers, 40. 



Bisulfid of carbon for stored seeds, 137. 



Bitter almonds, 495-497. 



Bixa Orellana, 267. 



Black fly on coffee, 246, 



