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INDEX 



Black grama, 453. 



Black-knot, notes, 47. 



Black medic, 235, 455, 456. 

 * Black mold, universal, on hops, 383. 



Black oak for tannin, 625. 



Black-rot of cabbage seed, 222, 223; of sweet-potatoes, 

 622. 

 I Black rust of rye, 563. 

 I Black stem-rust of wheat, 492. 



Black wattle, 628. 



Blackberry, for canning, 160; in farm garden, 277, 278; 

 fruit formation, 7; notes, 16; in its plant relations, 2, 

 4; varieties for home planting, 278, 279; weight, 

 legal, 148. 



Blackthorn, 270. 



Bladder saltbush, 565. 



Blauholz, 269. 



Bleeding heart for farm garden, 274. 



Blennodia lasiocarpa, 77. 



Blight, as affected by drainage, 50; of potato, 523; of 

 sugar-beets, 594; treatment, 281. 



Blissus leucopterus, 563. 



Blister-beetle on potato, 524. 



Block-gambier, 627. 



Blondeau quoted, 31. 



Blood cup, 268. 



Bloodroot for tannin, 629. 



Blood-wood, 627. 



Blueberries, legal weight, 148. 



Blue grama-grass, 454. 



Blie-grass, Canada. (See Canada blue-grass.) 



Blue-grass, Kentucky. {See Kentucky blue-grass.) 



Blue gum for tannin, 627. 



Blue-joint, 376; on Pacific slope, 455; in Rocky Moun- 

 tain region, 454. 



Blue lupine, 398. 



Blue spirea for farm garden, 274. 



Blue-stem {Agropyron ocdderdale), 376, 452. 



Blue-stem (Andropogon furcatus), 376, 453. 



Blue-stem {CalanbOgrostis Canadensis), 376, 



Blue-stem, feather, 453. 



Blue-stems in Great Plains region, 454. 



Blue-stone treatment for wheat smut, 67^' 



Blue-top in Alaska, 455. 



Blue vitriol as an herbicide, 115. 



Boehmeria nivea, 284, 508. 



Boehme'ria tenacissima, 285, 508. 



Boehmer's timothy, 79. 



Bogue, E. E., article by, 333. 



Bohemian horseradish (Fig. 93), 73. 



Bois de fernambuoc, 267. 



Bois de santal, 270. 



Bois du cam, 267. 



Bois du Japon, 270. 



Bois du sang, 269. 



Bois jaune, 268. 



Bois jaune de Hongrie, 268. 



Bokhara clover, 467. 



Boletus, 477. 



Boletus edulis, 477. 



Boletus felleus, 168. 



Bolley, Henry L., article by, 46; quoted, 298, 300. 



Boll-rot in cotton, 251. 



Bombay, crop rotation systems in, 109. 



Bombax Malabaricum, 293. (Bambax, by error.) 



Bone meal for plants, 128. 



Bonnier quoted, 24. 



Bordeaux mixture, formula for, 39; for farm garden, 

 281; with Paris green, 38; as a plant stimulant, 

 28; precautions 45; with white arsenic for biting 

 insects, 44. 



Bordlcy, Jolin Beale, quoted, 104. 



Borecole, 388. 



Borer, control of, 42, 43; in locust, 343, 344; in sugar- 

 cane, 610. 



Boston fern as house-plant, 129. 



Boston ivy, notes, 16. 



Botany Bay, 627, 



Boussingault quoted, 393. 



Bowstring hemp, 291. 



Box-elder, regeneration, 325; seed notes, 328, 329. 



Box myrtle, 267. 



Boykin, E. B., article by, 247. 



Boze quoted, 30. 



Bran, legal weight, 149. 



Brassica alba, 311, 587; arvensis (Fig. 143), 113, (See 

 Mustard, wild) ; campestris, 500, 548, 549; eradicat- 

 ing, 118; campestris, var. oleifera, 548, 649; cam- 

 pestris, var. rutabaga, 547-549; caulorapa, (See 

 Kohlrabi) ; Napus, 499, 500, 530; nigra, 587 ; oleracea, 

 221-223; oleracea var. acephala, 388, (See Kale.); 

 oleracea var. botrytis, 221; oleracea var. bullata, 

 221 ; oleracea capitata, 221 ; oleracea var. caulorapa, 

 389; oleracea var. gemmifera, 221; oleracea, var. syl- 

 vestris, 221 ; Rapa, 500, 547-549 ; Rapa, var. depressa, 

 547-549; Rapa, var. hybrida, 542, 547,549; Rapa, 

 var. oleifera, 548, 549; Sinapistrum, 513. 



Brazilein, 270. 



Brazilettowood, 267. 



Brazilin, 270. 



Brazilwood, 267; yellow, 268. 



Bread-fruit, fruit formation, 7. 



Breeding of plants, 53-69. (See Plant-breeding.) 



Breeding, to prevent plant diseases, 52; seed crops 

 146. 



Brescia rotation system, 108. 



Brewers' grains, 205; rice, 537. 



Brewing, 188-190. 



Britton, quoted, 658. 



Broad bean. (See Bean, broad.) 



Broad-leaved wattle, 628. 



Broccoli, 221. 



Brome, awnless. (See Brome-grass.) 



Brome-grass, 374, 375, 452; in mixtures, 441; notes, 

 437-442; in Pacific slope, 455; in Rocky mountain 

 region, 454; in rotation, 100, 105; seed notes, 133, 

 135; sown with clover, 239; in timothy region, 445j 

 weight, legal, 148. 



Bromelia fibers, 291. 



Bromelia Karatas, 291. 



Bromelia Pinquin, 291. 



Bromelia syl vestris, 291 . 



Bromus, 366. 



Bromus inermis, 374. (See Brome-grass.) 



Bromus racemosus var. commutatus, 375. 



Bromus secalinus, 374, 375. (See Cheat and Chess.) 



Bromus unioloides, 375, 450. (See Rescue-grass.) 



Brooks, W. P., quoted, 102. 



Broom for paper, 503. 



Broom-corn, 216, 217; notes, 574, 575; planting dates, 

 138-140; seed per acre, 135; weight, legal, 149; yield, 

 153-155. 



Broom-corn millet, 369, 470; in Plains region, 452. 



Broom rapes, on hemp, 379. 



Broom sedge, 306. 



Broussonetia papyrifera, 508. 



Brown, E., article by, 141 ; quoted, 75. 



Brown Egyptian corn, 579. 



Brown-eyed disease of coffee, 244. 



Brown, .1. B., quoted 566. 



Brown rot of turnips, 550. 



Brown-tail moth, notes, 40. 



Browsing, protecting woodlots from, 331. 



Bruchophagus funebris, 237. 



Bruchus fisorum, 513. 



Bruchus obtectus, 211. 



Brunchorst quoted, 30. 



Brusca. 628. 



Brussels sprouts, 221 ; for canning, 160. 



Bucare tree for coffee shade, 243. 



Buccinium, 270. 



Buchner quoted, 188. 



Buchu leaves, 458. 



Buckthorn, 267. 



Buckwheat, 217-221; as cover-crop, 89, 259, 350, 351; 

 for dye", 268; effect of electricity, 31; effect of thun- 

 der-storms, 32; in its plant relations, 3; planting 

 dates, 138-140; in rotation, 87, 103, 106, 108, 220; 

 seed notes, 132, 133, 135; weight, legal, 149, 152; 

 wild, eradicating, 118; yields, 153-155. 



Bud, adventitious, 6, 16; dormant, 6; flower, 6; fruit, 6; 

 leaf, 6; protection, 16; sports, selection, 69; winter, 6. 



Bud-moth, control, 43. 



Budworm, on corn, 412; on tobacco, 651, 653. 



Budd, Professor, mentioned, 71. ' 



Buffalo-grass, 365, 453, 454. 



