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INDEX 



Carruthers, Dr., quoted, 436. 



Carse rotation system, 107. 



Carthame, 270. 



Carthamus tinotorius, 270. 



Cartier quoted, 402. 



Carum Carui, 460. 



Caryopteris for farm garden, 274. 



Casagha, 629. 



Cascalote, 627. 



Cascara, 458. 



Casfiara Sagrada, 457. 



Cassava, 227-229; for arrow-root, 199; introductions, 

 75; notes, 451; propagation, 131, 147, 148; seed per 

 afire, 135. 



Cassia, buds, 586, 587; importations, 496; for tannin, 

 627. 



Cassia auriculata, 627. 



Cassia Chamaeerista, 309. 



Cassia Fistula, 627. 



Castanea Americana, 625. 



Castanea dentata (Fig. 448), 320. 



Castanea vesca, 626. 



Castilloa elastica, 554, 557. 



Castor-bean, 229-231; longevity, 10; notes, 457, 458, 

 499; oil, notes, 499, 500; place in rotation, 104; 

 weight, legal, 149, 152. 



Casuarina equisetifolia. 629. 



Casuarina leterifolia, 629. 



Catalpa speciosa for farm woodlot, 327. 



Catalpa, western (Fig. 441), 318. 



Catch-crop, 258, 259. 



Catchup, 173. 



Catechin, 268. 



Catechu, 268; pale, 626. 



Caterpillars, 44; in cotton, 251. 



Catmint, 460. 



Catnip, 457, 460; for oil, 495. 



Catsup, 173. 



Cat-tail millet, 471. 



Cattle, for logging, 337; horn-fly, 40. 



Cauliflower, 221 ; for canning, 160, 161 ; in farm garden, 

 279, 280; notes, 7; seed, purity and germination, 133; 

 shading, 122. 



Cauline, 268. 



Caustic soda as an herbicide, 117, 118. 



Cavanaugh, G. W., quoted, 210, 512. 



Cayenne pepper, 465 ; importation, 587. 



Ceara rubber, 554, 558. 



Cecidomyia destructor, 563, 670. (The Hessian fly is 

 also named in the genus Mayetiola.) 



Cedar, for farm woodlot, 316; freedom from disease, 

 345; longevity, 346; marketing, 341; in its plant 

 relations, 2. 



Cedar, red, handling seed, 327, 328, 329; notes, 323; 

 oil from, 496. 



Cedar, white, 323; oil from, 495, 496. 



Ceiba grandiflora, 293. 



Ceiba pentandra, 293. 



Celery, blight, 51 ; for canning, 160; for dye, 268; etiola- 

 tion, 20; in farm garden, 280; notes, 7; place in rota- 

 tion, 105; pits, 553; propagation notes, 147, 148; 

 seed, purity and germination, 133; shading, 122. 



Cell, plant, structure and function, 8, 11; bast, 15; col- 

 lecting, 14; conveying, 14; palisade, 14; wood, 12, 15. 



Cellars, root, 550-554. 



Centaurea Jacea, 77. 



Centaurea Melitensis (Fig. 138), 112. 



Centgener, defined, 298; method of plant selection, 62; 

 test of power, 63. 



Central American rubber, 557. 



Cfepe, 477. 



Ceratocystis fimbriata, 622. 



Ceratonia Siliqua (Fig. 99), 75. 



Cercospora beticola, 594. 



Cercospora coffeicola, 244. 



Cereals, amount of food elements taken by, 20; as 

 cover-crops, 89; growing seeds, 144; for hay, 449, 

 453; in their plant relations, 2, 4; treatment with 

 copper sulfate, 118; versus root crops, 540. 

 Ceriops Roxburghiana, 627. 



Chsetochloa, botanical characters, 366; glauca, 369; 

 Italica, 369, 469, 470; Italica, var. Germanica, 469; 

 viridis, 369. 



Chamaerops humilis, 293. 



Chamberlain, W. I., article by, 430. 



Chamberlin, G. M., Jr., article by, 595. 



Chamomile, for dye, 268 ; treatment with copper sulf atej 



118. 

 Champagne, 182; cider, 183; notes, 181. 

 Chard, notes, 543, 588. 

 Chari, place in rotation, 109. 

 Charleston lawn grass, 369. 



Charlock, eradicating, 115, 117, 118; in turnip and cab- 

 bage seed, 548. 

 Charring for wood preservation, 347. 

 Chay root, 268. 

 Cheat, 374, 375. 



Cheese, effect of feeding rape on, 532. 

 Cheese-cloth screens for plants, 123. 

 Cheeses (Fig. 154), 114. 

 Cheiranthus Cheiri, 270. 

 Chelidoine juice, 268. 

 Chelidonium majus, 268. 

 Chemical substances as plant stimuli, 19. 

 Chfene vert, 479. 



ChenopodiaceEe in its plant relations, 3. 

 Chenopodium album (Fig. 134), 110. (See Lamb's- 



quarter.) 

 Chenopodium anthelminticum, 466. 

 Ch6 root, 268. 

 Cherri vello, 268. 



Cherry, black, 459; candied, 162; for canning, 160; 

 diseases, 346; evaporating, 174; for the farm garden, 

 275, 276; oil, 495; in its plant relations, 4; for pre- 

 serves, 162; seed notes, 328, 329; soil for, 275; varie- 

 ties for home-planting, 276 ; weights, legal, 148. 

 Chess, 112, 374, 375; eliminating by crop rotation, 86; 



soft, 455. 

 Chestnut, crossing, 56; fruit formation, 7; longevity, 

 346; in middle Atlantic states, 318; for paper, 505; 

 regeneration, 325; shade-enduring character, 326; 

 for tannin, 341, 623-626; timber worm, 344, 345; 

 weight, legal, 148. 

 Chestnut oak, regeneration, 326; for tannin, 623, 625. 

 Chevalon, 77. 

 Chica-red, 268. 

 Chick-pea, 306; place in rotation, 108, 109; seed notes, 



132, 135. 

 Chickweed, eradicating, 118; seed notes, 141. 

 Chicory root, 230, 231; propagation notes, 131; seed 



notes, 132, 135. 

 Child, Mrs. Lydia Maria, quoted, 162. 

 Chilli sauce, 173. 



Chillies, 457, 458, 465 ; place in rotation, 109. 

 China aster for farm garden, 274. 

 China-grass, 284; for paper, 503, 508. 

 China jute, 283, 284. 

 China vine for dye, 269. 

 Chinch-bug, control, 40, 42; on corn, 413; oats, 492; 



rice, 537; rye, 563; sorghum, 582; wheat, 670. 

 Chinese galls for tannin, 626. 

 Chinese green, 268. 

 Chinese yam, 306. 

 Chinese yellow, 268 ; berries, 270. 

 Ch'ing ma for fiber, 283. 

 Chloris virgata, 77. 



Chloroform, effect on plant growth, 29. 

 Chlorophora tinctoria, 268. 

 Chlorophyll, action, 11, 13, 14; for dye, 268; effect of 



electric light on content of plants, 23, 24. 

 Chlorosplenium seruginosum, 268. 

 Chocolate, 224. 

 Chodat quoted, 31. 

 Phondrometer, use, 363. 

 Chowchow, 173. 

 Chromatin, function, 11. 

 Chrome orange, 270. 

 Chrome yellow. 270. 

 Chromosomes, 11, 17. 

 Chrysamic acid, 268. 



Chrysanthemum, effect of electric light on, 22 ; for 

 farm garden, 274; notes, 57, 502; selection of bud- 

 sports for new varieties, 69. 

 Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, 447. 

 Chrysocharis livida, 245. 

 Chrysophanio acid, 270. 



