INDEX 



681 



Flavin, 268. 



Flax, 293-302; effect of electric light on, 22; for fiber, 

 281, 282; notes, 3, 499; for paper, 503, 504, 506, 507; 

 place in rotation, 103-105, 107, 108; planting dates, 

 138-140; rust, 300; seed notes, 49, 132, 133, 136, 363; 

 straw, 51, 293; weight of seed, legal, 150, 152; wilt, 

 47, 48-52, 300; yields, 153-155. 



Flaxseed oil, 500; manufacture, 300, 301, 



Flea-beetle, on cabbage, 223; potato, 524; sweet- 

 potatoes, 622, 623; tobacco, 651, 652; turnips, 550. 



Flemingia congesta, 270. 



Flies, as carriers of plant diseases, 50; control, 41, 43. 



Flooded gum, 627. 



Floriculture, 502, 503. 



Florida clover, 214, 215, 309. 



Florida, crop rotation systems in, 101. 



Florida moss for fiber, 281, 293. 



Flour-moth, hydrocyanic acid gas for, 45. 



Flower, buds, 6, 17; effect of shade on development, 

 121 ; in farm garden, 273, 274; farming, 502; notes, 7; 

 structure and function, 17, 18. 



Flowering plants, 2; notes, 17; number of economic 

 importance, 3. 



Flowerless plants, 2; number of economic injportance, 

 3. 



Flowers of sulfur for mildew, 130. 



Flue evaporators, 176. 



Fluorin, effect on plant growth, 28. 



Fly agaric, 477. 



Fly, green, on house-plants, 130. 



Foeniculum officinale, 460. 



Fodder, defined, 303; notes, 4. 



Foliage plants for the house, 129. 



Food, plant-, environment of plants; 20, 21 ; method of 

 elaboration and use, 18, 19. 



Food supply, law of, in plant-breeding, 57. 



Forage crops, 303-311; notes, 4, 7; place in rotation, 

 93, 94; seeds, growing, 144. 



Forcing-houses, construction, 123-128. 



Forest, 312-347; distribution, 317-319, 343; factors in 

 timber production, 319-323; the farm woodlot, 313— 

 319; fires, in insect control, 40; fires, protection from, 

 330, 331 ; harvesting and marketing the timber crop, 

 333-342; insect enemies of woodlot trees, 343-345; 

 land, absolute, 321; practical protection and im- 

 provement of the woodlot, 330-333 ; raising the tim- 

 ber crop, 323-330; timber diseases, 345-347. 



Forestry, 312. 



Forget-me-not, for dye, 268 ; for farm garden, 274. 



Formaldehyde treatment, 49, 50; of barley smut, 204; 

 of oat smut, 492. 



Formalin treatment, of cabbage seeds for black-rot, 

 222; for flax-wilt, 300; of smut, 670. 



Forster quoted, 31. 



Fowl meadow-grass, 374, 445; in mixtures, 440; soil 

 for, 437, 



Foxglove, 457, 458, 461. 



Foxtail, 299, 369; in alfalfa, 194; meadow (See Meadow 

 foxtail); mountain, 454; yellow, .369. 



Foxtail millet, 469-472; in: Plains regions, 452; notes, 

 136 (See Hungarian-grass). 



France, crop rotation systems in, 107, 108. 



Frank quoted, 392, 393. 



Fraser quoted, 572. 



Fraser, S., articles by, 99, 221, 434, 519, 529, 539. 



Fraxinus Americana (Fig. 435), 317. 



Fream, Dr., quoted, 436. 



Freda quoted, 32. 



Freesias for the window-box, 130. 



French berries, 270. 



French, H. T., quoted, 101. 



French purple dye, 268. 



French sumac for tannin, 626. 



French weed in flax-fields, 299. 



Frost, explanation of effect on plants, 21. 



Fruit, botanical notes, 4, 7, 18; buds, 6; butter, 163; 

 candied, 162, 163; canning, 157-177; dried, 161; 

 dwarf trees, 277; effect of electricity on, 30; effect of 

 shade on development, 121; handling and shipping, 

 355-357; juices, 177-190; packages, legal size, 152; 

 preserving, 157-177; purees, 163; syrups, 164; trees, 

 crossing, 56; varieties for planting, 276. 



Fruit-garden, 273-279. 



Fruit-growing, 348-355. 



Fuchsia (Fig. 40), 17. 



Fuller's teasel, 636-638. 



Fumigation, 45. 



Fungi, 36, 346; effect of orange light on, 27; effect of 



zinc salts on, 28; in insect control, 40; notes 2, 36, 37; 



in relation to plant growth, 13. 

 Fungicides, 37, 39, 40; as plant stimulants, 2S. 

 Funkia (Fig. 76), 56. 

 Funtumia elastica, 558. 

 Furcraea fcetida, 289, 508. 

 Furcraea gigantea, 289. 

 Furze, 307; dwarf, 80. 

 Fusanus acuminatus, 629. 

 Fusanus compressus, 629. 

 Fusarium lini. (See Flax wilt.) 

 Fusarium oxysporum, 523. 

 Fustel, 268. 

 Fustic, 268, 269. 



Gaban wood, 268. 



Galangal (Chinese), 268. 



Galangal (Javan), 268. 



Galleta, 453. 



Galloway, Dr. B. T., quoted, 69. 



Galls, formation, 21. 



Galton quoted, 60. 



Galvanotropism, 30. 



Gambler, 626 ; extract, 626. 



Gamboge, 268. 



Gandhaki, 267. 



Garancin dye, 268. 



Garbanzo, 306. 



Garcinia Celebica, 77 ; Cochinchinensis, 77, 78 ; Hanburyi, 



268; Mangostana, 78; Morella, 268. 

 Garden, farm, 273-281. 

 Gardenia grandiflora, 268. 

 Gardini quoted, 30. 

 Garman quoted, 586. 



Gas light, incandescent, effect on plants, 25, 26. 

 Gas-plant for farm garden, 274. 

 Gaude, 270. 



Gaultheria procumbens, 498. 

 Gelbholz, 268. 

 Gelechia operculella, 524. 

 Genepi dies alpes, 269. 

 Genera, plant, number, 3. 

 Genista tinctoria, 268. 

 Gentian dye, 202. 

 Gentiana lutca, 268. 

 Genus, explained, 2. 

 Georjjia, crop rotation systems in, 101. 

 Georgia Departr lent of Agriculture quoted, 578, 579. 

 Georgia Experiment Station quoted, 262, 263, 264. 

 Geranium, effect of Ojcetylene light on, 25; for the house, 



129 130. 

 Gerard, W. R., quoted, 620. 

 Gerarde, quoted, 520. 

 German ivy for window-box, 130. 

 German millet, 409, 470, 471. 

 Germ-cell, purity of, 54. 



Germination, percentage of seeds, 131-133; tests, 141. 

 Giant puffball, 478. 

 Giant rye, 665. 

 Giant rye-grass, 455. 

 Giant spurry, 588. 

 Gibb, Charles, quoted, 71. 

 Gilbert quoted, 393. 



Gilmore, J. W., article by, 389; notes by, 568. 

 Gingelly, place in rotation, 109. 

 Ginger, 586, 587; place in rotation, 109; root, candied, 



163. 

 Ginseng, American, 357-362; effect of shade on, 120, 



notes, 457. 

 Glasshouses for vegetable crops, 123-128. 

 Gleason, M. B., quoted, 178. 

 Gleditschia triacauthos, 392. 

 Glucose, 412. 

 Glutamin, 596. 

 Glycine hispida, 582. 



Glycyrrhiza glabra, 462. (See Liquorice.) 

 Goa powder, 268. 

 Goats, digestibility of soybean forage, 583. 



