INDEX 



685 



Korean millet, 470. 



Kraf brown paper, 504. 



Krayenhoff quoted, 30. 



Kreutzbeeren, 270. 



Krishum for forage, 308. 



Kruppelboom, 629. 



Kukui tree for coffee shade, 243. 



Kumquat, in its plant relations, 3, 



Kunkel quoted, 30. 



Kurthi, place in rotation, 108. 



Kuskus, 497. 



Labor supply, relation to crop rotation scheme, 87; to 

 timber production, 321, 322. 



Lac-dye, 269. 



Lac-lac, 269. 



Lactuca sativa, effect of electricity on, 32. 



Lactuca Scarlola (Fig. 147), 113. 



Ladino clover, 234. 



Lady-bird beetle, 40. 



Lady's delight, 268. 



Lakes, defined, 271. 



Lambs, rape for, 532. 



Lamb's-quarter, eradicating, 118; in flax-fields, 299. 



Lamson, Sterling, quoted, 197. 



Land-plaster, legal weight, 148. 



Landolphia, 554, 559. 



Lanes, arrangement on farm, 90. 



Langworthy quoted, 586. 



Lapacho for dye, 269. 



Lappa major (Fig. 152), 114. 



Larch, bark extract, 625; for farm woodlot, 316; notes, 

 2 ; for tannin, 625. 



Larix Americana (Fig. 429), 316. 



Larix Europsea, 625. 



Larkspur, 457 ; for farm garden, 274. 



La Salle quoted, 405. 



Lath screen for plants, 122, 123. 



Lathrop, Mr. Barbour, quoted, 73, 74. 



Lathyrus hirsutus, 659; sativus, place in rotation, 108, 

 109; sylvestris, 307; sylvestris var. Wagneri, 307; 

 Tingitanus, 311. 



Laurel family, spice plants in, 457, 586. 



Larus Lingue, 629. 



Lavender, 495 ; importations, 496. 



Lawes and Gilbert quoted, 393, 533. 



Lawn, red fescue in, 447; red-top in mixtures, 445; 

 Rhode Island bent-grass in, 447; weeds, 118. 



Laws for control of insect pests, 41. 



Layout of the farm, 90. 



Leaf, 7, 13-15; buds, 6, 17. 



Leaf-blight of cotton, 251, 252. 



Leaf-hoppers, control by hopper-dozers, 42; of sugar- 

 cane, 610. 



Leaf-miner of coffee, 245. 



Leaf-spot, on alfalfa, lOS; cotton, 251, 252; cowpeas, 

 266; sugar-beets, 594. 



Leather, 623. 



Lecanium hemisphericimi on coffee, 245. 



Lecanora, 267, 269. 



Lecanora tinctoria, 268. 



LeDuc, Hon. Wm. G., quoted, 631. 



Le Renard quoted, 28. 



Leeks, effect of acetylene light on, 25. 



Legumes, 391-395; place in rotation, 93, 94, 96, 106, 

 108, 109; relation to soil management, 92; subsoil 

 feeders, 85. 



Leguminosse in its plant relations, 2, 4. 



Leguminous trees, seed treatment, 328; for shade in 

 coffee plantations, 243. 



Lein, 293. 



Lemon, 355; candied, 163; notes, 2; oil, 494, 495, 496; 

 for preserves, 160; scab, 51. 



Lemstrom quoted, 32, 34. 



Lens esculenta, 308. 



Lenticels, 16. 



Lentil, 308; longevity of seed, 132; place in rotation, 

 108, 109. 



Lepidium Virginicum in flax-fields, 299. 



Lespedeza, 395-397; planting dates, 138-140; seed 

 notes, 135, 136, 441 ; yields, 153-155 (See Japan Clo- 

 ver) ; bicolor, 308, 396; sericea, 396; striata, 395-397; 

 striata, var. lata, 396. 



Less, 78. 



Lettuce, 279, 280; diseases, 51 ; effect of acetylene light, 

 25; effect of Cooper-Hewitt mercury vapor electric 

 light, 26; effect of electric arc light, 23, 24; effect of 

 electric incandescent light, 24; effect of electricity, 

 30, 33; effect of incandescent gas light, 26; notes, 7; 

 place in rotation, 105; seed notes, 132, 133; shading, 

 121, 122. 



Leucadendron argenteum, 629. 



Leucoptera coffeella, 245. 



Leucospermum conocarpum, 629. 



Levisticum officinale, 463. 



Lichens, flowerless plants, 2. 



Licorice, 457. (See Liquorice.) 



Light in relation to plants, 20, 22-27; effect of colored, 

 on plants, 27; as a plant stimulus, 19; response of 

 plants to artificial, 22-27. 



Light-demanding trees, 323. 



Lignum santalum, 270. 



Ligustrum vulgare, 270. 



Lilac, 274; effect of electric light, 22; effect of etheriza- 

 tion, 29. 



Lilium longiflorum, effect of etherization, 29. 



Lily, 274 ; effect of acetylene light, 25. 



Lima bean, for canning, 160; pole, notes, 656. 



Lima wood, 269. 



Lime, 12, 20; cake, 598; for insects, 43; salt and sulfur 

 solution, 45; seed disinfectant, 50; and sulfur wash, 

 37, 281 ; weight, legal, 150. 



Lime (fruit) in its plant relations, 3 ; importations, 496. 



Lin, 293. 



Linacese in its plant relations, 3. 



Linaria vulgaris (Fig. 164), 116. 



Lindley quoted, 32. 



Lindsey quoted, 573. 



Linen, 293, 301, 302. 



Linon, 293. 



Linseed, cake, notes, 499; oil manufacture, 300, 301, 

 499, 500; place in rotation, 108, 109; weight, legal, 

 150. . 



Linum angustifolium, 294. 



Linum usitatissimum, 293-302. 



Liquorice, 462; for dye, 269. (See Licorice). 



Liquors, 177-190. 



Liriodendron Tulipifera (Fig. 446), 320. 



Litmus for dye, 269. 



Live-oak, notes, 479. 



Live-f or-ever, 441 . 



Live-stock, in Gulf coast region, 450; relation to forage- 

 cropping, 304-306; relation to truck-growing, 655. 



Liverworts, 2, 19. 



Livingston quoted, 58. 



Livingston, Robert, quoted, 197. 



Llin, 293. 



Lloyd quoted, 441. 



Lloyd, John W., article by, 653. 



Lobelia, 457, 462, 463; for window-box, 130. 



Lobelia infiata, 462. 



Locust, 327, 391; borer, 343, 344; black (Fig. 438), 318; 

 honey, 392; notes, 7; seed notes, 328. 



Lodge-pole pine in Canada, 319. 



Loew quoted, 28. 



Log rules, 338, 340. 



Logan-berries for preserves, 160. 



Logging, 336, 337. 



Logwood, 267, 269; for tannin, 627. 



Lohardaga, crop rotation systems in, 109. 



Lokandi, 270. 



Lokoa, 268. 



Loligo tunicata, 270. 



Lolium botanical characters, 366. 



Lolium Italioum, 375. 



Lolium multiflorum, 375. (See Italian rye-grass.) 



Lolium perenne, 375. (See Perennial rye-grass.) 



Lomatiol, 269. 



London purple, formula, 39. 



London quoted, 520. 



Longworth, Nicholas, quoted, 182. 



Loomis, A. M., article by, 178. 



Lopez root, 269. 



Loring, Dr., quoted, 631. 



Lothian rotation system, 107. 



Lotus Americaniis, 659. 



