INDEX 



Olona fiber, 286. 



Onion, 147, 148, 280, 655; for canning, 160; for dye, 

 269; effect of acetylene light on, 25; longe^^ty, 10; 

 maggot, 43; notes, 6; place in rotation, 102; seed- 

 growing, 144; seed notes, 133; smut, SO; storage 

 houses, 552, 553; weight, legal, 150, 152. 



Ono quoted, 28. 



Onobrychis Caput-galli, 564. 



Onobrychis sativa, 564. 



Onobrychis viciEefolia, 564. 



Ononis, 78. 



Ononis avellana, 78. 



Ontario Agricultural College quoted, 440. 



Ontario, crop rotation systems in, 99, 100; fruits for 

 home-planting, 276; grapes for, 279; small-fruits for, 

 278. 



Ontario Experiment Station quoted, 489. 



Oospora scabies, 523. 



Open furrow oat-seeding, 493, 494. 



Openauk, 520. 



Opium poppy, 458, 463. 



Opuhtia basilaris, 226; crassa, 226; deoumbens, 226; 

 Flcus-Indica, 226 (Fig. 96, p. 74.); filipendula, 226 ; 

 inameena, 226; ineimis, 226; macrocarpa, 226; micro- 

 dasys, 226 ; Pes-corvi, 226 ; Rafinesquii, 226 ; robusta, 

 226; rubescens, 226; rufida, 226; tomentosa, 226; 

 Treleasii, 226; vulgaris, 226. 



Orange, candied, 163; diseases, 51; flowers, importa- 

 tions, 496; hybrids, 63, 64, 67; importations, 496; 

 juice, 178-180; notes, 2, 7; oil, 494, 495; orchard, 

 velvet beans as cover-crop for, 657; for preserving, 

 160; selection of vegetative parts, 69; time to pick, 

 355. 



Orange Free State, 578. 



Orange hawkweed, 447. 



Orange rust of oats, 492; of rye, 563. 



Orchard, 89; rotation systems, 348, 349; spray, 44; 

 spraying machinery, 46 



Orchard-grass, 373, 438-441, 445; notes, 437; in Pacific 

 coast region, 453; place in rotation, 99; seed-growing, 

 144; seed, legal weight, 150; seed notes, 132, 133, 136, 

 142-144; time of maturity, 436. 



Orchid family, medicinal plants in, 457. 



Orchids, notes, 9, 122. 



Orchilla, 267. 



Orcin, 267. 



Oregon, crop rotation systems in, 104. 



Oregon grape root for dye, 269. 



Orel clover, 233. 



Orenetto, 267. 



Orchil, 267. 



Organization of a, commercial nursery business, 483- 

 485. 



Oricello, 267. 



Origanum, importations, 496. 



Orlean, 267. 



Ornamental-leaved beets, notes, 588. 



Ornamentals, 602, 503; notes, 4. 



Ornithopus sativus, 566. 



Orseille, 267. 



Oryza botanical characters, 366. 



Oryza rufipogon, 535. 



Oryza sativa, 369, 534. (See Rice.) 



Osage orange seed, legal weight, 150. 



Osmosis in relation to sap rise, 15. 



Osterhout, W. J. V., article by, 11. 



Ostrya Virginica (Fig. 436), 317. 



Osyris compressa, 629. 



Oungkoudon, 269. 



Oural patti, 270. 



Ourouparia gambier, 268. 



Ovary, structure, 17. 



Ovules, 17. 



Oxalis crenata, 78. 



Oxalis gigantea, 628. 



Oxeye dasies, 441. 



Oyster catchup, 173. 



Oyster mushroom, 477. 



Pacific post oak, for tannin, 625. 

 Package, the fruit, 356. 

 Packing-house for fruits, 353. 

 Paddock, W., quoted, 276, 279. 



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Paddy, 537; aman, 109; aus, 108, 109. 



Pacts quoted, 30. 



Paint-brush, eradicating, 112. 



Palaman, crop rotation systems in, 109. 



Pale catechu, 626. 



Palm, for the house, 129; notes, 8, 9, 502; oil, 499 

 scales on, 130; shading, 122; tannins, 626. 



Palma istle fiber, 290. 



Palma samandoca for fiber, 290. 



Palmer, Dr., quoted, 402. 



Palmetto, dwarf, for tannin, 626 ; leaf screens for plants, 

 123; saw, for fiber, 293; for tannin, 623. 



Panama crimson dye, 269. 



Panama rubber, 557. 



Panax Ginseng, 357. 



Panax quinquefolium, 357. 



Pandanus fiber, 281. 



Panicum, botanical characters, 365, 366 ; colonum, 470 ; 

 Crus-galli, 369, 469, (See Barnyard grass); frumen- 

 taceum, 369, 470; Italicum, 368; maximum, 368, {See 

 Guinea-grass) ; miliaceum, 369, 469, {See Broom-corn 

 millet) ; moUe, 78, 368, (See Para-grass.) 



Pansy, 274; for dye, 268. 



Papaver Rhoeas, 270. 



Papaver somniferum, 463. 



Paper, aramina for, 285; notes, 72, 156; soft wood for, 

 341. 



Paper-making plants, 503-510. 



Paper mulberry, 508; fiber, 281. 



Paper plant (mitsumata), introduction, 72. 



Paprika, 457, 464. 



Para-grass, 78, 368, 451 ; place in rotation, 105; seed per 

 acre, 136. 



Para rubber, 554, 555-557. 



Paradise stocks for dwarf apples, 277. 



Paraguay tea, 78. 



Parasite, defined, 1 ; notes, 19. 



Parasitism, complete, 395. 



Parenchyma, 8; bast, 15; wood, 15. 



Paris green, 38, 44; for farm garden, 281. 



Paritium tiliaceum, 286. 



Parloa, Miss, quoted, 164, 166. 



Parlor ivy, 130. 



Parmelia parietina, 270. 



Parsley, for dye, 269; effect of acetylene light on, 25; 

 seed notes, 133; worm, 542. 



Parsnip, 546, 547; for canning, 160; dry matter in, 540; 

 notes, 5, 10; planting dates, 138-140; seed notes, 132, 

 133, 136; temperature for, 280; water, 114; weight, 

 legal, 150, 152; yields, 153-155. 



Parsnip family, aromatic plants in, 457; oil plants in, 

 494. 



Parthenocissus quinquefolia, 270. 



Partridge pea, 309; place in rotation, 106. 



Paspalum, botanical characters, 366 ; compressum, 451 ; 

 digitaria, 78; dilatatum, 368, 449, 451, (See Water- 

 grass) ; grass, 451 ; scrobiculatum, place in rotation, 

 109. 



Passiflora edulis (Fig. 97), 74. 



Passion fruit, introduction, 73, 74. 



Pastel, 270. 



Pasteur quoted, 157. 



Pastinaca sativa, 546. , 



Pastures, and meadows, 434-455; native, 453-455; 

 notes, 136, 304; place in rotation, 92-96, 99-101, 103- 

 108, 297. 



Pasture soiling, 303. 



Pasture thistle (Fig. 151), 113. 



Patio, 225. 



PatuUo's rotation system, 107. 



Paulin quoted, 31, 32. 



Paypay, 628. 



Pea. (See Peas.) 



Pea-vine red clover, 233. 



Peach, 275, 276; candied, 162; for canning, 160; dis- 

 eases, 51; dried, legal weight, 150; evaporating, 174; 

 handling the fruit, 356 ; leaf-curl, 45 ; notes, 6 ; oil from, 

 495, 496; orchard, beggarweed as cover-crop, 215; 

 orchard, rotation scheme, 349; orchard, velvet bean 

 as cover-crop, 657; Paris green spray, 44; soil, 275: 

 treatment with copper sulfate, 39; varieties for home- 

 planting, 276; varieties from sports, 58, 61. 



Peachwood for dye, 269. 



