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INDEX 



Provisorio, 76. 



Pruim bast, 270, 629. 



Prunes, legal weight, 148. 



Pruning, the farm woodlot, 331 ; fruit trees, 351 ; notes, 



6, 7; self, 16. 

 Prunus Amygdalus, var. amara, 496. 

 Prunus serotina, 459. 

 Prussian blue, 270. 

 Pseud-annual plants, 10. 

 Pseudomonas campestris, 223, 550. 

 Pseudomonas radicicola, 393. 

 Pseudopeziza medicaginis on alfalfa, 195. 

 Pterocarpus Indicus, 270. 

 Pterocarpus Marsupium, 269, 629. 

 Pterocarpus santalmus, 270. 

 Pterocarpus Senegalensis, 629. 

 Pterophorus monodactylus, 622. 

 Puccinia graminis, 670. 

 Puccinia rubigo-vera, 670. 

 Puffballs, 478. 

 Pulque, 291. 



Pulse crops, place in rotation, 108, 109. 

 Pulse family, in its plant relations, 2. 

 Pulvinaria psidii on coffee, 244. 

 Pumpkin, 529, 530; for canning, 160; evaporating, 174; 



notes, 7, 10; planting dates, 138-140; seed notes, 132, 



133, 136; yields, 153-155. 

 Pumps for spraying, 45, 46. 

 Punica Granatum, 629. 

 Punjab, crop rotation systems in, 109. 

 Puree dye, 268. 

 Purees, fruit, 163. 

 Puriri, 270. 



Purity of seeds, 131-133, testing for, 141. 

 Purple, French, dye, 268. 

 Purple heart, 270. 

 Purpura, 270. 

 Purpurin, 268. 

 Purrea Arabica, 268. 

 Purslane, 112; seed notes, 141. 

 Pusley, 112. 



Pyrethrum, 457 ; powder for house flies, 44. 

 Pyrogallol, effect on plant growth, 29. 

 Pyrus Aucuparia, 629. 

 Pyrus Japonica, 631. 



Quack-grass, 112, 376; eradicating, 377, 447; in hops, 

 383; notes, 6, 437. 



Quandony, 629. 



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

 small-fruits for, 278. 



Quebrachia Lorentzii, 270. 



Quebracho, 270; for tannin, 623, 626. 



Quercetin, 268, 628. 



Quercitron, 270,^625. 



Quercus ^gilops, 625; alba (Fig. 442), 319, 625; Cali- 

 fornica, 625; Cerris, 625; ohrysolepsis, 625; coccif- 

 era, 479, 625; coccinea (Fig. 444), 319; cornea, 79; 

 densiflora, 625; Garryana, 625; Grajca, 625; Ilex, 479, 

 625 ; incana, 625 ; infectoria, 625 ; lobata, 625 ; macro- 

 lepsis, 625; Mirbecki, 625; nigra, 625; penduculata, 

 625 ; Prinus, 625 ; Pseudosuber, 625 ; pubescens, 625 ; 

 rubra (Fig. 443), 319, 625; sessihflora, 479, 625; Su- 

 ber, 625; Toza, 625; Ungeri, 625; velutina for dye, 

 270; Wislizeni, 625. 



Quicklime as a soil fungicide, 611. 



Quinces, for canning, 160; evaporating, 174; for marma^ 

 lade 163; for preserves, 162; stocks for dwarf apples, 

 277; weight, legal, 148. 



Quincy, Josiah, quoted, 569, 570, 571. 



Quinine, 458. 



Quitch-grass, 376. 



Rabbit-brush, 454. 



Rabbit-foot clover, 235. 



Rabbits as soybean pest, 586. 



Races, defined, 57. 



Radish, 279, 280; effect of acetylene light, 25; Cooper- 

 Hewitt mercury vapor electric light, 26, 27; electric 

 arc light, 23; electric incandescent light, 24; electric- 

 ity, 31, 33; incandescent gas light, 26; iodid of potas- 

 sium, 28; longevity, 10; maggot, 43; notes, 2; seed 

 notes, 133;. wild, eradicating, 118; insects, 42. 



Raffia, 281, 292. 



Rags for paper, 504, 505, 507. 



Ragweed, 112; eradicating, 118. 



Ram as an aid in controlling insects, 40. 



Raleigh, Sir Walter, quoted, 520. 



Ramalina, 267. 



Rambutan, 78. 



Ramelas for dye, 269. 



Ramie, fiber, 281, 284, 285; for paper, 603, 504, 508: 

 ribbons, 284. 



Randall grass, 374. 



Rane, F. W., quoted^ 23, 24. 



Ranunculus acris (Fig. 166), 116. 



Ranunculus bulbosus, 268, 447. 



Rape, 530-534, 549; as cover-crop, 89, 259, 260, 305, 

 350, 351 ; effect of electricity on, 31 ; as green-manure 

 crop, 93; notes, 2, 500, 548; oil, 499, 500, 530, 533; 

 place in rotation, 99-103, 108; planting dates, 138- 

 140; seed notes, 132, 133, 136; for soiling, 570, 572, 

 573; summer, 307; treatment with copper sulfate, 

 118; weight of seed, legal, 148; yields, 153-155. 



Raphia Ruffia, 292. 



Raphia tsedigira, 292. 



Raspberry, 277, 278; anthracnose, 39, 51; evaporating, 

 174, 176, 177; notes, 2, 4, 7; preserves, 165; weight, 

 legal, 148. 



Rats in coffee plantations, 245; in sugar-cane, 610. 



Rawson, W. W., quoted, 24. 



Reana luxurians, 638. (See Teosinte.) 



Receptacle of flower defined, 7. 



Red beet, 543. 



Red Cebil, 628. 



Red clover. (See Clover, red.) 



Red corn, field, for dye, 270. 



Redding, R. J., quoted, 101. 



Red dock, 628. 



Red fescue, 374, 447, 455; seed notes, 136. 



Red gum, 627. 



Red heart fungus of trees, 346. 



Red oak for tannin, 625. 



Red rice, 535. 



Redroot (Fig. 135), 110. 



Red-rot of sugar-cane, 610. 



Red rust of cotton, 252; of hops, 383. 



Red sandalwood, 270. 



Red Sanders wood, 270. 



Red spider, 38; on cotton, 251 ; on house plants, 130; on 

 tea, 636. 



Red-top, 371, 444, 445; notes, 437, 438, 442; place in 

 rotation, 105; seed-growing, 144; seed notes, 133, 136, 

 143, 439-441; for soiling, 571; time of maturity, 436; 

 weedy character, 447; weight, legal, 151. 



Redwoods, 270; freedom from disease, 345; longevity, 

 346; regeneration by coppice, 326; for tannin, 625. 



Reed canary-grass, 370, 454. 



Reed-grass on Pacific coast, 455. 



Reed, Howard S., article by, 28. 



Reed, W. C, quoted, 481. 



Reeds for paper, 503. 



Reinke quoted, 27. 



Reproduction, plant, 19. 



Rescue-grass, 375, 450; seed notes, 136, 441. 



Reseda Luteola, 270. 



Resin, red, 268. 



Respiration of plants, 18, 19; intra-molecular, 18. 



Ressons quoted, 240. 



Rhamnus Alaternus, 270 ; cathartica, 267, 270 ; Dahurica, 

 268; infectoria, 270; saxatilis, 270; tinctoria, 268. 



Rhea, fiber, 285; tor paper, 503, 508. 



Rheum officinale. (See Rhubarb.) 



Rhine wines, 182, 183. 



Rhizobacterium Japonicum, 394. 



Rhizobium leguminosarum, 392. . 



Rhizootonia solani, 523. 



Rhizophora Mangle for tannin, 627. 



Rhizophora mucronata, 627. 



Rhizopus nigricans, 622. 



Rhodamines, 271. 



Rhode Island bent-grass, 371, 447. 



Rhode Island, crop rotation systems in, 105. 



Rhodes grass, 77. 



Rhubard, 7, 273, 655; canning, 165; dye, 270; etheriza- 

 tion, 29; shading, 122; weight, 148; wine, 181. 



