INDEX 



693 



Rhus aromatioa, 626; Canadensis, 626; copallina, 626; 

 Coriaria, 270, 626; Cotinus, 268, 626; diversiloba, 

 114; glabra, 626; hirta, 270; for tannin, 626 ; Meto- 

 pium, 626; pumila, 626; semialata, 625, 626; Tliun- 

 bergii, 626; Toxicodendron (Fig. 169), 114, 117, 626; 

 typhina for tannin, 626; venenata (Fig. 171), 114, 

 118. 



Ribbon cane, Straightnecked, 577; Texas Seeded, 578. 



Ribbon-grass, 370. 



Rice, 369, 534-539 ; grub, 537 ; introductions, 72-74 ; 

 notes, 2; place in rotation, 101, 102, 108, 109; plant- 

 ing dates, 138-140 ; red, 535 ; rough, legal weight, 

 151 ; seed notes, 133, 136 ; stalk borer, 537 ; straw, 

 for paper, 509; straw for weaving, 293; weevil, 537; 

 wild, 535; worms, 537; yields, 153-155. 



Rice corn, 384, 385; legal weight, 151. 



Richards quoted, 28. 



Richardsonia scabra, 309. 



Ricinus communis, 229-231. 



Ricketts quoted, 57; 



Ridley, H. N., article by, 554. 



Rimpau quoted, 62. 



Rind disease of «ugar-cane, 610. 



Ring, annual, 8, 16, 



Ringing, 16. 



Roads, arrangement on farm, 90. 



Roadsides, mowing, 112. 



Roadways, freeing from weeds, 117. 



Roberts quoted, 481. 



Robertson mixture, 612, 613. 



Robinia, 393. 



Robinia Pseudacacia (Fig. 438), 318. 



Roeella, 269. 



Rocella fuciformis, 267. 



Roeella Montagnei, 267. 



Rocella tinctoria, 267." 



Rock oak bark for tannin, 623. 



Rocket, dyers, 270. 



Rocky mountain clover, 454. 



Rogers quoted, 57. 



Rolfe, .John, quoted, 640. 



Rolfs, P. H., quoted, 75. 



Romans, method of controlling grasshoppers, 41. 



Root, 11—13; excretions, 84; feeding, 12; forms, 5; 

 hairs, 12; pressure, 15; selective action, 20; storage of 

 food in, 17. 



Root cellars, 550-554. 



Root crops, 539-550; notes, 4; place in rotation, 99, 100, 

 103, 105-107. 



Root-galls. (See Nematode worms.) 



Root of the Holy Ghost, 76. 



Root-knot of cotton, 251, 252. 



Root-maggot, of cabbage, 223; on kale, 389. 



Root-rot, of alfalfa, 195; coffee, 245; taro, 631; tobacco, 

 653. 



Rootstocks, storage of food in, 17. 



Root-tubercles, legume, 392-395; notes, 13. 



Root-worm of corn, 412. 



Rope, fibers, 285; manila paper, 287, 507. 



Rosacese in its plant relations, 2. 



Rose, chafer, 44; effect of electric light; 22; haws, 173; 

 moss, for farm garden, 274; notes, 502; selection of 

 bud-sports, 69; wild, 118. 



Rose family, 2; oil plants in, 494. 



Rosemary, importations, 496. 



Rose of Sharon for farm garden, 274. 



Roses, attar of, importations, 496. 



Ross quoted, 31. 



Rotation, crop, 81-89, 92-96, 99-109; for control of 

 insects, 42 ; for control of plant diseases, 48 ; for dairy- 

 farm, 305; to eradicate weeds, 115; for improvement 

 of cotton soils, 250 ; as related to balance of plant-food 

 in soil, 20, 21; relation to forage-cropping, 305; rela- 

 tionship to plant associations, 10; systems, 443; tri- 

 ennial system, 98, 99. 



Rotation of fertilizers, 88. 



Rotation, forest, 323, 324. 



Rotation, orchard, 34§, 349. 



Rothamsted quoted, 83, 232, 436; rotation system, 106. 



Rothholz, 267. 



Rots, treatment for, 231. 

 Rottlera for dye, 269. 

 Rottlera tinctoriS,, 269. 



Roucou, 267. 



Roughage defined, 303. 



Rough-stalked meadow-grass, 374. 



Rouland quoted, 30. 



Round grass for fiber, 292. 



Round-leaved saltbush, 665. 



Rove, 625. 



Rowen grass for soiling, 571. 



Royal mushroom, 477. 



Royal poinciana, 391. 



Rubber, 554-559 ; Eucommia ulmoldes for, 77 ; plant for 

 the house, 129. 



Rubia cordifolia, 269. 



Rubia tinctoria, 269. 



Rubinow, I. M., 108. 



Rue, for dye, 270. 



Rue family in its plant relations, 2. 



Rug fibers, 283. 



Rumex, 217. 



Rumex crispus (Fig. 162), 116. 



Rumex hymenosepalus, 628. 



Rumex maritimus, 628. 



Ruminants, digestibility of soybean forage, 583. 



Rural Branching Sorghum, 578, 579. 



Rural New Yorker quoted, 578. 



Rushes, 452; in Great Basin, 455; on Pacific slope, 455; 

 in Rocky mountain region, 454; for weaving, 281. 



Rusk citrange (Fig. 86), 67. 



Russia, crop rotation systems in, 108. 



Russian brome-grass, 374. 



Russian linen, 302. 



Russian thistle, 309. 



Rust, 47, 50; barley, 204; cotton, 251; oats, 492; rye, 

 563; sugar-cane, 610; treatment for, 281; of wheat, 

 670. 



Ruta graveolens, 270. 



Rutabaga, 547-550; dry matter in, 540; notes, 2; for oil, 

 500; place in rotation, 99, 100, 103, 106; planting 

 dates, 138-140; seed notes, 136; for soiling, 573; 

 weight, legal, 151; yields, 153-155. 



Rutaceoe in its plant relations, 2. 



Rye, 375, 559-563; as cover-crop, 89, 259, 260, 305, 350, 

 351 ; effect of electricity, on, 31 ; as green-manure, 655 ; 

 meal, legal weight, 151; nitrogen requirement, 320; 

 notes, 2; place in rotation, 87, 100-108, 305; planting 

 dates, 138-140; seed notes, 132, 133, 136; for soiling, 

 571 , 572 ; straw, 563 ; straw, for paper, 509, 563 ; straw, 

 for weaving, 293; treatment with copper sulfate, 118; 

 and vetch, 573, 659; weight, legal, 152; wild, 453, 

 454, 455; yields, 153-155. 



Rye-grass, 375, 446, 447;' Giant, 455; Italian, 375, 446; 

 Italian, on Pacific coast, 455; Italian, seed notes, 133, 

 136, 142, 144, 148; perennial or English, 375, 447; 

 perennial, on Pacific coast, 455; perennial, seed notes, 

 133, 133, 142, 144; place in rotation, 106, 107;in Rocky 

 mountain region, 454; seed per acre, 136. 



Sabal Adansoni, 626. 



Sabal serrulata, 626. 



Sacaline, 310. 



Saccaton in Southwest, 453. 



Saccharine sorghums, 575-578. 



Saccharomyces cerevisise, 181, 188. 



Saccharomyces ellipsoideus, 181, 188. 



Saccharum, botanical characters, 366. 



Saccharum officinarum, 367, 599. (See Sugar-cane.) 



Sacci fiber, 287. 



Sachs quoted, 27. 



Sacking fibers, 283, 285, 288. 



Safflower for dye, 270; place in rotation, 109. 



Safford quoted, 613. 



Saffron, dyer's, 270; place in rotation, 107. 



Safran batard, 270. 



Safrau d'Inde, 270. 



Sage, 457; for dye, 270; legal weight, 148; for oil, 495. 



Sage, salt, 565. 



Sagebrush, 454, 455. 



Sainfoin, 564, 565; place in rotation, 106-108; planting 



dates, 138-140; seed notes, 133, 136. 

 Saintfoin, 564. 

 Saki, 538. 



Salads, legal weight, 148; notes, 7. 

 Salicornia herbacea, 310. 



