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INDEX 



St. John's Bread, introduction, 73, 75. 



Stag-horn mushrooms, 477. 



Staghorn sumac for tannin, 626. 



Stamens, defined, 7; structure and function, 17. 



Starch, arrow-root for, 199; cassava, 227, 228; corn, 412; 

 grains, 11 ; in leaves, 13, 14; utilization in plants, 18. 



Starchy-sweet corn, 402. 



Stamen, Hugh N., articles by, 98, 493; quoted, 262, 

 489. 



Statiee Limonum, 629. 



Stebler and Schroeter quoted, 439. 



Steers, digestibility of soybean forage, 583. 



Steinpilz, 477, 



Steinwender, Stoffregen & Company quoted, 239. 



Stellaria media (Fig. 142, p. 112), 118. 



Stem, plant, structure and function, 15-17. 



Stem-rot of cabbage, 223. 



Stenotaphrum Americanum, 369. 



Stenotaphrum dimidiatum, 369. 



Stenotaphrum secundatum, 369. (See St. Augustine 

 grass.) 



Stick tight (Fig. 137), 111. 



Stigma, function, 17. 



Stilbum flavidum on coffee, 245. 



Stimulants, in their plant relations, 4. 



Stimuli, response of plants to, 19, 22-35. 



Stinco, 626. 



Stink-bug, 42, 43, 44. 



Stinking-smut, of onions, 49, 50; of wheat, 47, 49-51. 



Stipa tenacissima, 507. 



Stock (plant) for farm garden, 274. 



Stock-farm, rotation schemes for, 93-95. 



Stock-pea, 510. 



StoUey vetch, 659 ; in Southwest, 454. 



Stomate, structure and function, 13, 14. 



Stone, A. L., articles by, 485, 530. 



Stone clover, 235, 467. 



Stone, G. E., articles by, 21, 30. 



Stone, J. L., articles by, 206, 217, 510. 



Storage houses, 550-554; seeds, 137. 



Stout, 189. 



Strains, defined, 57. 



Stramonium, 457, 458. 



Straw, for paper, 503-506, 509; for screening plants, 

 123; for weaving, 281, 293. 



Strawberries, 277-279; for canning, 160; clons of, 57; 

 effect of acetylene light, 25; of electric arc light, 22; 

 of shading, 121; notes, 2, 7, 10; place in rotation, 101, 

 103; for preserves, 162; propagation notes, 131; 

 weight, legal, 148. 



Stringy-bark, 627; for dye, 270. 



Sturtevant, Dr. E. L., quoted, 3, 402. 



Succory, 231, 232. 



Suffolk rotation systems, 106. 



Sugar, fermentation, 188; in plants, 13-15; maple-, 

 427-434; sorghum, 581, 582. 



Sugar-beet, 588-599; for alcohol, 186; breeding notes, 

 61; composition, 543; dry matter in, 540; effect of 

 electricity on, 31; of incandescent gas Ught, 26; im- 

 provement, 544; place in ro.tation, 100, 103-105, 108; 

 planting dates, 138-140; seed notes, 133, 136; treat- 

 ment with copper sulfate, 118; varieties for stock- 

 feeding, 545, 547; weight, legal, 149; yields, 153-155. 



Sugar-cane, 599-611 ; bagasse for paper, 503-506; notes, 



,2, 6; place in rotation, 102, 105, 108, 109; planting 



dates, 138-140; propagation notes, 131, 147, 148; 



seed notes, 136; seed, weight, legal, 148; yields, 153- 



155. 



Sugar plants in their plant relations, 4. 



Sulfate, of iron, effect on plant growth, 28 ; of potassium, 

 spray for mildew, ,130. 



Sulfite wood fiber for paper, 505. 



Sulfur, for insects, 43 ; in relation to leaf action, 15; as a 

 seed disinfectant, 50. 



Sulfur colors, 271. 



Sulfuric acid, as an herbicide, 117; in relation to plant 

 growth, 12. 



SiJla, 310. 



Sullivan, Gen., mentioned, 540. 



Sumac, Cape, for dye, 270; poison, 114; Sicilian, for dye, 

 270; for tannin, 623-625; Virginian, for dye, 270. 



Svunbawa wood, 270. 

 Summer-fallowing notes. 668. 



Summer rape, 307. 



Sundew for dye, 270. 



Sun drying fruit, 174. 



Sunflower, 494, 611-613; for farm garden, 274; notes, 7; 

 on Pacific slope, 455; seed notes, 133, 136; silage, 414. 



Sunlight in relation to leaf activities, 13, 14, 15. 



Sunn hemp, for fiber, 285, 286; for paper, 503, 504, 509; 

 place in rotation, 108, 109. 



Sunscald, cause, 20. 



Surangee, 267. 



Surat, crop rotation system, 109. 



Suzuki quoted, 28. 



Sveti-sorse, place in rotation, 108. 



Swamp pine, California, for tannin, 624. 



Swan river corn (Fig. 599), 399. 



Swedish clover, 233, 234. 



Swedish turnip, 307, 547-550. 



Swedes, place in rotation, 100. (See Swedish turnip.) 



Sweet alyssum for farm garden, 274; for window-box, 

 130. 



Sweetbay, 457. 



Sweet birch, oil from, 495. 



Sweet clover. (See Clover, sweet.) 



Sweet corn. (See Maize, sweet.) 



Sweet fern, 629. 



Sweet flag, candied, 163. 



Sweet-pea, 391; cupid, 61; for farm garden, 274; seed 

 notes, 133. 



Sweet-potato, 613-623; for industrial alcohol, 187; 

 notes, 3, 520; place in rotation, 101, 103, 105; plant- 

 ing dates, 138-140; propagation notes, 131, 147, 148; 

 seed per acre, 136; storage houses, 551—553; weight, 

 legal, 151 ; yields, 153-155. 



Sweet sultan for farm garden, 274. 



Sweet vernal-grass, 370, 437. 



Swingle, W. T., quoted, 74. 



Switch-grass, 453, 454. ' 



Sycamore, freedom from disease, 345. 



Sylvestre quoted, 30. 



Symbiosis, 18, 394, 395. 



Symphytum asperrinium, 309. 



Syntherisma sanguinalis, 366-368, 449. (See Crab- 

 grass.) 



Syringa for farm garden, 274. 



Syringa vulgaris, effect of etherization, 29. 



Syrup, fruit, 164; maple-, 427, 434; sorghum, 580- 

 582. 



Tacca pinnatifida for arrow-root, 199. 



Taft, L. R., article by, 123. 



Tagasate, 311. 



Taigu wood, 269. 



Taliaferro, W. T. L., quoted, 102. 



Tall fescue, 374; seeding, 438. 



Tall meadow oat-grass, 136. 



Tall oat-grass, 370, 439-442, 446; notes, 437; time of 



maturity, 436. 

 Tall tallow-weed, 454. 

 Tallow-weed, 454. 

 Tamarack, gathering seed, 327. 

 Tamarix Africana, 628. 

 Tamarix articulata, 628. 

 Tampico fiber, 290. 

 Tanacetum vulgare, 465. 

 Tanbark oak, 625. 

 Tanghadi bark, 627. 

 Tangier pea, 311. 

 Tannier, 80. 



Tannic acid, effect on plant growth, 29, 

 Tannin, 623-629; algarobillo for, 77. 

 Tanning materials, 623-629. 

 Tansy, 457, 465, 466. 

 Tan-u, 227. 



Tapioca, cassava for, 227. 

 Taproot, nature, 12. 

 Tare, spring, 658. 

 Tarello, C, quoted, 108. 

 Taro, 629-631. 



Tartaric acid, formation, 180. 

 Tarweed, 311. 

 Tawheri bark, 628. 

 Taxodium distichum (Fig. 431), 316. 

 Taylor, F. W., quoted, 103. 



