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Index 



Lactuca angustana, 108. 



capitata, 108. 



longifoUa, 108. 



romana, 108. 



sativa, 6, 107. 



Scariola, 108. 

 Lagenaria cucantha, 11, 280. 

 lamb's quarter, edible, 58. 

 lamb's quarters, 4. 

 land, treatment of, 365. 

 Laspeyresia nigncana, 231. 

 Lathyrus saUvus, 10. 

 Latin names, 18. 

 Lavandula, species, 6. 

 lavender, 6, 334. 

 lead, arsenate of, '429. 

 leaf-beet, discussion of, 59. 

 leaf-spot of beet, 164. 

 leek, 154, 160. 



listed, 7. 

 Leguminosaj, 8, 9. 

 leguminous plants and nitrogen, 



375. 

 hem a trilneata, 205. 

 Lens esculenta, 10. 

 lentil, 10. 



Leonard, M. D., cited, 18. 

 Lepidium sativum, 5, 118. 

 Leptinotarsa decemlineata, 204, 



256, 268. 

 lettuce, botany of, lOT. 



discussion of, 100, 



listed, 6. 

 Levisticum officinale, 5. 

 Ligyrus githosus, 186. 

 Lilium, species, 7. 

 Lily Family, Liliacese, 4, 7. 

 lima bean, 247, 252. 



listed, 10. 

 lime-sulfur, 429, 430. 

 Linden Family, 5. 

 LinnsEus, cited, 16. • 



Lipusa multiflora, 252. 

 Lloyd, J. W., cited, 14. 

 longevity of seeds, 401. 

 Lotus Tetragonolohus, 10. 

 lovage, 334. 



listed, 5. 



Loxostege sticticaUs, 165. 



simMalis, 70. 

 Luffa acutangula, 281. 



cylindrica, 281. 



species, 11. 

 Lycopersicon cerasiforme, 266. 



esculentum, 265. 



pimpinelUfoUum, 267. 



pyriforme, 267. 



species, 11. 



tuierosum, 215. > 

 Lygus pratensis, 128. 



MacDonald, Pearl, quoted, 459. 

 Macrosiphum, pisi, 231. 



solanifolU, 205, 257, 269. 

 Madeira-vine Family, 4. 

 Madras gram, 10. 

 maggot, onion, 143. 

 maize, listed; 9. 



sweet, 316, 322. 

 malanga, 7. 

 Mallow Family, 5, 10. 



Jew's, 5. 

 Malvacese, 5, 10. 

 Mamestra picta, 71. 

 Mancasellus trachyurns, 119. 

 mangel, listed, 8. 

 mango melon, 309. 

 Manihot utilissima, 8. 

 manure for hotbeds, 346, 348. 

 Maranta arundinaeea, 7. 

 marigold, pot, 6. 

 marjoram, 6, 334. 



s*eet, 334. 

 market-gardening, 14. 

 marketing, 439. 

 Marruhmm vulgare, 6. 

 Marssonia panattoniana, 102. 

 Martynia, 11, 327, 329. 



Jussieui, 329. 



louisiana, 329. 



proboscidea, 329. 

 Martyniaceae, 9, 11. 

 matting for hotbeds. 355. 

 McCUntock, T. A., cited, 53. 

 McKay, quoted, 213. 

 Melissa officinalis, 6. 



