INDEX 



Abbott, G. W., Rocky Ford, Colo., Var. orig. by, 85 



Abbott & Cobb, seedsmen, Philadelphia, Pa., Var. orig. by, 94 



Acanthosicyos horrida. 6 



Acknowledgments, 110 



Adams, T. Lee, seedsmen, Kansas City, Mo., Var. intr. by, 94 



Aggeler & Musser, seedsmen, Los Angeles, Calif., 56, 75, 104; 



Var. intr. by, 16, 50, 52, 65, 67, 79, 106 

 All-American Selections, Cucumbers 95, 96, 106; Muskmelons, 90 

 Allen, C. L., 30 

 Amordica, 8 

 Angaria, 8 



Citrullus, 8 

 Apfel, Alfred, — Iowa, Var. orig. by, 67 

 Arikara Indian Tribe, 3, 16, 23, 47 

 Askutasquash, 3, 48 

 Ashworth, George, Locust Valley, Long Island, N. Y., Var. orig. by, 



89 

 Associated Seed Growers, New Haven, Conn., Var. intr. by, 35, 96 

 Athanase, Rev. Father, Trappist Monastery, La Trappe, Quebec, 



Var. orig. by, 83 



B 



Bailey, L. H., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y., 4, 65, 75, 93 



Balsam-apple, 7 



Balsam-pear, 7 



Barler, O. L., Alton, 111., Var. intr. by, 82 



Barteldes Seed Co., Lawrence, Kan., Var. intr. by, 95 



Banning, F., Kinsman, Ohio, Var. orig. by, 77 



Bauhin, 4 



Beattie, W. R., U. S. D. A., Washington, D. C, 61 



Beck, Antone, Oregon, 111., Var. orig. by, 67, 89 



Bender, Charles, Albany. N. Y., Var. orig. by, 63 



Benincasa, 6, 8 



cerifera, 8 



cylindrica, 8 



hispid a, 3, 8 



vacua, 8 

 Beverley, Robert, 49, 50 

 Bidwell, General, Chico, California, 65 

 Bird, F. E., Denver, Colo., Var. orig. by, 63 

 Blinn, P. K., Rocky Ford, Colo., Var. orig. by, 86, 87 

 Bliss, B. K., seedsman, New York, 22, 90, 103, 106 

 Bolgiano, F. W. & Co., seedsmen, Washington, D. C, Var. intr. by, 



38 

 Bolgiano, J., seedsman, Baltimore, Md., Var. intr. by, 98 

 Bottomly, Thos. F., — , Maryland, Var. orig. by, 64 

 Bowman, — , Niagara Co., N. Y., Var. orig. by, 71 

 Breck, Joseph & Co., seedsmen, Boston, Mass., 20, 47, 52, 83, 86; 



Var. intr. by, 34 

 Bridgman, Thomas, 88, 98 



Brown, Alfred J. Seed Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., Var. intr. by, 97 

 Bryonia cheirophylla, 8 



Buckbee, H. W., seedsman, Rockford, 111., Var. intr. by, 45, 76 

 Buckler gourd, 4 

 Bucklers, 4 



Budlong Gardens, Chicago, 111., Var. orig. by, 20 

 Burbank, Luther, Santa Rosa, Calif., Var. orig. by, 95, 102 

 Burpee, W. Atlee & Co., seedsmen, Philadelphia, Pa., 42, 45; 



Var. intr. by, 21, 24, 26, 28, 35, 37, 38, 40, 55, 56, 62, 63, 65, 



67, 69, 70, 72, 79, 80, 81, 88, 89, 96, 100, 101, 107 

 Burr, Fearing Jr., 4, 15, 18, 28, 31, 33, 36, 39, 41, 45, 46, 48, 50, 53, 



55, 56, 61, 79, 83, 88, 90, 93, 98, 99, 104 

 Burrell, D. V., seedsman, Rocky Ford, Colo., 75; Var. intr. by, 



41, 50, 64, 68, 85, 97, 104 

 Bushnell, John W., Ohio Exp. Sta., Wooster, Ohio, 25 

 Butman, Clarendon, — , Maine, Var. orig. by, 19 



Calabash, 3 



Calabash gourd, 3 



Calabazilla, 11 



Caldwell & Jones, seedsmen, Hartford, Conn., 88 



Calebasses, 53 



Calhoun, Mr. — , Var. orig. by, 51 



Calvin, A., Chicago, 111., Var. orig. by, 65 



Camerarius, 5 



Cantaloupe, 10; varieties, see muskmelons, 61 



Carpenter, Wm. S., New York, Var. orig. by, 90 



Carter, James & Co., seedsmen, London, Eng., 45; Var. intr. by, 38 



Cartier, Jacques, 60, 93 



Cashman Seed Co., Owatonna, Minn., Var. intr. by, 25 



Cassabanana, 10 



Castetter, E. F., Iowa Exp. Sta., Ames, Iowa, 15 



Chayote, 6 



Childs, John Lewis, seedsman, Floral Park, N. Y., Var. intr. by, 89, 



98 

 Chinese Preserving Melon, 8 

 Chipman, George F., Winnipeg, Canada, 78 

 Cimnel, 49 

 Citron, 9 

 Citronelle, 4 

 Citrullus, 6, 8 



aedulis, 9 



amarus, 9 



battich. 8 



caffer, 8 



Caffrorum, 8 



chodospermus, 8 



Citrullus, 9 



colocynthoides, 9 



edulis, 8 



fistulosus, 9 



Pastera, 8 



vulgaris, 3, 5, 8 

 citroides, 9 

 lanatus, 9 

 Coccinia, 6 



Collins, Minton, Richmond, Va., Var. intr. by, 107 

 Colocynthis, 8 



Citrullus, 9 

 Colorado Seed Co., Denver, Colo., Var. intr. by, 28 

 Columbus, Christopher, 60, 93 



Comstock, Ferre, seedsmen, Wethersfield, Conn., 107 

 Concombre, 4 

 Concombre Arada, 10 



Conrad, J. W., Rockbridge, Ohio, Var. orig. by, 71 

 Courge, 4 



Currie Bros., seedsmen, Milwaukee, Wis., 81 

 Covalt, W. B., — , Kansas, Var. orig. by, 79 

 Cover, Jerre, 80 

 Coy, Chauncy P., Waterloo, Nebr., Var. orig. by, 38, 40, 63, 73, 76, 



96, 98, 101 

 Crescentia Cujete, 3 

 Cucumbers, 



Classifications and Keys, 9, 93 



History, Botanical, 4 



History, Horticultural, 93 



Obscure varieties of, 108 



References for, 109 



Varieties of, 94 

 Cucumeroides, 7 

 Cucumeropsis, 6 

 Cucumis, 3, 4, 7, 9 



acid us, 10 



acutangulus, 8 



amarissimus, 8 



ambigua, 9, 10 



Anguina, 7 



Anguria, 4, 9, 107 



angurioides, 9 



Arada, 9 



aromaticus, 10 



Bardona, 9 



bicirrha, 7 



bucharicus, 10 



Cantalon, 10 



cantalupensis, 10 



Cantalupo, 10 



campechianus, 10 



Chaete, 10 



Chate, 10 



chinensis, 10 



Chito, 10, 104 



cicatrisatus, 10 



Citrullus, 8 



Conomon, 10 



cubensis, 10 



deliciosus, 10 



dipsaceus, 3, footnote 2 , 9, 108 



dissectus, 8 



Dudaim, 10 



echinatus, 9 



eriocarpus, 10 



erivanicus, 10 



esculentus, 9 



flexuosus, 10 



Gurmia, 10 



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