Index 



487 



Portulaca oleracea, 4, 62, 63. 

 potash, sulfate, 383. 

 potato beetle, 204. 



botany of, 215. 



crops, chapter on, 201. 



discussion of, 202. 



listed, 9. 

 potherb, defined, 99. 

 pot marigold, 6. 



pots for transplanting, 357, 422. 

 power, list of, 391. 

 Principles of Fruit-Growing, 3. 

 Proboscidea louisiana, 11, 329. 

 Psila rosce, 127, 186. 

 Psophocarpus tetragonolohus, 8, 

 10. 



Puccinia asparagi, 21. 

 Pueraria hirsuta, 8. 

 pulse crops, 228. 



Family, 8, 9. 

 pumpkin, botany of, 311. 



discussion of, 301. 

 pumpkins, listed, 11. 

 purslane, edible, 61. 



listed, 4. 



winter, 63. 

 pusley, edible, 61. 

 Pyrausta nubilalis, 317. 

 Pythium, sp., 230. 



quantity of seeds, 410. 

 quinoa, 4, 9. 



Badicula Armoracia, 185. 



IS! asUirtiuin-aquaticum, 121. 

 radish, botany of, 175. 



discussion of, 170. 



listed, 8. 



rat-tkiled, listed, 9. 

 rag-doll tester, 401. 

 rampion, 9. 

 Ranunculacese, 9. 

 Raphanufi caudatus, 176. 



sativus, 175. 



species, 8, 9. 

 red pepper, 274. 



listed, 11. 



red-spider, 269, 434. 

 resting land, 377. 

 Rheum hybridum, 38. 



Rhaponticum, 4, 37. 

 Rhizoctonia solani, 101, 203. 

 rhubarb, botany of, 37. 



discussion of, 32. 



forwarding, 344. 



listed, 4. 

 rice bean, 241. 



listed, 10. 

 ridging, 373. 

 rocambole, listed, 7. 

 rocket-salad, 5. 

 rock phosphate, 382. 

 Rogers, Stanley S., quoted, 445. 

 rollers, 394. 

 romaine, 107. 



root crops, chapter on, 161. 

 root-knot, 436. 

 root-maggot, cabbage, 71. 

 Roripa Armoracia, 185. 

 listed, 5. 



Nasticrtiiim-aquaticum, 119, 

 121. 

 Rosaceje, 5. 

 roselle, 5. 

 rosemary, 6, 334. 

 Rosmarinus officinalis, 6. 

 rotation, discussion of, 376. 

 Rumex Acetosa, 49. 



dentatus, 49. 



Patientia, 48. 



scutalus, 49. 



species, listed, 4. 

 rust, aparagus, 21. 

 rutabaga, botany of, 95, 96. 



discussion of, 179. 



listed, 8. 

 Rutacese, 3. 



saffron, 4. 

 sage, 6, 334. 

 Sagittaria sagittifolia, 7. 

 salad chervil, 124. 



crops, 99. 



defined, 99. 



