INDEX 
Acacia, 180 
Acorn, 40-41, 184-185 
Air drainage, 114-115 
Alfalfa, 166-167 
Algae, 62 
Animals, as seed carriers, 10-11, 
94r-95 
Ant, 14 
Apple, member of rose family, 8-9 
Apple tree, outside grower, 70; 
goes crazy in South, 92-93; ori¬ 
gin of, 156-157 
Aroids, 172 
Bamboo, 12-13 
Bananas, grow from shoots, 22-23; 
inside growers, 70-71; ripening 
of, 88-89; red, 89; newcomers, 
190-191 
Barberries, 82-83 
Bean, origin of, 36; velvet, 37; soy, 
138-139; cheese from, 138-139; 
a legume, 166 
Bee, fertilizes: flowers, 10; morn¬ 
ing glory, 14; trees, 63; daisies, 
142-143 
Beet, likeness to turnip, 57; sugar 
from, 149, 176-177 
Birds, as seed carriers, 22 
Blackberry, 8-9 
Boll weevil, 5 
Brussels sprouts, 54-55 
Buds, as understudies, 26-27; on 
elms, 42; as fire insurance, 104- 
105; in grafting, 134-135, 147 
Cabbage, 54-55 
Cactus, as water barrel, 32-33, 60; 
help to desert traveler, 33; has 
green skin, 74 
Canna, 23, 70 
Cantaloupe, 18 
Carbon, 16-17 
Carbon dioxide, food for plants, 
16-17; robs persimmons of their 
pucker, 151 
Carrot, 57 
Cat-tails, 62 
Cauliflower, 55 
Cedar, 84-85 
Celery, 178-179 
Century plant, 75 
Cereus, night-blooming, 15 
Chaparral, 52-53 
Cheese, from beans, 139 
Cherry, member of rose family, 8-9 
Cherry tree, for shade, 136-137 
Cholla, 100-101 
Chrysanthemum, member of sun¬ 
flower family, 38; development 
and feeding of, 130-131 
Citrange, 171 
Citrangequat, 171 
Climate, in orchards, 114-115 
Clover, 180 
Cocoanut, 94-95 
Cone-bearers, 62-63 
Copra, 95 
Coral scale, 76 
Corn, member of grass family, 12; 
fertilization of, 108-109; origin 
of, 168-169 
Cornflower, 66 
Cotton, once a tree, 4-5; member 
of mallow family, 164; cloth, 
164-165 
Cottonwood, 90 
Cucumber, 18 
Cypress, 84-85 
Dahlia, 38 
Daisy, member of sunflower fam¬ 
ily, 38; fertilization of, 142-143; 
brought from Europe by man, 
161 
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