BULLETIN OF THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 
Forage, question of using the rougher 
kinds of, 360. 
Fresh-meadow hay, see Bog Hay. 
Fruits, analyses of, 371. 
Fumago salicina (a fungus found on wil- 
low, olive, orange, and other trees), 
411; conidia of, 406 ; description of, 
405; figures of, 406; pycnidia of, 407; 
stylospores of, 407, 411. 
Fungi, certain kinds attack trees that are 
infested with insects, 412; commonly 
contain much nitrogen, 371; the initial 
stage of, is filamentous, 413; list of 
those found near Boston, 430; those 
that attack the grape-vine are not so 
varied as has been supposed, 415. 
Fungus, of the birch-tree, 411; of the 
cherry-tree, that causes black knot, 
440; of the coffee-tree, follows an in- 
sect, 412; of the hawthorn, 411; of the 
hollyhock, 330; identity of, in the black 
knot of cherry and plum trees, 450; 
instance of the migration of a, 330; 
known as white mould on cabbages, 
etc., 329; of the lemon-tree, 411; of the 
lettuce-plant, 337; of the oak-tree, 411; 
of olive and orange trees, 404, 410, 411; 
of the pear-tree, 411; of the plum- 
tree that causes black knot, 440; that 
causes the potato rot, 319, 321; of the 
quince-tree, 411; that called tuckahoe 
contains very little nitrogen, 370 ; of 
the willow, 411. 
GAs lime, field experiments with, 83, 86, 
105, 184; sometimes produces tolerably 
good effects, as a manure, 136. 
Gasteromycetes, list of species found near 
Boston, 433. 
Germination, of barley in water that oc- 
casionally froze, 52; of the spores of 
fungi, 825-327; of the spores of Pero- 
nospora viticola, 419; of the spores of 
Spheria morbosa, 443. 
Gibbera, the genus, so called, needs further 
study, 448. 
Glass-house, experiments in, 51, 253 ; 
temperature at which kept, 253. 
Glass jars, are better for culture experi- 
ments than unglazed earthen flower- 
pots, 253. 
Glass-works, 
from, 386. 
Grain, is grown continuously in certain 
localities, 273 ; the question whether 
grain crops have any influence upon 
the potato rot, 331, 332, 336. 
Grape disease, caused by Peronospora vi- 
ticola, 416 ; of Europe and Madeira, 
415. 
Grape-vines, are attacked by various 
fungi, 415; mildew on American, 415. 
Gravel, growth of plants upon, 58, 277. 
Grass, best time for cutting, 355; heavy 
crops of, obtained by use of mixed fer- 
tilizers, 188, 189. 
Grasses natural, analyses of hay from 
several, 339. 
potash-waste obtainable 
463 
Green sand, from New Jersey, culture 
experiments in, 64, 256. 
Groundsel, harbors the lettuce mould, 
328, and is a peculiarly pernicious weed 
on that account, 338. 
Guano, not esteemed in New England, 
158; field experiments with, 83, 107, 
143. 
Gum, exuded by olive and orange leaves, 
feeds a fungus, 412, and so does that 
from the black knot on plum-trees, 445. 
Gypsum, field experiments with, 83, 86, 
105, 134; tends to increase growth of 
leafy parts of plants, 276. 
Harkness, Dr. H. W., sends specimens 
of orange fungus, 404, 
Harris, Dr. T. W., his views as to the 
cause of the black knot on plum-trees, 
449, 450. 
Hawthorn, a fungus of the, 411. 
Hay, best season for making, 355 ; is 
better cured nowadays in New Eng- 
land than formerly, 355; from natural 
grasses (see Bog Hay and Salt-marsh 
Hay); tables of average composition of, 
36, 352, 353, 376. 
Heads of animals, figures of, 43, 45. 
Hellriegel, Prof., his experiments for 
obtaining maximum crops, 129; tests 
the fertilizing power of rain-water, 284. 
Helminthosporium, the genus of fungi, 
so called, 407. 
Helvellacexw, list of species found near 
Boston, 437. 
Hen dung, breeds maggots, 24. 
Henneberg, Prof, his method of analyz- 
ing fodders, 26. 
Herbaceous plants, may increase diseases 
of vegetables, 338, 452. 
High farming, is antagonistic to the set- 
tling of waste land, 169; is inapplicable 
to land of small value, 180; necessary 
upon costly land, 168. 
Hollyhock fungus. migration of the, 330. 
Honey-dew, is fed upon by certain fungi, 
412. 
Horse, humane destruction of the, 43; 
respiration of the, 287. 
Horse manure, composition of, 316; is 
esteemed in vicinity of Boston, 156; 
field experiments with, 88, 106, 140, 315; 
is a potassic manure, as compared with 
night soil, 156. 
Human excrement, is liable to be fly- 
blown, 24. 
Humane destruction of animals, paper 
upon the, by Prof. Slade, 40. 
Humus, contains much nitrogen, 267 ; 
serves some other useful purposes be- 
sides supplying nitrogen to crops, 285; 
its significance to the farmer, 269; sol- 
ubility of in alkalies, 281. 
Hymenomyeetes, list of species of, found 
near Boston, 454. 
InprAN bread, analysis of the fungus, so 
called, 370. 
