Index


Appropriations, congressional, 38, 39,
 42, 57, 60, 61, 62, 82, 87, 88, 89, 93,
 100, 101, 108, 109, 110, 124, 125
Arizona Agricultural Experiment Sta-
 tion, 118
Arizona (Tempe) date garden, 130
Asclepia, 74
Asia, new plants from, 41
Asparagus (Udo), 136
Atzeroth, Mrs. Julia, 91, 92
Austria-Hungary, Ministers of Agri-
 cultural Affairs, 64
Avocado, 107, 113, 131

Bacterial wilt, of alfalfa, 129
Bamboo, 121, 132
Banana, 92
Bark disease, 122
Barley
 Bald, 51
 Beldi, 126
 Chevalier, 71, 126
 Club Mariot, 126
 Hanna, 126
 Hancheen, 126
 Oderbruch, 71
 Probstier, 71
 Saxonion, 71
 Trebi, 126
Bartram, John, 9
Bateham, M. B., 51
Bavarian hops, 119
Beans, 136
 Lima, 28
 Lyon, 128
 velvet, 128
Beets
 sugar, 88, 99
 congressional appropriations, 89
Bent grass, 6
Berkshire Agricultural Society, 24
Bermuda grass, 26, 99
Bessey, Ernest A., 128
Bishop, William D., 44
Black amber cane
 Chinese sugar cane, 48, 86
Black Hamburg grape, 76
Blastophaga psenes, 103-5
 importation of, 104
Blue grape, 9
Bluegrass, 7
Boerum, Lieutenant-Commandant, 28
Botanic gardens, first, 9
Botanic gardens, Linnean, 9
Boll weevil, 130


Breeding experiments, crop, 124
 purpose of, 2
Breeding methods, 138
Bromelia, 74
Bromegrass, 114
Bromus inermis (grass), 108
Broom corn, 14, 86
Browne, D. J., 41, 48, 49
Buckwheat, silver, 71
Buckwheat, silver skin, 93
Bull, Ephraim W., 75
Burbank, Luther, 123
Bureau of Entomology, 126
Bureau of Plant Industry, establishment
 of, 111, 120
Burnet grass; see Vernal


Cabuya fiber, 74
Cacti
 cochineal, 22
 fruiting, 113
 spineless, 113, 136
California Agricultural Experiment
 Station, 130
California grape industry, 75
California, University of, College of
 Agriculture, 105
Camphor tree, 53, 94, 95
Candlenut, 106
Cane borers, importation of, 34, 35
Capers, introduction of, 9
Caprifig, 104, 105
Capron, Horace, 58, 59, 60, 61, 81, 89
Carleton, M. A., 115, 116
Carob tree, 53
Carrier, Lyman, 4, 5
Cartier, 4
Cassava, 121, 131
Caspian wheat, 19
Catawba grape, 75
Centipede grass, 123
Century plant (Agave americana), 21
Cereals and grasses, 6-7
Chasselas, White, grape, 9
Cherimoya, 92
Cherry, 106, 122, 132
Cherry, early Chinese, 122
Chervil, turnip-rooted, 90
Chestnuts, 122
 Italian, 106
 Spanish, 95
Chico Gardens, 120, 124, 126