Ackawai nutmeg, 274 Acorn, 254 Acrodiclidium camara, 274 Æsculus hippocastanum, 268 Agathophyllum aromaticum, 274 Aleurites triloba, 259 Almond, 12 bitter, 34 budding, bud in position, 28 incision for bud, 27 budding knife, 24 budding knife, Yankee, 24 prepared shoot of buds, 26 season for budding, 22 culture in California, 17 history of the, 13 insects and diseases, 39 Cercospora circumscissa, 43 Goes pulverulenta, 52 Scolytus rugulosus, 42 Taphrina deformans, 43 orchard in California, 18 planting and pruning, 32 propagation of the, 19 properties and uses of, 39 pruning, 33 raising seedlings for stocks, 20 soil and exposure for the, 30 varieties, 34 hard-shelled, 35, 36 large-fruited, 37 ornamental varieties, 38 peach, 37 soft or brittle-shelled, 36 sweet, 40 thin-shelled, 37 Amygdalus argentea, 39 Cochinchinensis, 38 communis amara, 34 dulcis, 35 fragilis, 36 macrocarpa, 37 persicoides, 37 incana, 39 nana, 39 orientalis, 39 Anacardium occidentale, 260 Apios tuberosa, 267 Arachis hypogæa, 275 Aralia trifolia, 266 Areca catechu, 256 Atherosperma moschata, 274 Attalea funifera, 264 Australian chestnut, 255 Australian hazelnut, 256 Aydendron cujumary, 274 Beech, American, 48 Chile, 48 European, 48 evergreen, 48 history of, 44 injurious insects, 52 properties and uses, 52 propagation of, 47 soil and location for the, 47 species and varieties, 48 Beechnut, 44 leaf, bur and nut, 51 Ben nut, 256 Bertholletia excelsa, 267 Betel nut, 256 Bladder nut, 257 Brazil nut, 257 Brazilian nutmegs, 273, 274 Bread nut, 258 Brosimum alicastrum, 258 Buffalo nut, 259 Bunium bulbocastanum, 265 Butternut, 259, 280 Byzantium nut, 259 California chestnut, 55 California nutmeg, 275 Calodendron Capense, 259 Candle nut, 259 Cape chestnut, 259 Caryocar nuciferum, 280 Caryotaxus nucifera, 283 Cashew nut, 260 Castanea chrysophylla var. minor, 57 Castanea chrysophylla var. pumila, 57 Castanea sempervirens, 55 Castanopsis, 55 bur, 57 chrysophylla, 55 leaves and nuts, 56 Castanospermum Australe, 255 Caucasian walnut, 261