INDEX 



Absorption, 17 



affect of temperature, etc., on, 



95 



by aerophytes, 96 

 of water and minerals, 90 

 of water, different methods of 



98 

 Adulterations of foods and drugs, 



368 

 Adulterant, determining source of, 



37 1 



estimating percentage of, 374 



Adulterants of buckwheat flour, 



373 



of canned tomatoes, 373 



of ground coffee, 372 



of ground spices, 372 



of jams, marmalades and pre- 

 serves, 373 



of sweet chocolate, 373 



of tea, 373 



of wheat flower, 372 

 Aerating system, reason for, 124 

 Aerial root, cross section of, Fig. 45 

 Aerophytes, absorption by, 95 

 Albumins, 182 

 Albumoses, 182 

 Aleurone grains, 181 

 Allium, cross section of root of, 34 

 Amides, 182 

 Amygdalin, 180 

 Amyloid, 179 

 Amylose, varieties of, 177 

 Aniline oil, 287 



sulphate, 287 



Annual growth, ring of, 51, Fig. 25 

 Antheridium, 218 

 Anthocyanin, 10 

 Antipodal cells, 229 

 Apposition, growth by, 16 

 Archegonium, 218 

 Aristolochia, secondary growth in, 

 Fig. 24 



stem of, Fig. 23 



tissues of, Fig. 23 



Ascent of water, power concerned, 

 116 



Ascomycetes, 12 



nuclear division in, 1 2 

 Asparagin, 182 

 Assimilation, 193 



Balsam, 287 



Bast fibers, 32, 75, 77 



development of, diagram, 33 

 how adapted to their function, 



78 



in corn stalk, Fig. 39 



in palm stem, Fig. 40 



in monocotyledons, 78 



length of, 78 

 Benzol, 287 

 Bicollateral bundle, 43 

 Bleeding, 168 

 Borke, 55 



Border parenchyma, 145 

 Bordered pits, position of in pine 

 wood, 108, Fig. 52 



Cambium, 24 



cork, 27 



fascicular, 28 



interfascicular, 28 



origin of, 41 



Camera lucida, drawing from, 280 

 Carbon dioxide, necessity of, 123 

 Carbohydrates, relation of to ni- 

 trogenous foods, 154 

 Carotin, 10 

 Cell-division, 10 

 Cell, application of, i 



discovery of, i 



origin of term, i 

 Cellulose, reserve, 179 

 Chloroplasta, 8, 140 

 Chromoplasts, 8 

 Chromosomes, 10 



paternal and maternal, 234 

 Collenchyma, 75, 76 



development of, diagram, 33 

 Companion cells, 36, 158 

 Coniferin, 181 



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