Index 



513 



Natural selection, 467. 



Nemec, B., 507. 



Newcombe, F. C., 507. 



Newman, 14S. 



Nitrates, 229. 



Nitrification, 233, 246; conditions 



of, 234. 



Nitrif ying organisms, 233. 

 Nitrites, 229 ; soil, 233. 

 Nitrogen, content, 227 ; electric 



fixation, 245 ; fixation, 236 ; 



fungi fixing, 242 ; organisms 



fixing, 236 ; relation, 226 ; soil, 



228 ; sources of, 244. 

 Nobbe, 45, 147, 399. 

 Noll, 13. 



Nuclear division, 324. 

 Nucleus, 20. 

 Nutation, 502. 

 Nutrient solutions, 144 ; strength 



of, 146. 

 Nyctitropism, 504. 



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Oglevee, C. S., 462. 



Oliver, G. W., 491. 



Organic acids, 261. 



Organic food, 195. 



Organic matter, rate of production, 



216. 



Origin of varieties, 469. 

 Osborne, T. B., 279. 

 Osmoscope, 80. 

 Osmosis, 65 ; explanation of, 67 ; 



nutrient salts and, 73. 

 Osmotic pressure, 81 ; role of, 76. 

 Osterhout, W. J. V., 13, 71, 194. 

 Overton, E., 83. 

 Oxygen, in respiration, 285 ; and 



growth, 302. 



Paddock, W., 279, 407. 

 Paraffined basket, 163. 



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Parenchyma, 25. 



Parthenocarpy, 369, 379. 



Parthenogenesis, 364. 



Pearson, K., 490. 



Peirce, G. J., 13, 248, 303, 507. 



Percival, 245. 



Perennials, food storage, 252. 



Periblem, 50. 



Pfeffer, W., 13, 34, 63, 83, 115, 168, 

 183, 225, 249, 279, 346, 380, 435, 

 503, 507. 



Pfcffer's solution, 146. 



Phosphorus, availability, 161 : role, 

 171. 



Photosynthesis, 219 ; course of, 

 204 ; demonstration of, 205 ; fac- 

 tors, 204, 223, 224 ; rate of, 222. 



Phototropism, 497. 



Pieters, A. J., 399. 



Plasmolysis, 69, 80. 



Plastids, 21. 



Plate, L., 492. 



Plerome, 50. 



Poisons, 436. 



Polarity, 310. 



Pollination, 350 ; secondary effects 

 of, 368. 



Pollock, J. B., 507. 



Population, 464. 



Potassium, pyrogallate, 221 ; role 

 of, 172. 



Potted plants, water supply, 127. 



Prazmowski, A., 248. 



Precipitation, 118; annual, 119. 



Precipitation membrane, 80. 



Prescott, S. C., 299. 



Price, H. L., 492. 



Proteins, 259 ; classes of, 260. 



Protoplasm, 17 ; irritability of, 31 ; 

 movement of, 29, 33 ; per- 

 meability of, 74, 82, 276. 



Pruning and growth, 326. 



Punnett, R. C., 493. 



Pure lines, 471. 



Puriewitz, 303. 



Purity of gametes, 484. 



