INDEX. 



Abntilon Darwini, influence of water 

 on carbon assimilation, 15, 16. 



Acer, development of photosynthetic 

 power, 44. 



- — saccharinum, respiration, 151. 



Acetaldehyde in apple, 161 ; in 

 seeds, 161. 



Acidity, effect on respiration, 134. 



Acrose, 61. 



Adaptation, complementary chro- 

 matic, 35. 



Aerobic respiration, 108. 



Ajuga reptans, assimilation, 170 ; 

 respiration, 170. 



Alcohol production in apple, 161 ; 

 in seeds, 161. 



Alcoholic fermentation, 107, 153, 



155- 

 Aldehydase, 90. 

 Aldehyde mutase, 141. 

 Algae, assimilation of amides, 83 ; 



of formaldehyde, 59. 

 Almond, fat formation, 72 

 Alpine plants, carbon assimilation, 



29. 

 A maranthus, respiration, 151. 

 Amides, production, 94. 

 Amino acids, oxidation, 137. 

 Anaerobic respiration, 108. 

 Anaesthetics, action on respiration, 



116. 

 Andropogon halepensis, respiration, 



I 5i- 



Angiosperms, occurrence of nitrite, 



88 ; reduction of nitrate, 90. 

 Anthocyanin and respiration, 113, 



134- 



Antoxygen, 143. 



Aponogeton, carbon assimilation, 32. 



Apple, alcohol and acetaldehyde in, 

 161 ; catalase activity, 152 ; res- 

 piration, ii2, 161, 163. 



Aquatic plants, assimilation of for- 

 maldehyde, 59 ; carbon assimila- 

 tion, 22, 32, 50. 



Arachis, formation of carbohydrates 

 from fats, 74 ; germination, 72. 



Arctium, range in carbon assimila- 

 tion, 50. 



Asparagine, origin, 94. 



Asparagus, respiration, 130. 



Aspergillus, respiration, 162. 



— ■ niger, action of anaesthetics on 

 growth, 118 ; growth, 171, 

 188 ; nitrogen supply, 85 ; or- 

 ganic acids formed by, 104 ; 

 respiration, 106, 134. 



Assimilation numbers, 43. 



Assimilatory quotient, 6. 



■ — • ratio, 60, 64. 



A triplex, respiration, 136. 



Autocatalytic reaction, 175, 178. 



Auximones, 209. 



Avena sativa, growth, 196, 197, 198. 



Azolla, growth, 209. 



Azotobacter, growth, 210. 



Bacilliariales, chromatic adapta- 

 tion, 36. 

 Bacillus, respiration of Timothy 



grass, 105. 

 — ■ botulinus, catalase, 150. 

 - — butylicus Fitzianus, fermentation. 



79- 



— coli, activity, 166 ; nitrogen 



supply, 84 ; oxidative activ- 

 ity, 100 ; respiration, 165. 



— pyocyaneus, activity, 166 ; oxi- 



dative activity, 100. 

 ■ — • radicicola, growth, 210. 



— subtilis, respiration, 118, 133. 



— tetanus, catalase, 150. 

 Bacteria, chromatic adaptation, 36. 

 Bacterium aceti, oxidation, 142. 

 Baeyer's theory of carbon assimila- 

 tion, 56. 



Barley, electro-culture, 201 ; growth, 

 187 ; origin of protein, 96 ; res- 

 piration, 116, 119. 



Bean, respiration, 126, 129, 131, 162. 



Beet, diurnal range in carbon as- 

 similation, 49 ; sugars of leaf, 53 ; 

 zymase, 153. 



Begonia, growth, 199. 



Blackheart disease, 125. 



Blackman reaction, 29. 



Bomarea, carbon assimilation, 32. 



Boron and growth, 204. 



Botrytis, growth, 190. 



Brassica, protein formation, 82 ; 

 respiration, 160. 



— alba, respiratory quotient, 103. 



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