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INDEX 



Buckwheat, growth, 172. 

 Butyric acid fermentation, 154. 



Cabbage, fat of, 70. 



Cactaceae, respiration, 127. 



Calorific value, 100. 



Cannabis, respiration, 168. 



Carbohydrate, synthesis, 6. 



Carbon assimilation : Blackman re- 

 action, 29 ; carbon dioxide, 

 16 ; chlorophyll, 42 ; effici- 

 ency index, 35 ; extreme tem- 

 peratures, 29 ; external factors, 

 14; diurnal range, 49; factors, 

 S ; formaldehyde, 59 ; illu- 

 mination, 9, 30 ; influence of 

 products, 49 ; influence of salts, 

 47 ; internal factors, 42 ; or- 

 ganic products, 50 ; origin of 

 the oxygen, 58 ; rate, 7, 8 ; 

 raw materials, 14 ; structural 

 factor, 12 ; temperature, 9 ; 

 temperature coefficients, 27 ; 

 time factor, 27 ; unknown 

 factor, 45 ; water, 14. 



— dioxide, and carbon assimilation, 



10, 16. 

 diffusion, 17, 18. 



— — effect of increase on assimila- 



tion, 24. 



— monoxide in carbon assimilation, 



57 ; in respiration, 105. 

 ■ — nitrogen ratio and growth, 207. 

 Carboxylase, 152. 



Carpinus betulus, heat of respira- 

 tion, 114. 

 Catalase, 149. 



— and respiration, 150. 



Catalpa bignonioides, absorption of 



carbon dioxide, 17. 

 Ceratophyllum, carbon assimilation, 



22, 50. 

 Cicer arietinum, protein hydrolysis, 



94- 

 Chlorella, carbon assimilation, 26, 28, 



35. 58 ; protein formation, 83 ; 

 respiration, 133 ; temperature co- 

 efficient of carbon assimilation, 28. 



Chloroform, effect on respiration, 117. 



Chlorogenic acid, 146, 167. 



Chlorophyll and carbon assimilation, 

 42. 



— peroxide, 58, 65. 

 Chlorophyllogen, 30. 

 Chloroplasts and protein formation, 



82. 



Chromatic adaptation, 35. 



Cineraria stellala, carbon assimila- 

 tion, 16. 



Cladophora, carbon assimilation, 50. 



Climate and growth, 186. 



Cocos, carbon assimilation, 24. 



Colloids and growth, 206. 



Combustion, 99. 

 Compensation point, 7. 

 Complementary chromatic adapta- 

 tion, 35. 

 Compound interest law, 176. 

 Corn, catalase of sweet, 150. 

 Crassulaceae, respiration, 104. 

 Cucumis, growth, 174, 180, 198, 199, 

 204. 



— saliva, carbon assimilation, 25 ; 



growth, 192. 



Cucurbita, development of photo- 

 synthetic power, 44 ; growth, 

 178, 179 ; protein formation, 82 ; 

 respiration, 168. 



Cytochrome, 146. 



Dark phase of carbon assimilation, 



32. 

 Dehydrase, 138. 

 Dehydrogenation, 138. 

 Desiccation and sugar production, 



54- 



Diameters, law of, 18. 

 Diffusion and evaporation, 21. 

 Drought and respiration, 132. 



Echinocactus, respiration, 130. 



Efficiency index of carbon assimila- 

 tion, 35. 



Electrical energy and carbon as- 

 similation, 40. 



Electro-culture, 201. 



Elm, assimilation number, 43. 



Elodea, assimilation of formaldehyde, 

 59, 60 ; carbon assimilation, 22, 

 32 ; reduction of nitrate, 89 ; 

 respiration, 133 ; temperature co- 

 efficient of carbon assimilation, 27. 



Endomyces vernaiis, fat formation, 76. 



Energy absorbed and energy utilized 

 ratio, 35. 



— of fermentation, 107. 



Enzyme of carbon assimilation, 46. 

 Enzymes of oxidation, 136. 

 Erythrina, nitrite in, 88. 

 Ether, effect on respiration, 118. 

 Eucalyptus regnans, growth, 1S6. 

 Eurotium, assimilation of amides, 



8 3- 



Evaporation and diffusion, 21. 



Factors, interaction of, 13. 

 Fagus, traumatic reaction, 115. 

 Fat-containing seeds, germination, 



72. 

 Fat, conversion of carbohydrate into, 



74 ; formation in Saccharomyces, 



75 ; hydrolysis, 73 ; origin from 

 carbohydrate, 71 ; origin from 

 protein, 70 ; respiration of, 105, 

 128, 168 ; synthesis, 69 ; trans- 

 location, 72. 



