INDEX 
579 
All numbers refer to pages, heavy type indicating illustrations. 
Atavism, 436 
Atropa Belladonna, Belladonna 
Atropine, 182, 186 
Attar of roses, 150 
Authority, 7 
Avena sativa, Oats 
Awn, 13 
Awnings, 223 
Ax handles, 286 
Axil, 319 
Axile placenta, 355 
Bacillus subtilis, Hay Bacillus 
Bacteria, 492, 511 
Bacteriacee, Rod-germ Family 
Bacterium, 574 
Bacterium aceti, Vinegar Ferment 
acidi lactict, Milk-souring Bac- 
terium 
Bagging, 230, 232 
Balls, 245, 277 
Bamboo, 232, 235, 239, 274, 291, 
387, 420, 421 
Bambusa vulgaris, Bamboo 
Banana, 88, 98, 99, 121, 
pulp, 114 
Banana Family, 397: banana, 98, 
99; Manila hemp plant, 233 
Banana Order, 597 
Baneberry, 328-356, 334, 335, 404, 
405 
Barberry Family, 398 
Bark, 252; origin, 254 
Barley, 11, 15, 25, 120, 124, 126, 
156, 235, 387, 420, 421; com- 
mon, 21; kernel, 114; range, 26; 
six-rowed, 22; two-rowed, 22 
Barrels, 263 
124; 
Base-ball bats, 245 - 
Basidiolichenes, Spore-base  Li- 
chens 
Basidiomycetes, Spore-base 
Fungi 
Basidium, 502, 503 
Basketry, 223, 235 
Baskets, 241 
Basswood, 263 
Bast fibers, 224, 228 
Bats, 245 
Bayberry Family, 398 
Bayberry Order, 398 
Bay, Bull, 262 
Bean, 40, 270, 365, 408, 409; kid- 
ney, 49; Lima, 51 
Beard-lichen Family: beard-lichen, 
507, 508 
Beard, of grasses, 13 
Bee plants, 303 
Beech, 414, 415; European, 268; 
wood, 257, 268 
Beech Family, 374, 398, 414, 415; 
chestnut, 37; cork ‘oak, 277, 
278; English oak, 258; "Euro- 
pean beech, 268; red oak, 257 
Beech Order, 376, 398, 414, 415 
Beer, 156, 495 
Beet, 43, 52, 53, 120, 124 
Beet-sugar, 102 
Beggar sores, 217 
Beginnings, many, 433 
bayer 186, 187, 208, 382, 
416, 417 
Bellflower, 384, 418, 419; creeping, 
38 
Bellflower Family, 384, 401, 420, 
421: creeping bellflower, 381; 
Indian tobacco, 201 
Bellflower Order, 386, 401, 420, 
421 
Bellflower Series, 386, 397 
Belts, 223 
Bent embryo, 363 
Berberidacee, Barberry Family 
Berry, 351 
Berry-like fruit, 392 
Bertholletia excelsa, Brazil-nut 
Beta vulgaris, Beet 
Betula alba, White Birch 
Betulacee, Birch Family 
Beverage plants, 128 
Biennial, 52, 333 
Bignoniacee, Bignonia Family 
Bignonia Family, 401 
Bilabiate calyx, 366 
Billiard cues, 245 
Binomial nomenclature, 4 
Binders’ boards, 224 
Biological botany, 10 
Birch, 373, 412, 413; oil of, 297; 
white, 265; wood, 257, 263 
Birch F amily, 373, "398, 414, 415; 
filbert, 36; white birch, 265 
Bird’s eye maple, 263 
Bisexual thallus, 514 
