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INDEX 
All numbers refer to pages, heavy type indicating illustrations. 
Bitter Cassava, 104, 110, 111, 121, 
124 
Bittersweet, 209, 212 
Black, dye, 294; mustard, 133, 
134; nightshade, 208, 212; pep- 
per, 128, 131, 136, 177; pepper 
oil, 130; pigments, 294; walnut, 
260, 376 
Bladderwort Family, 401 
Bladder-wracks, 487, 488, 489 
Blade, 336, 537 
Blane-mange, Irish moss, 107 
Blossom, 343 
Blue Algze, 470, 492, 508 
Bluebell type of flowers, 435 
Boats, portable, 284 
Body of ovule, 346 
Bone substitute, 276 
Boot-soles, 287 . 
Borage Family, 401 
Boraginacee, Borage Family 
Borecole, Garden Kale 
Botanical pictures, 312; 
tions, 1 
Botany, as a study of names, 314; 
beginnings, 1; departments of, 
8; science of, 1; systematic, 314, 
315 
Botrychium Lunaria, Grape-fern 
Botryose inflorescence, 344, 345, 
352 
Bottle-gourd, 275, 383, 418, 419 
Bowling-alleys, 245 
Boxes, 243, 263, 268, 270 
Brace root, 23, 299 
Bract, 18, 3438, 352, 354 
Bractlet, 348, 352, 354 
Braiding, 223 
Branch, 428 
Brandy, 159 
Brassica campestris, Turnip 
nigra, Black Mustard 
oleracea, var. acephala, Garden 
Kale and Tree-cabbage 
oleracea, var. Botrytis, Cauli- 
flower 
oleracea, var. capitata, Common 
Cabbage 
oleracea, var. gemmifera, Brus- 
sels Sprouts 
oleracea, var. gongylodes, Kohl- 
rabi 
ques- 
oleracea, var. sabauda, Savoy 
Cabbage 
oleracea, var. Wild 
Kale 
Brazilian Rubber-tree, 281 
Brazil-nut, 35, 44, 120, 125, 282; 
kernel, 114; shells, 282 
Brazil-nut Family, 400 
Bread raising, 495 
Breathing-pores, 519, 529 
Breeding, 430 
Bridges, 270 
Bromeliacee, Pineapple Family 
Brood-body, 514, 521 
Brood-bud, 540, 542 
Brood-cup, 521 
Broom-corn, 232, 235, 236, 387, 
420, 421 
Brooms, 223, 235 
Brown Alge, 485 
Brushes, 223; whisk, 235 
Brussels sprouts, 55, 69 
Bryophyta, Bryophyte Division 
Bryophyte Division, 530 
Bryophytes, 395, 396 
Buckthorn Family, 399 
Buckthorn Order, 399 
Buckwheat, 11, 29, 120, 125, 126, 
372, 412, 413; climbing, 556; 
kernel, 114 
Buckwheat Family, 372, 398, 412, 
413: buckwheat, 29; climbing 
buckwheat, 6556; garden rhu- 
ao 104; medicinal rhubarb, 
7 
Buckwheat Order, 372, 398, 412, 
413 
Budding, reproduction by, 495 
Buds; 319, 320; reproduction by, 
540, 542 
Buffers, 280 
Building, 222, 263 
Buildings, 242 
Bulb, 43; solid, 336 
Bull Bay, 262 
Burlap, 223, 230 
sylvestris, 
' Burr of chestnut, 38, 375 
Butter bacteria, 494 
Buttercup, 216, 443; at the sea- 
shore, 462; evolution of aquatic 
form, 467; pigmy, 444 
Buttercups, 217, 328-356 
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