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INDEX 
All numbers refer to pages, sah type indicating illustrations. 
Casks, 243 
Cassava, Bitter, 104, 110, 111, 124 
Castanea sativa, Chestnut 
Castile soap, 296 
Castor-oil, 167 
Castor-oil plant, 172, 173, 213 
Catabolism, 85; imitated, 563 
Catkins, 373 
Caulicle, 317, 318, 319, 557 
Cauliflower, 55, 70 
Cedar, Red, 273, 392; oil of, 297; 
wood, 270 
Celery, 5B, 75, 114, 121, 124, 137, 
370, 412, 413 
Cell, 473, 560; artificial, 563 
Cell-contents, 473 
Cell-division, 510 
Cell-masses, 560 
Cell-multiplication, 
511 
Cell-plates, 560 
Cell-rows, 560 
Cells, mostly minute, 511; of large 
size, 510 
Cellular cryptogams, 396 
Celluloid, 224, 228 
Cellulose, oa, 276, 472; products, 
223, 224 
Cellulose covering, protective and 
permeable, 575 
Cell-wall, 473 
Cement for leather, 287 
Cements, 288 
Central cylinder, 528 
Cerealia munera, 11 
Cereals, 11-34 (see also Grains); 
the principal, 15; value of, 30 
Ceres, 11 
Cetraria islandica, Iceland Moss 
Chaff, 11 
Chain, family, 355 
Chairs, 223 
Chair seats, 241 
Characteristic adaptations, 442 
Characters, acquired, 443 
Charcoal, 298, 300 
Chart, Food, 114 
Checkerberry, 203 
Checkers, 245 
Cheese bacteria, 494 
Chemical botany, 9; composition 
of foods, 114 
rapidity of, 
Chemico-physical properties of 
living protoplasm, 571 
Chenopodiacee, Goosefoot Family 
Chenopodiales, Goosefoot Order 
Chermes abietis, Spruce Aphis 
Cherry, 88, 90, 121, 209, 364, 408, 
409; poisoning by leaves, 203; 
poisoning by stones, 205; wild 
black, 260; wood, 263 
Chessmen, 245 
Chestnut, 35, 37, 38, 120, 124, 
294, 374, 414, 415; kernel, 114; 
wood, 257 
Chests, 260 
Chili Pepper, 132 
China-tree Family, 399 
Chip, 241 
Chlorophycee, Green Algee 
Mee as 67, 74, 471, 476, 485, 
487, ; 
Chocclate, 102, 154 
Choice, in plants and animals, 
463; power of, 568; the pivotal 
factor in evolution, "469 
Chondrus crispus, Carrageen 
Choosing the better way, 468, 469 
Choripetalous corolla, 379 
Christmas Holly, 212; Rose, 330, 
331, 328-356, 404, 405 
Chromatophore, 476 
Chrodécoccaceae, Tint-ball Family 
Chroécoccus turgidus, ‘'Tint-ball 
Alga 
Cicuta maculata, Water Hem- 
lock 
Cinchona Calisaya, Calisaya-tree 
Cincinnobolus, 500 
Cinnamomum Camphora, Laurel- 
camphor Tree 
zeylanicum, Cinnamon 
Cinnamon, 128, 135, 177, 360, 
406, 407 
Cistacee, Rock-rose Family 
Citrullus vulgaris, Watermelon 
Citrus Aurantium, Orange 
medica, var. Limonum, Lemon 
Class, 8, 428 
Classes, Linnean, 308 
Classification, 305; by size, 306; 
by uses, 306; early attempts, 
306; expressing kinship, 433 
Cleanliness, 494 
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