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INDEX 
All numbers refer to pages, heavy type indicating illustrations. 
411: courbaril-tree, 289; dyer’s 
indigo-shrub, 293; gum arabic 
tree, 164; kidney bean, 49, 50; 
Lima bean, 51; locust, 197; 
logwood-tree, 294; pea, 48; 
peanut, 45; tragacanth shrub, 
165; Zanzibar copal-tree, 289 
Pumpkin, 76, 77, 78, 85, 114, 121, 
124, 383 
Purifiers of air and water, 304 
Pussies, 373 
Putrefaction, 493 
Pyrenoid, 476 
Pyrography, 263 
Pyrus communis, Pear 
Malus, Apple 
Quarter-sawed timber, 250, 257, 
268 
Quercus pedunculata, English Oak 
rubra, Red Oak 
Suber, Cork Oak 
Quince, 88, 121, 124, 363, 408, 409; 
seed, 163, 164 
Quinine, 182, 186 
Raceme, 344, 345 
Racemose inflorescence, 345, 352 
Rachis of inflorescence, 14, 344 
Radicle, 48, 317, 318, 319, 557 
Radish, 43, 55, 120, 124, 146, 362, 
406, 407 
Railway ties, 257, 258, 270 
Rain-guard, 16 
Ranales, Crowfoot Order 
Rancid oil, 296 
Ranunculacee, Crowfoot Family 
Ranunculacee, family tree, 437 
Ranunculales, Crowfoot Order 
Ranunculus acris, Tall Buttercup 
aquatilis, White Water Crow- 
foot 
Cymbalaria, Seaside Crowfoot 
pygmeus, Pigmy Buttercup 
sceleratus, Ditch Crowfoot 
Rape, 362 
Rape-oil, 297 
Raphanus sativus, Radish 
Raphe, 346 
Rapid multiplication of cells, 511 
Raspberry, 88, 91, 121, 125, 364, 
408, 409 
Rations, 115, 117 
Rattan, 232, 235, 237, 238, 388, 
422, 423 
Raw products, 302 
Ray-floret, 380 
Reappearance of life, 566 
Recapitulation, law of, 435, 560 
Recapitulation or phylogeny by 
ontogeny, 559 
Recent food-plants, 125 
Receptacle, 61, 349, 385 
Recreational appliances, 245 
Red, alge, 487; cedar, 273, 392; 
cedar oil, 297; cedar wood, 270; 
oak, 257; pepper, 128, 131, 132, 
136, 382, 416, 417 
Redwood, 270, 273, 392, 426, 427 
Reed, 235 
Refuse in foods, 114 
Regular flowers, 349, 359 
Reproduction, 572; by budding, 
495; by fission, 476; organs of, 
321; sexual, 480; vegetative, 
510 
Reproductive system, 322, 343 
Reservoirs of volatile oil, 359 
Resin, 288 
Resin-ducts, 252, 253 
Resinous electricity, 288 
Resins, 177, 178, 222, 285, 287 
Resting spores, 475, 568 
Resupinate flower, 391 
Retting flax, 230 
Reversion, 436 
Rhamnacee, Buckthorn Family 
Rhamnales, Buckthorn Order 
Rheum officinale, Medicinal Rhu- 
barb 
Rhaponticum, Garden Rhubarb 
Rhizome, 336, 539 
Rhodophycee, Red Alga 
Rhedales, Poppy Order 
Rhubarb, 125, 412, 413, 372; gar- 
den, 91, 104, 121; medicinal, 
166, 170 
Rhus Toxicodendron, Poison-ivy 
Vernizx, Poison-sumac 
Ribes rubrum, Common Currant 
Ribs, 337 
Riccia spp., Crystalworts 
Ricciacee, Crystalworts 
Rice, 11, 15, 16, 17, 25, 1205522 
