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INDEX, 



PAGE 



Lespedeza striata 366 



Leucaiiia unipunctata. 405 



Liatris, leaf of 29 



Libby, E. H., on orchard grass. Ill 



Light, effect of 49, 50 



Ligule -10, 64, 76 



Liliaceae 63 



Lilj^ family -- 63 



Limber Bill.. 182 



Linacese - - 63 



Lindley , Dr. J. , quoted 60 



On crested dog's tail 195 



On red-top 148 



On tall oat-grass 121 



Linseed cake, value as a manure. 331 

 Lintuer, Prof. J. A. on clover in- 

 sects 371 



Lobe, any division of an organ. 



Loco weed ■. 218 



Locusta - 36 



Locusts 409 



Lodicule.- 33, 35, 64, 65 



Lolium, analysis of 58 



Lolium perenne 157, 159 



Lucerne, see Medicago sativa. 

 Lunate, half moon-shaped, cres- 

 cent-shaped. 



Lupine 360 



Lygeum, leaf of 23 



Lyme grass.. 200 



Making clover hay in one day.. 295 



Making hay ....286,289 



Mallow 216 



Mallow family 63 



Malvaceae 63 



Mammoth clover 106, 334, 344 



Manures, ammoniacal increase 



the grasses 276 



Disuse of 277 



Effect of 271, 275,288 



Effect of barnyard 276 



For grass lands 267 



Improve the quality of 

 grasses 281 



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Manures, loss of food in passing 



through animals 281 



Mineral increase leguminous 



plants 27& 



Value of foods for 331, 332 



Manuring, green 279 



Marasmius on roots of grasses.. 431 



Marine grasses 74 



Marshes, grasses for 233 



Masters, Dr. M. T., experiments 



on grass lands 273 



On improving by selection.. 305 



On plant life 50 



Matricaria, a weed 214 



May-beetle 403 



Mayweed 220 



McMinn, J. M., on list of grasses 204 



Meadow, battle in . . . .♦. 273 



Care of... 266 



Cafs tail. 103 



Meadow fescue 126, 127, 2fJ0 



Adulterated with rye-grass. . 207 

 Meadow foxtail, see Alophecurus 



pratensis — 153^ 



Meadow, grasses suited to... 74, 226 



Soft grass 193 



Yields less than pastiu-e 260 



Meadows, first in Great Britain. 198 



Of the Romans 197 



Means grass 171 



Medicago 352 



Medicago sativa 86, 352 



Fungus on roots. 426 



In California.. 86 



Peronospora on. 430 



Medick 357 



Black, a weed .- 21ft 



Median fiber .- 14 



Medium red clover 344 



Melica stricta, section of leaf — 17 



Melica, glume of .-- 35 



Pistil of 37 



Melilotus 358 



Membranous, thin and rather 



pliable. 

 Mesophyll 30' 



