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INDEX. 



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Obtuse, blunt or rounded at the 

 extremity. 



Onobry chis 360 



Orangeworts - _ _ 61 



Orchard grass, see Dactylis-109, 183 



Early culture 198 



Elements in 54, 56 



Fungus on 428 



Rust on 419 



Sa^^^ing seed 119 



With clover 334 



Orchidacege 67 



Orders 60,61,62, 63, 64 



Oregon, gi'azing 82 



Ornamental grasses — 317 



Oryza, flowers 38 



Oscinis trif olii. . - 385 



Ounce, seeds to the 203 



Ovary 33, 37,42, 43 



Over-feeding, effects of... 78, 79, 80 

 Ovoid, with the shape of an egg 

 and stem at the larger end. 



Ovule 64 



Ox-eye daisy 112, 219 



Oxygen 49, 51 



Pacific slope, native grasses of 

 82 to 87. 



Page, Prof. J. R., on lucerne... 355 

 On orchard grass 114 



Pale, see palea. 



Palea, an inner bract or glume. 



33, 35, 36, 77 



Palmate, as where a leaf has sev- 

 eral or many leaflets aU 

 starting from the apex, of 

 the petiole. 



Paniceae 68 



Glumes of 34, 35 



Panicle, a branching raceme... 36 



Paniculate 64 



Panicum capillare, hairs on 17 



How seeds are scattered 101 



Leafof 30 



Panicum Crus-galli, leaf of... 12, 25 



Panicum Germanicum 175 



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Panicum, in Pacific slope 83, 84 



Panicum plicatum, leaf of-21, 24, 27 



Panicum Texancum 189 



Papilionaceae 321 



Parallel veined 64, 76 



Parenchyma of leaf 25, 28 



Parsley family 62 



Parsnip, a weed 218 



Paspalum, leaf of 21 



Pastures, care of 261 



Grasses for 74, 226 



Improving 262 



When to feed 261 



Yield more than meadows.. 260 



Pea 362 



Pearl mUlet 187 



Pedicel, the stem of a single 



flower in a cluster. 

 Peduncle, a stalk which usually 

 supports a cluster of flowers. 



Pendulous 64 



Pennisetum spicatum.. 187 



Perennial rye or rye-grass 159 



Perennials, living more than 



two years. 

 Perfect, a flower haAang both 



stamens and pistils 38 



Pex'ianth 64 



Periantliium 33, 36 



Perigynous, said of organs 

 which adnate to the calyx or 

 corolla, as in the flower of 

 a cherry. 

 Permanent grass vs. alternate 



husbandry 256 



Peronospora on clover and alfalfa 430 



On grasses. 429 



Persistent, remaining even on 



the fruit or dm-ing winter. 

 Petiole, the stem of a leaf. 



Peziza on clover 427 



Phalaris, glume of 35 



Phares, Prof. D. L., on Bermuda 



grass 164 



On bur clover 357 



On clover in Mississippi 334 



