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INDEX AND GLOSSARY 



Arbutus, trailing, 425. 

 Archegoniophore, 194. Archegonium, 



181. 



Arctium, 441. 

 Arissema, 327. 

 Aristolochiacese, 348. 

 Arrow-root, starch, 274, 275. 

 Arrowwood, 429. 

 Artichoke, Jerusalem, 439. 

 Arum, family, 149, 327; water, 328. 

 Asarum, 349. 

 Ascending stems, 14. 

 Asclepiadacese, 417. Asclepias, 283, 418. 

 Ascus, 190. 

 Ash, 421; branching, 56, Fig. 92; fruit, 



156; leaf, Fig. 141; mountain, 391; 



phyllotaxy, 48; seeds, 168. 

 Ash in plants, 77. 

 Asparagus, 3, 285, 289, 333, Figs. 457, 



458; leaves, 107, Figs. 159-162. 

 Aspen (poplar), expression in, 66. 

 Aspidium, 289, 323, 324, Figs. 331, 332, 



480. 



Asplenium, 323. 

 Assimilation: making of protoplasm, 



(185, 186). 

 Aster, 233, 442; China, 443; inflorescence, 



120, 150, 151; wild, 252, Fig. 146. 

 Atropin, 271. 

 Auricula, 422. 

 Autumn leaves, 233. 

 Avens, 386. 

 Axil: upper angle which a petiole or 



peduncle makes with the stem which 



bears it, (87). 

 Axillary, 119, Fig. 201. 

 Azalea, 425; anther, 135, Fig. 220. 



Bachelor's button, 151, 442, Figs. 256, 



559. 

 Bacterium (pi. bacteria), 91, 263, 278, 



Fig. 136. 



Ballast plants, 170. 

 Balloon- vine, 376. 

 Balsam, 33, 166, 286; garden, 375; for 



mounting sections, 303. 

 Bamboo, forest, Fig. 437. 

 Baneberry, 359. 

 Banyan, 11, 20, Fig. 15. 

 Baptisia, 383. 

 Barberry, 360; anther, 135, Fig. 221; 



family, 360; rust, 191, 192, Figs. 355, 



356; spines, 109, Fig. 168. 

 Bark, 293; forms of, 65. 

 Barley, 152, 250, Fig. 261; germination, 



173. 



Basal: at the base or bottom, (317). 

 Basidium, 191. 

 Basswood, 37, 292; phyllotaxy, 48, Fig. 



464. 

 Bast, 280, 281, Fig. 450. 



Bean, castor, 4, 171, 175, 178,271,273,352, 

 Figs. 313-316; common, 3, 7, 166, 250, 

 384, Figs. 2, 530; germination, 171, 

 173, 174, 178, Figs. 308-312, 322; 

 legume, 157; Lima, 175, 384, Fig. 531; 

 scarlet runner, 174, 178, 384; sleep of, 

 49; twiner, 115, 116. 



Beard-tongue, 406. 



Bedstraw, 112, 426. 



Bee balm, 400. 



Beech, 64, 67, 343; drop, 90; European, 

 98; fruit, 155; leaf, Fig. 151; monoe- 

 cious, 138. 



Beefsteak geranium, Fig. 41. 



Beet, 7, 33, 250, 251; cells, 265; starch in, 

 31; sugar-, 251, 273. 



Beggar's ticks, 440, Fig. 558. 



Begonia, cells, 265; cuttings, 21, 27, Fig. 

 41; leaf, 298, Fig. 144; stomates, 301, 

 Fig. 473. 



Belladonna, 271. 



Bell-flower, 430; family, 430. 



Bellis, 439. 



Bellwort, 332. 



Berberidacese, 360. 



Berry: pulpy, indehiscent, few- or many- 

 seeded fruit, (319). 



Betula, 344. 



Bi-collateral, 288. 



Bi-compound, 96. 



Bidens, 440, Figs. 418, 558. 



Biennial: of two seasons' duration, (10). 



Bilberry, 424. 



Bindweed, 244, 412. 



Birch, 231, 344. 

 I Birthroot, 333. 



Birthwort, family, 348. 

 I Bishop's cap, 394. 



Bitter-cress, 367. 



Bittersweet, 248, 409, Fig. 424; climbing, 

 112; false, twiner, 115, Fig. 179. 



Blackberry, 20, 251, 390; cuttings, 23; 

 fruit, 160, 161; pruning, 61; and birds, 

 168. 



Black-eyed Susan, 438, Fig. 557. 



Black haw, Fig. 305. 



Bladder-nut, 378. 



Bladder-wort, 71, 207. 



Blade: expanded part of leaf or petal, 

 (206). 



Blazing star, 444. 



Bleeding of plants, 73. 



Bleeding-heart, 3, 364. 



Blight, 92. Blight-canker, 92. 



Bloodroot, 363. 



Blueberry, 424. 



Blue-eyed grass, 338. 



Blue-eyed Mary, 406. 



Blue-grass, 246. 



Bluets, 427. 

 I Bole: trunk, (140). 



