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INDEX 



Oryzeae, 600. 

 Ovule, 9. 



Palea, 7. 



Pampas of Argentina, 242. 



description of, 283. 



climate, 262. 

 Panicle, 7. 

 Parenchyma, 23. 

 Peduncle, 18, 28. 

 Perennial weeds, 457-467. 

 Phosphates, 234. 

 Photosynthesis, 21. 

 Pistil, 8. 

 Plant-food, 24. 



assimilation, 24. 



circulation, 22. 



course of, 25. 



digestion of reserve materials, 19. 



essential elements, 22. 



reserve materials, 11. 



translocation, 24. 



supply, effect of numbers on, 299. 

 Plastids, 21. 

 Plumule, 15, 16. 

 Poaceae, 3. 

 Polish wheat, 56. 



varieties and grouping, 58. 

 Poulard wheat, 47, 51. 



varieties and grouping, 49. 

 Prairie, origin of, 236. 



grasses, 243. 



soils, 234, 240, 241. 



chemical composition, 243. 

 mechanical analyses, 243. 

 subsoil, 245. 

 Protein, production of, 22. 



Red oats, 100. 



varieties and grouping, 102. 

 Reproductive organs, 8. 

 Rice, 600. 



adaptation in United States, 614. 

 birds injurious to, 633. 

 black bird, 634. 

 bobolink, 633. 

 rice bird, 633. 

 classification, 605. 

 common, 606. 

 culm, 601. 



Rice (Continued). 

 cultivation, 621. 



depth of seeding, 627. 



fertilizers, 621. 



method of seeding, 627. 



rate of seeding, 627. 



rotations, 622. 



soil preparation, 626. 



time of seeding, 626. 

 distribution, 613. 

 districts, 614. 



Arkansas, 615. 



California, 615. 



Carolina, 614. 



Texas-Louisiana, 614. 

 dwarf, 612. 

 giant, 612. 

 glutinous, 610, 638. 

 grades, 637. 

 harvesting, 629. 

 hybridization, 620. 

 insects, 632. 

 introductions, 616. 

 irrigation, 623. 



applications of water, 627. 



drainage, 626. 



general principles, 628. 



levees, 624. 



pumping, 624. 



size of field, 624. 



sources of water, 623. 

 kernel, 602. 

 large kerneled, 606. 

 leaf, 601. 

 long-glumed, 612. 

 milling, 636. 

 origin, 603. 

 panicle, 601. 

 polished, 638. 

 range, 604. 

 root, 600. 

 scented, 612. 



seed, cleaning and grading, 618. 

 selection, 620. 

 small kerneled, 609. 

 soil adaptation, 621. 

 special groups, 612. 

 spikelet, 601. 

 thrashing, 629. 

 unpolished, 638. 



