HOW CROPS GROW. 



TABLE II. Composition of Fresh or Air-dry AgricultM Products in 1,000 parts. .381 



TABLE III. Proximate Composition of Agricultural Plant? and Products 385 



TABLE IV. Detailed Analyses of Bread Grains :&amp;gt;M 



TABLE V. Detailed Analyses of Potatoes 389 



TABLE VI. Detailed Analyses of Sugar Beets . . 38!) 



TABLE VII. Composition of Fruits 390 



TABLE VIII. Fruits arranged in the Order of their Content of Sugar 393 



TABLE IX. Fruits arranged in the Ord&quot;.r of their Content of Free Acid 393 



TABLE X. Fruits arranged according to proportions between Acid, Sugar, etc..S9-3 

 TABLE XI. Fruits arranged according to the proportions between Water, 



Soluble Matters, etc 394 



TABLE XIL Proportion of Oil in Seeds 394 



INDEX. 



Absorption by the root 239, 250, 251 



Access of air to interior of Plant. . .288 



Acids, Definition of 86 



&quot; Testfor 87 



Acid elements 113 



Adhesion 26, 349 



Agriculture, Art of 17 



Agricultural products, Composition 



ill 1,000 parts 381 



Agricultural Science, Scope of. 24 



&quot; Experiment-Stations of 



Germany 24 



Air-passages in plant 289 



Air-roots 252 



Akene 301 



Albumin 96 



Albuminoids, Characters and com 

 position 94 



Albuminoids in animal nutrition... 10-1 



&quot; Diffusion of. 364 



&quot; in oat-plant 211,215 



Mutual relations of. . .103 

 &quot; Proportion of, in vege 

 table products 109, 



Alburnum 282 



Alcohol from saw-dust 75 



Aleurone 105 



Algae 177, 223 



Alkali-earths 125 



&quot; Function of 11)7 



&quot; Metals 125 



Alkali-metals 123 



Alkalies 86, 124 



&quot; Testfor 87 



&quot; Function of 197 



Alkaloids 110 



Alum, decomposed by dift usion. .. 364 



Alumina 129 



Aluminum 129 



Ammonia, Carbonate 49 



k in plants 108 



Salts of 1!57 



&quot; in plant 137 



Amyloids 55 



&quot; Transformation of. .. 7S 



Anhydrous phosphoric acid. .. 117 



silicic acid r. ii 



sulphuri: acid 1 1 5 



Anther and 



Apatite ! *&amp;gt; 



Apple Cellbof 223 



Arabic acid 70 



Arabia 70 



Arendt, Estimation of sulphur and 



sulphuric acid ] 95 



Arendt, Study of oat-plant 204 



&quot; Analysis of oat-plant 141 



Argol 88 



Arrowroot (;:} 



Arsenic in plants 123, 196 



Art and Science 17 



Artificial fecundation 



Ash-Ingredients 112, 138 



Excess of. 187 



&quot; how dis 

 posed of. 189 



Ash-Ingredients, Function of, in 



plant 196 



Ash-Ingredients, The indispensable. 146 

 &quot; State of, in plant. . . 193 



Ash of plants 30, 11J 



&quot; Analyses, Tables of.150,-1 

 &quot; &quot; Composition of, nor 

 mal 163 



Ash of plants, Composition of, va 

 riations in IB7, 163 



Ash of oat-crop 212, 216 



&quot; Proportions of, Tables 139, 145 



&quot; variations in... 143 



Asparagus, Ash-analyses 176 



Assimilation 325 



Atmosphere, Offices of. 3-J:l 



Atoms , 47 



Atomic weight 47, 48 



Avenin 101 



Azote :; ,! 



Bark 269, 275 



&quot; Ash of. IN) 



Barley, Ash-analyses. .150, 153, 160, 378 



&quot; Proximate analyses 387 



detailed. 38H 



41 Root-cap of- 23ti 



&quot; Root-hairs of 2-14 



Barley-Sugar. 73 



Baryta in plant! r.ui 



i ,n-rs. Definition of 80 



Bassorin 71 



BasMvlls 270, .&amp;gt;;.-&amp;gt; 



a;;:j 



Bay berry tallow 91 



Bean. A&amp;gt;li-;inalyses... ...152, 154, 37tf 



Proximate analysis . ..3tff 



