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INDEX, 



PAGE 



Lespedeza striata... 366 



Leucania unipunctata 405 



Liatris, leaf of 29 



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



Light, effect of 49,50 



Ligule 10, 64, 76 



Liliacese.. .. 63 



Lily family 63 



Limber Bill 182 



Linaceae -- 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.. 



Making hay 286, 



Mallow 



Mallow family. 



Malvaceae. 



Mammoth clover. 106, 334, 



Manures, ammoniacal increase 



Disuse of. 



Effect of. 271,275, 



Effect of barnyard 



For grass lands 



Improve the quality of 



276 



277 



281 



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Manures, loss of food in passing 



through animals.. -. 281 



Mineral increase leguminous 



plants 276- 



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 402 



Mayweed.. 220- 



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



Meadow, battle in 273 



Care of '. 266 



Cat's tail.. 10a 



Meadow fescue. ..126, 127, 200 



Adulterated with rye-grass.. 207 

 Meadow foxtail, see Alophecurus 



pratensis 153 



Meadow, grasses suited to...74, 226 



Soft grass 193 



Yields less than pasture 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 216 



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. 

 MesophyU 30 



