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INDEX. 



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Obtuse, blunt or rounded at the 

 extremity. 



Onobrychis 360 



Orangeworts 61 



Orchard grass, see Dactylis-109, 183 



Early culture 198 



Elements in 54, 56 



Fungus on 428 



Rust on 419 



Saving seed. 119 



With clover.. 334 



Orchidaceae 67 



Orders 60,61,62, 63, 64 



Oregon, grazing 82 



Ornamental grasses 317 



Oryza, flowers 38 



Oscinis trifolii..- 385 



Ounce, seeds to the 202 



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 all 

 starting from the apex of 

 the petiole. 



Panicese - 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 Germanicurn 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 millet 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 having both 



stamens and pistils 38 



Perianth 64 



Perianthium 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 during winter. 

 Petiole, the stem of a leaf. 



Pezizaon clover 427 



Phalaris, glume of 35 



Phares, Prof. D. L., on Bermuda 



grass 164 



On bur clover 357 



On clover in Mississippi 334 



