INDEX 



579 



All numbers refer to pages, heavy type indicating illustrations. 



Atavism, 43G 



Atropa Belladonna, Belladonna 



Atropine, 182, 186 



Attar of roses, 150 



Authority, 7 



Arena saliva, Oats 



Awn, 13 



Awnings, 223 



Ax handles, 286 



Axil, 319 



Axile placenta, 355 



Bacillus subtilis. Hay Bacillus 



Bacteria, 492, 511 



Baderiacece, Rod-germ P'amily 



Bacterium, 574 



Bacterium aceti, Vinegar P"'erment 

 acidi lacfici, Milk-souring Bac- 

 terium 



Bagging, 230, 232 



Balls, 245, 277 



Bamboo, 232, 235, 239, 274, 291, 

 387, 420, 421 



Bambusa vulgaris, Bamboo 



Banana, 88, 98, 99, 121, 124; 

 pulp, 114 



Banana Family, 397: banana, 98, 

 99; Manila hemp plant, 233 



Banana Order, 597 



Baneberry, 328-356, 334, 335, 404, 

 405 



Barberry Family, 398 



Bark, 252; origin, 254 



Barley, 11, 15, 25, 120, 124, 126, 

 156, 235, 387, 420, 421; com- 

 mon, 21; kernel, 114; range, 26; 

 six-rowed, 22; two-rowed, 22 



Barrels, 263 



Base-ball bats, 245 



Basidiolichenes, Spore-base Li- 

 chens 



Basidiomyceies, Spore-base 

 Fungi 



Basidium, 502, 503 



Basketry, 223, 235 



Baskets, 241 



Bass wood, 263 



Bast fibers, 224, 228 



Bats, 245 



Bayberry Family, 398 



Bayberry Order, 398 



Bay, Bull, 262 



Bean, 40, 270, 365, 408, 409; kid- 

 ney, 49; Lima, 51 



Beard-lichen Family: beard-lichen, 

 507, 508 



Beard, of grasses, 13 



Bee plants, 303 



Beech, 414, 415; European, 268; 

 wood, 257, 268 



Beech Family, 374, 398, 414, 415; 

 chestnut, 37; cork oak, 277, 

 278; Enghsh oak, 258; Euro- 

 pean beech, 268; red oak, 257 



Beech Order, 376, 398, 414, 415 



Beer, 156, 495 



Beet, 43, 52, 53, 120, 124 



Beet-sugar, 102 



Beggar sores, 217 



Beginnings, many, 433 



Belladonna, 186, 187, 208, 382, 

 416, 417 



Bellflower, 384, 418, 419; creeping, 

 381 



Bellflower Family, 384, 401, 420, 

 421: creeping bellflower, 381; 

 Indian tobacco, 201 



Bellflower Order, 386, 401, 420, 

 421 



Bellflower Series, 386, 397 



Belts, 223 



Bent embryo, 363 



Berberidacece, Barberry Family 



Berry, 351 



Berry-like fruit, 392 



Bertholletia excelsa. Brazil-nut 



Beta vulgaris, Beet 



Belula alba, White Birch 



Betulaceoe, Birch Family 



Beverage plants, 128 



Biennial, 52, 333 



Bignoniacece, Bignonia Family 



Bignonia Family, 401 



Bilabiate calyx, 366 



Billiard cues, 245 



Binomial nomenclature, 4 



Binders' boards, 224 



Biological botany, 10 



Birch, 373, 412, 413; oil of, 297; 

 white, 265; wood, 257, 263 



Birch Family, 373, 398, 414, 415; 

 filbert, 36; white birch, 265 



Bird's eye maple, 263 



Bisexual thallus, 514 



