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INDEX 



All numbers refer to pages, heavj^ type indicating illustrations. 



Bitter Cassava, 104, 110, 111, 121, 



124 

 Bittersweet, 209, 212 

 Black, dye, 294; iiuistard, 133, 



134; nightshade, 208, 212; i)ep- 



lK>r, 12S, 131, i'AV), 177; pepp(T 



oil, 130; pigments, 294; walnut, 



260, 376 

 Bladderwort Family, 401 

 Bladder-wracks, 4S7, 488, 489 

 Blade, 336, 537 

 Blanc-mange, Irish moss, 107 

 Blossom, 343 

 Blue Alga?, 470, 492, 508 

 Bluebell type of flowers, 435 

 Boats, portable, 284 

 Body of ovule, 346 

 Bone substitute, 276 

 Boot-soles, 287 

 Borage Family, 401 

 Boraginaccoe, Borage Family 

 Borecole, Garden Kale 

 Botanical pictures, 312; ques- 

 tions, 1 

 Botany, as a study of names, 314; 



beginnings, 1; departments of, 



8; science of, 1; systematic, 314, 



315 

 Bolrychium Lunaria, Grape-fern 

 Botrj'ose inflorescence, 344, 345, 



352 

 Bottle-gourd, 275, 383, 418, 419 

 Bowling-alleys, 245 

 Boxes, 243, 263, 268, 270 

 Brace root, 23, 299 

 Bract, 13, 343, 352, 354 

 Bractlet, 343, 352, 354 

 liraiding, 223 

 Branch, 428 

 Brandy, 159 

 Brassica campeslris, Turnip 



nigra, Black Mustard 



oleracea, var. ncephnla, Garden 

 Kale and Tree-cabbage 



oleracea, var. Botrylis, Cauli- 

 flower 



oleracea, var. capitata, Common 

 Cabbage 



oleracea. var. qemmifera, Brus- 

 sels Sprouts 



oleracea, var. gotujijlodcs. Kohl- 

 rabi 



oleracea, var. sabauda, Savoy 



Cabbage 

 oleracea, var. sylventris, Wild 

 Kale 



Brazilian Rubber-tree, 281 



Brazil-nut, 35, 44, 120, 125, 282; 

 kernel, 114; slielLs, 282 



Brazil-nut Family, 400 



Bread raising, 495 



Breathing-pores, 519, 529 



Breeding, 430 



Bridges, 270 



Bromeliaccoe, Pineapple Family 



Brood-body, 514, 521 



Brood-bud, 540, 542 



Brood-cup, 521 



Broom-corn, 232, 235, 236, 387, 

 420, 421 



Brooms, 223, 235 



Brown Algte, 485 



Brushes, 223; whisk, 235 



Brussels sprouts, 55, 69 



Bryophyta, Brj^ophyte Division 



Bryophyte Division, 530 



Bryophytes, 395, 39(5 



Buckthorn Familv, 399 



Buckthorn Order,"' 399 



Buckwheat, 11, 29, 120. 125, 126, 

 372, 412, 413; climbing, 556; 

 kernel, 114 



Buckwheat Family, 372, 398, 412, 

 413: buckwheat, 29; climbing 

 buckwheat, 556; garden rhu- 

 barb, 104; medicinal rhubarb, 

 170 



Buckwheat Order, 372, 398, 412, 

 413 



Budding, reproduction by, 495 



Buds, 319, 320; reproduction bv, 

 540, 542 



BufTers, 280 



Building, 222, 263 



Buildings, 242 



Bulb, 43; solid, 336 



Bull Bay, 262 



Burlap, 223, 230 



Burr of chestnut, 38, 375 



Butter bacteria, 494 



liuttercup, 216, 443; at the sea- 

 shore, 462; evolution of aquatic 

 form, 467; pigmy, 444 



Buttercups, 217, 328-356 



