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INDEX 



All numbers refer to pages, heavy type indicating illustrations. 



Casks 243 



Cassava, Bitter, 104, 110, 111, 124 



Castanea sativa, Chestnut 



Castile soap, 296 



Castor-oil, 167 



Castor-oil plant, 172, 173, 213 



Catabolism, 85; imitated, 563 



Catkins, 373 



Caulicle, 317, 318, 319, 557 



Cauliflower, 55, 70 



Cedar, Red, 273, 392; oil of, 297; 



wood, 270 

 Celery, 55, 75, 114, 121, 124, 137, 



370, 412, 413 

 Cell, 473, 560; artificial, 563 

 Cell-contents, 473 

 Cell-division, 510 

 Cell-masses, 560 

 Cell-multiplication, rapidity of, 



511 

 Cell-plates, 560 

 Cell-rows, 560 

 Cells, mostly minute, 511; of large 



size, 510 

 Cellular cryptogams, 396 

 Celluloid, 224, 228 

 Cellulose, 32, 276, 472; products, 



223, 224 

 Cellulose covering, protective and 



permeable, 575 

 Cell-wall, 473 

 Cement for leather, 287 

 Cements, 288 

 Central cylinder, 528 

 Cerealia munera, 11 

 Cereals, 11-34 (see aho Grains); 



the principal, 15; value of, 30 

 Ceres, 11 



Celraria islandica, Iceland Moss 

 Chaff, 11 



Chain, family, 355 

 Chairs, 223 

 Chair seats, 241 

 Characteristic adaptations, 442 

 Characters, acquired, 443 

 Charcoal, 29S, 300 

 Chart, Food, 114 

 Checkerberry, 203 

 Checkers, 245 

 Cheese bacteria, 494 

 Chemical botany, 9; composition 



of foods, 114 



Chemico-i)hysical properties of 



living protoplasm, 571 

 Chenopodiaccd, (J!o(jsefoot Familj' 

 ChenopodUdc.-i, Goosefoot Order 

 Chermes ahiclis, iSpru(-e Aphis 

 Cherry, 8S, 90, 121, 209, 364, 408. 



409; poisoning by leaves, 203; 



})oisoning by stones, 205; wild 



black, 260; wood, 263 

 Chessmen, 245 

 Chestnut, 35, 37, 38, 120, 124, 



294, 374, 414, 415; kernel, 114; 



wood, 257 

 Chests, 260 

 Chili Pepper, 132 

 China-tree Family, 399 

 Chip, 241 



Chlorophijcece, Green Alga? 

 Chlorophvll, 67, 74, 471, 476, 485, 



487, 573 

 Chocolate, 102, 154 

 Choice, in plants and animals, 



463; power of, 568; the pivotal 



factor in evolution, 469 

 Chondrus crispus, Carrageen 

 Choosing the better way, 468, 469 

 Choripetalous corolla, 379 

 Christmas Holly, 212; Rose, 330, 



331, 328-356, 404, 405 

 Chromatophore, 476 

 Chroucoccacea>, Tint-ball Family 

 Chroiicoccus turgidus, Tint-ball 



Alga 

 Cicuki maculata, Water Hem- 

 lock 

 Cinchona Calisayn, Calisaya-tree 

 Cincinnobolus, 500 

 Cinnamomum Camphora, Laurel- 

 camphor Tree 



zeijlanicum, Cinnamon 

 Cinnamon, 128, 135, 177, 360, 



406, 407 

 Cistacea, Rock-rose Family 

 CitruUus vulgaris, Watermelon 

 Citrus Aurantium, Orange 



m,edica, var. Limonum, Lemon 

 Class, 8, 428 

 Classes, Linnajan, 308 

 Classification, 305; bj^ size, 306; 



by uses, 306; early attempts, 



306; expressing kinship, 433 

 Cleanliness, 494 



