INDEX 



Asterisk (*) denotes illustrations 



Abnormality, 420, 421, 449.* 

 Absorption, due to osmosis, 17, 60, (i^, 64, 

 67, 122-124. 

 of ammonia by soil, 145, 147. 



— carbon dioxide, 191,* 192.* 194. 195, 200, 



202. 



— endosperm, 57,* 179, 180.* 



— light by leaf, 196, 201. 



— nitrogen by plants, 147, 149, 383, 



384. 

 soil, 145, 147-150, 383, 384. 



— organic substance from soil, 150. 



— oxygen, .33, 34,* 35, 175, 194, 195, 200, 



287, 317, 388, 390. 



— phosphorus by soil, 145. 



— potash bj' soil, 145. 



— salts by plant, 136, 137, 161. 



— stored food, 57.* 164, 179, 180,* 183, 



260. 287. 313. 



— water by root, 88, 102, 103, 119,* 120*- 



123.* 



— — — — affected by temperature, 332. 

 seeds, 6,* 7,* 8,* 9*-15,* 10-19,* 



20.* 21,* 22,* 23,* 20,* 27.* 



soil. 111-114. 



wood, 68. 



— — affected by dissolved substances, 



18, 124. 217, 336. 



force required for, 121-123,* 124. 



Acacia, protection of, against drying, 217. 



seeds of. boiling to hasten germination. 

 25. 



sleep position of leaf of, 218.* 



wood of, 230. 

 Acanthus, protection of pollen by, 294. 

 Acid, excreted by roots, 141-143,* 144, 145. 



in fruits, 315. 



— soil, 141, 143, 145. 146. 



Acid, acetic, manufacture of, 387. 

 boraeic, as preservative, 380. 

 carbonic, as plant-food, 139. 



— as solvent of plant-food, 139-145. 



— given off by root, 141, 142, 143.* 144. 



— source of, in soil, 141. 



— See, also, Cai-bon Dioxide, 

 carbolic, as disinfectant, 364. 

 fatty, 171. 



hydrochloric, 155, 157. 

 lactic, 378-379. 



nitric, as plant-food, 139, 140.* 



— for isolating wood cells, 235. 



— test for proteids, 165. 



oxalic, a by-product in proteid formation 



254. 

 phosphoric, as plant-food, 139, 140.* 

 salicylic, as preservative, 3S6. 

 sulphuric, as plant-food, 139, 140. 



— in manufacture of superphosphates, 



1.50. 



— as test for formalin, 377. 

 proteids, 166, 178. 



Acer. See Maple. 



Aconitum. See Monkshood. 



Adaptation. 326-361. 



.Ecidiospores, 403.* 



Aerotropism, 89, 98, 135, 293. 



.(Esculus. See Buckeye and Horse Ohest 



nut. 

 Estivation, pi-otection against drying by 



213. 

 Agave. See Century Plant. 

 Ailanthus, leaf scar of, 212. 

 Air affects direction of growth of i)ollen- 



tube, 293. 

 affects direction of growth of root. 89, 



98. 135. 



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