440 



INDEX 



Bacteria inoculated, action on pre- 

 viously sterile peat, 43 



— part played by, in fixation of 



atmospheric nitrogen by Legu- 

 minosae, 25 



— specificity of different kinds for 



difterent members of the Legu- 

 minosae, 45 



— symbiosis with Leguminosae, 21, 



26, 27 

 Bacterium isolated from lucerne, 



effect on nitrogenous matter in 



soil, 45 

 Bacteroids, conversion of bacteria 



of root nodules of Leguminosse 



into, 38, 39, 40 



— dissolution by ferments secreted 



by leguminous plants, 41 



— products of, use of, made by 



leguminous plants, 41 

 Balland, amount of phosphoric acid 

 contained in green pea, 137 



— analysis of clover seeds, 291, 292 



— — of pigeon peas, 88 



— chemical composition of seeds of 



cow-itch, 128 



— composition of Medicago sativaj 



286 



— limits of composition for com- 



mon beans, 204 



— phosphoric acid in seeds of bona- 



vis bean, 122 



— weight of seeds of bonavis bean, 



121 

 Balsam, black, ceremonial uses, 318 



— See also Peru balsam, Tolu bal- 



sam 

 Balsams, nature of, 313 

 Bambarra ground-nut, 70 

 see also Voandzeia siihter- 



ranea 

 Bafhia latiri folia (tree), producing 



tannin and dye, 2,2,7 

 - — tiitida (shrub), dye-producing, 



32>7, 



— species of, uses of wood, 347 



— See also Camwood 



Baftisia tinctoria (tree), medicinal 



uses, 372 

 Barbados, ground- or pea-nuts in, 



yield of, 55 

 Barclay, J., notes on guango, 309 

 Bark used for tanning, commercial 



value in Australia, 335 



— method of stripping, 334 



Barley, results of crops raised on 



solutions respectively rich and 



poor in nutritive material, 24 

 Baron, yield of oil from seeds of 



ground- or pea-nut, 67 

 Baskets, plants used for making, 



385, 387 

 Bassora gum, 328 



Bassora gum, composition, 311 

 Bassorin, constituent of gums, 311 

 Batocera ritbuSj beetle attacking 



Albizsia Lebbekj 303 

 Banliinia Carronii (shrub), melli- 

 ferous, 394 



— gum-producing species, 320, 321 



— malabarica (shrub), leaves and 



buds edible, 394 



— fur-purea (tree), flowers edible, 



394 



medicinal uses, 378 



valuable as fodder, 293 



— - reticulata (tree), medicinal uses, 



378 



valuable as fodder, 293 



— ■ species used for tanning and 



dyeing, 339 

 — - ioiiieutosa (shrub), medicinal 



uses, 378 



— Vahlii (shrub), seeds edible, 394 



— variegata (tree), medicinal uses, 



378 



— various species of, used for tex- 



tile purposes, 388 

 wood, qualities and uses 



of, 356, 357 

 Bean, 201 



— see also Vicia faba 



— mention in antiquity, 6 

 Beans, various, contribution of 



organic matter to soil per hec- 

 tare, 265 



fertilizing matters contained 



in ash and dry matter, amount 

 abstracted per hectare, 265, 266 



Beech, Indian, 353 



Beer, frothy, manufactured from 

 fruit of " Algaroba," 399 



Beetles attacking Albissia Lebbek, 



Beijerinck, assimilation of nitrates 

 by Bacillus radicicola, 42 



— corpuscles possessed by Legu- 



minosse, 41 



Bengal bean, 128 



— - — see also Mucutia iitilis 



Berberin (alkaloid), plant contain- 

 ing, 378 



Berlifiia acuminata (tree), wood, 

 uses of, 357 



— s-p., wood, qualities and uses of, 



357 

 Bcrthelos, action of soil on fixation 

 of nitrogen, 15, 16 



— maintenance of nitrogen in un- 



cultivated soil, 26 

 Bladder diseases, leaves of plants 

 used for, 383 



— stone in, wood providing remedy 



for, 376 

 Blennorrhagia, treatment of, plant 

 used in, 384 



