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INDEX 



Food-value of cow pea, 208 



— of Dolichos sesqui-pedalis, 123 



— of kidney, French, or haricot 



bean, 167 



— of lentil, 125 



— ■ of molasses, 272 



— of Phaseolus Mungo, 150, 151 



— of pois carre, 177 



— of tubercles produced on roots of 



manioc pea, 1 1 1 

 F"orage Leguminosae, 281-310 

 Forest trees, fixation of nitrogen bj-, 



36 

 trance, peas produced in, prussic 



acid content, 237 

 Franck, absorption of atmospheric 



nitrogen by Leguminosae, 14 



— maintenance of nitrogen in un- 



cultivated soil, 26 

 Freniy, composition of Bassora 

 gum, 311 



— ■ — of soluble gums, 311 

 French bean, 164 



see also PJiaseoliis vulgaris 



— Colonies, employment of peas as 



rotation crops in history of, 258 

 Fungus theory of formation of root- 

 nodules of Leguminosae, 32, z;^ 

 Funguses attacking Leguminosae, 



4.1 5 

 Furniture, Leguminosae yielding 

 wood used in making, 34'g, 353, 

 366, 368 



Gaboon Coast, Leguminosae yield- 

 ing building wood on, 353, 356, 

 360 



Galactea, chemical composition, 283 



— valuable as fodder, 283 



— varieties of, 283 



Galls, distinction of root-nodules of 



Leguminosae from, ig, 20 

 Gastralgia, treatment of, plants 



used in. 370 

 GastrolohiiDii grandiftoruui (shrub) 



destruction by fire suggested, 



241 



— intensity, poisonous, 241 



— species known as " poison 



bushes," 241 

 Geyiista Unctoria (shrub), medicinal 



uses, 374 

 Gilbert, absorption of atmospheric 



nitrogen by plants, 12, 13 

 Gisborne, yield of trees producing 



tanniferous bark, 335 

 Gleditschia s'mensis (tree), wood of, 



coarse-grained and perishable, 



uses, 360 

 Glucoside in d'Achery pea, 231, 232 



Glycine Soja^ 183 



• see also Soy bean 



Glycyrrhiza glabra (herb), medi- 

 cinal uses, 374 



Goat-droppings, chemical composi- 

 tion of leaves of Leucsena 

 glauca compared with that of, 

 304 



Goats, Leguminosae suitable as 

 fodder for, 293, 2gg, 300 



Gobina, gum produced by Astraga- 

 lus heratensiSj 315 



Gonorrhoea, treatment of, balsam 

 employed in, 381 



Goodia (shrub), foliage poisonous, 

 242 



Grandeau, effect of bacteria on 

 Leguminosae, 44, 45 



— nutritive elements removed by 



green crop of soy, 186 

 Gramineae, absorption of mineral 

 salts by, 24 



— and Leguminosae, soil resulting 



from decomposition of, respec- 

 tively compared, 260 



— atmospheric nitrogen not fixed 



by, 23, 24 



— dependence on nitrogenous soil, 



22 



— phosphoric acid potash and lime 



more abundant in Leguminosae 

 than in, 260, 261 

 Green manures, Bengal bean, 130, 



134, 135. 



bonavis bean, iig 



Cajantts indiciis (pigeon pea), 



90, 93 . . , 



— - - — Cajiavalia ensiformis (Jack 



bean), 80 



Crotalaria, 102 



for sugar-cane, gg 



— juncea, 104 



Desnwdiiini tortuosum, 104 



■ — ■ — ■ manioc pea, 115 



-no withdrawal of mineral 



matter from soil by, 264 



pea-nut, 60, 6g 



— ■ — Phaseolus helvolus (am- 



berique), 146 

 iyiamamus (Pois du Cap), 



lunatus (Lima bean, 



d'Achery pea), 157 



— — Tefhrosia Candida, ig8 



— — — -pur-pttrea, ig8 



— pea, 135. See also Pistim 



sativum 

 Groeger, composition of gum arabic, 



3" 

 Ground-nut, 4g. See also Arachts 



hyfogxa 



Guaiacum wood, 348 



