INDEX 



453 



Leiicivna glaiica^ seeds, chemical 



composition, 304 

 valuable as fodder for oxen, 



304 

 Lima bean, 155 



see also Phaseoliis liinatus 



Lime, more abundant in Legu- 



minosse than in Gramineae, 260, 



261 

 Limes, Bengal bean used as green 



manure for, in Montserrat, 134, 



■35 



■ — best dressing manure for, iq8 



Linseed cakes, composition of cake 

 made from dec.orticated pea- 

 nuts compared with that of, 68 



Liver, diseases of, treatment of, 

 plant used in, 378 



Livestock, fodder for, Leguminosae 

 as, 270 



• — ■ food for, seeds of Tephrosia 

 Candida^ ig6 



— molasses as food for, 271, 272, 



273 



— oil-cake from soy bean used as 



food for, I go 



— seeds of Bengal bean used for 



feeding, 130 



— see also under names of animals 

 Li-Yu-Ying, yield of soy bean on 



manured soil, 184, 185 

 Loco disease, dangerous plant caus- 

 ing, 240 



in United States, 243 



Locust tree, flowers of, without 



corolla, 2 

 Log-lines for vessels, stems used 



tor making, 387 

 Logwood, 341 



LoncJiocarpus latif alius (tree), 

 medicinal uses, 375 



— oxycarfus (tree), wood, quality 



and uses of, 352 



— sericeus (tree), medicinal uses, 



375 



wood valuable, 352 



Lotus australis (herb), dangerous, 



243. 

 — • corniculatus (herb), valuable as 

 fodder, 284 



— species other than L. cornicu- 



latus valuable as fodder, 284 

 Lucerne, 285 

 — • bacterium isolated from, effects 



on nitrogenous matter in soil, 



45 

 — ■ moth attacking, 287 



— value as fodder. 285 



see also Medicago sativa 



Lupins, cultivation experiments 



with, 26, 27 

 Lufinns albus (shrub), seeds, chemi- 

 cal composition of, 284 



Lupi}ius (shrub), poisonous sym- 

 ptoms produced by eating seeds, 

 243 



— valuable as fodder, 284 



Lycsena, species of, destructive to 

 pigeon pea, g4 



M. 



MacDonald^ a. H. E., cultivation 

 of cowpeas in Australia, 215 



Machaerium Allemani (tree), wood, 

 qualities of, 352 



— Schomburgkii (tree), wood, 



qualities and uses of, 352 

 — - species of, Brazilian, wood, uses 



of, 352 

 Machine oil from soy bean, igo 

 Madagascar copal, tree producing, 



322 

 — • cultivation of Pois du Cap in, 



154 



— Leguminosae yielding building 



w^ood in, 34g, 350, 356, 362 



— peas produced in, prussic acid 



content, 237 



— Phaseolus helvolus native of, 140 

 Madatia, gum produced by Adenan- 



thera pavonina, 330 

 Magellan Expedition (i5ig-2i), 

 spread of pea-nut by agency of, 



48 . . 



Magnesia, introduction into mano- 

 rial mixtures, 266 



Maiden, poisonous Leguminosae, 



239 

 Malabar kino, 3ig 

 Malaria, treatment of, with roasted 



seeds of cassia, 378 

 Manchuria, export figures of soy 



bean from, ig2 

 Manganese, combination with nitric 



acid when possible, 228 



— in ash of various plants, 228, 229 



— in Leguminosae, 227 



— in soils of Mauritius, 227 



assimilability, 230 



— • solubility, 228 



Mangin, L., gums in relation to 

 colouring reactions and re- 

 agents, 312 



Manioc pea, 1 10 



see also Dolichos bulbosus 



Manure, oil cake from soy bean 

 used as, igo 



— yield of soy bean with and with- 



out, 184, 185 

 Manures, growth of Leguminosae 



must be aided by, 263, 264. See 



also Green manures 

 Manurial mixtures, introduction of 



magnesia into, 267 



