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INDEX 



Nitrogen, atmospheric, fixation by 

 ClostridiHin -pastetirianHVi^ 45 



— — — by forest trees, 36 

 by Leguminosae, 184, 250 



— ■ — ■ — - — how possible, 40 



• mechanism, 40 



part played by bacteria 



in, 25 



theories of, g 



by peas, influence of soil 



infusion on, 25 



— -by plants, g 



• theories as to, g-ig 



diversity in, 18 



not fixed by Graminese, 23, 24 



proportion fixed by Legu- 



minosas, factor on which de- 

 pendent, 38 



— axial portions of embryos of 



bean rich in, 205 



— content of Jack bean, 82 



■ of Leguminosa?, time when 



greatest, 38 

 of pea-nut, 65 



— — • — cake, 68, 6g 



— fixation, action of soil on, 15, 16 

 • by rotation peas, 224 



- — maintenance in uncultivated soil, 

 26 



— percentage in legumin, i 



— proportion in leaves and 



branches of Tephrosia fitr- 

 purea, iq8, igg 



— soil containing, dependence of 



Graminea? on, 22 

 devoid of, Leguminosse thrive 



in, 23 . . , 



— soluble, conversion into insolu- 



ble by bacteria of Leguminosae, 



41 • 



Nitrogenous elements assimilable, 



percentage in Phascoliis helvo- 



luSj 145 



— matter in chick pea, g5 



— • — in soil, effect of bacterium 

 isolated from lucerne on, 45 



— ■ — in soy bean, 188 



protein a synonym for, 270 



value of, as nutritive element, 



270 

 Nobbe and Hiltner, inoculation of 



soil with nitragine, 44 

 No-eye pea, 85, 8g 

 see also Caja/iiis htdiciis 



(pigeon pea) 



0. 



Oars, wood used for making, 355 

 Oats, results of crops raised on 

 solutions respectively rich and 

 poor in nutritive material, 24 



Oil, amount present in seeds of pea- 

 nut, 57 



— content of soy bean, 187 



— extracted from seeds of pea-nut, 



66, 67 

 analysis, 67 



— presses, wood used in making, 



366, 367 



— produced from pea-nut [AracJiis 



hypogaui), 48 



— seeds of leguminous plant con- 



taining, 3g4 



— yielded by seeds of Dipteryx 



Eboensis, 3g2 



Oil-cake manufactured from pea- 

 nut, 68 



by cold expression or ex- 

 pression by heat, comparative 

 analysis, 68 



— decorticated, comparison 



with linseed and rape cakes, 68 



mineral composition of, 



68, 6g 



nitrogen content of, 68, 69 



value as cattle fodder, 68 



from soy bean analysis, igo 



food for livestock, igo 



— . — — used as manure, igo 



Oleo-resin, 313 



Ophthalmia, treatment of, seeds 

 used for, 380 



Ornamental Leguminosae, 401-414 



Ougeinia dalbergioides (tree), wood, 

 ciualities and uses of, 353 



Oxen, Leguminosae useful as fodder 

 for, 28g 300, 304 



Oxylobinm ellipticuni (shrub), mel- 

 liferous, 3g3 



-— pan'ifloriDn (shrub), poisonous, 



243' 



— tnlohatiiin (shrub), melliferous, 



393 

 Oxytropis lamberti (undershrub), 



dangerous, 243 

 -- pilosa, valuable as fodder, 288 



P. 



Pachyrhizus angulatus. See 



Dolichos biilbostts 

 — niontcDiiis (liane), textile uses, 



387 



Packing-cases, wood used in mak- 

 ing, 366 



Padaup, commercial name of Ptero- 

 carpus dalbergoides, 354 



Pagaie blanc (white paddle), wood 

 known as, 355 



Palmdea cochuichinensis (tree), 

 medicinal uses, 382 



wood, cjuality and uses of, 



361 



