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INDEX 



Sandal-wood, 353 



— red, source of, 339 

 Santalin, 33g 



— wood containing, 353 

 Santol, wood containing, 353 

 Saponin, as cause of poison in Legu- 



minosae, 239 



— extraction from seeds of Gynino- 



cladits dioiciij 242 

 ■ — pods of liane containing, 383 

 Saraca caiitbndioisis (tree), wood, 



362 



— indica (tree), bark astringent, 



342 



medicinal uses, 382 



Sassa, gum produced by Alhizzia 



Sasscij 332 

 de Saussure, absorption of nitrogen 



by plants, 10 

 SchizolobiiDii excclsnm (tree), 'wood, 



uses of, 362 

 Schlagdenhauffen, analysis of gum 



produced by Acacia dealbatUj 



329 

 Schloesing, absorption of ammonia 



by tobacco plant, 17 

 of atmospheric nitrogen by 



plants, 13 

 Scbipira ma] or (plant), medicinal 



uses, 382 

 Senegal, Leguminosae yielding 



building wood in, 352, 353, 356, 



357, 350, Z^?,. 366 



— pea-nut in, yield of, 54 



— yield of oil from seeds of pea- 



nut in, 67 



— ebony, tree from which derived, 



34.9 

 Sensitive leaves of Mimoseae, 399 

 Serridillas, cultivation experiments 



with, 26, 27 

 Sesbania xgyptiaca (shrub), medi- 

 cinal uses, 376 



valuable as fodder, 289 



wood, cjuality and uses of, 



355 



— brachycarpa (shrub), pods edible, 



394 



— grmidiflora (shrub), leaves and 



pods substitute for spinach, 394 



juice emitted by, 320 



■ colouring principles, 320 



— various species of, textile uses, 



388 

 Sheep, Csesalpinieae suitable as 

 fodder for, 293, 299 



— Leguminosae useful as fodder 



for, 289, 293, 300 

 Ship-building, wood used for, 356, 



359, 363 

 Shoyu, preparation from soy bean, 



igi 



yielding 

 wood, 



acquisition 



with, crops 



of micro- 

 closure of 



Sierra Leone, Leguminosr 

 building wood in, 356 



Smdora sianiensis (tree), 

 tjuality and uses of, 362 



Skin diseases, treatment of, plants 

 used in, 374, 383 



Sniithia sensitiva valuable as fod- 

 der, 289 



Snake-poison, antidote for, 380 



Soap manufactured from soy bean 

 oil, 190 



Soil, action on fixation of nitrogen, 

 15, 16 



— enrichment by Leguminosa', 6 



— fertility, use of Crotalaria jiincea 



in restoring, 104 



— • infusion, influence on acquisi- 

 tion of nitrogen, 25 



boiled, effect on 



of nitrogen, 26 



— inoculation of plot 



resulting, 44 



— stoppage of work 



organisms through 

 pores of, 268 



— resulting from decomposition of 



Leguminosae and Gramineae 

 compared, 260 



— uncultivated, maintenance of 



nitrogen in, 26 

 Soils, artificial inoculation of, 43 



— treated with molasses, 43 



Soja hisfida^ starch in, characters, 



-55 

 grains in, 251 



— or sov bean, chemical composi- 



tion," 188 

 proximate, of whole 



pl-ant, 186, 187, 188 

 ■ cultivation of, 183, 184, 



185 

 pure and mixed, 184 



— • — — export figures from Man- 



churia, 191, 192 



important to ])lant variety 



best suited to particular local- 

 ity, 184 



introduction into Europe, 



182 



— — — mineral and organic con- 



tents of different portions, 188, 



189 

 elements abstracted by 



crop of, 186 

 • yielded in seed by 



crop of, 186 

 matter, total weight 



furnished by 1,000. kilos of dry 



fodder, 189 

 nitrogenous matter more 



constant than proportion of fat, 



188 



