INDEX 



465 



Tiifolimn (herbaceous plants), some 

 varieties injurious, 244 



— untoward symptoms in livestock 



produced by eatinj^, 244 



— pratense, (red or iicld clover), 



2QI 



chemical analysis, 291, 292 



fertilizing value, 291 



green fodder and hay, chemi- 

 cal analysis, 291 

 valuable as fodder, 291 



— principal species valuable as 



fodder, 289 

 Trigonella Fccnuin-grxcimi (herb), 



edible, 394 



medicinal uses, 376 



seeds, chemical analysis of, 



2Q2 



valuable as fodder, 292 



Tubercles produced on roots of 



manioc pea, food value, iii 

 Turkish gum, 325 



U. 



Ulcers, cleansing, leaves used for, 



374 



■ — treatment of, barks employed 

 . for, 383, 384 



United States, loco disease in, 243 



pea-nut in, average composi- 

 tion, 57 



yield of, 53 



on manured and un- 



manured soils compared, 55 



soy bean, yield of, in, 185 



sub-tropical portions, use of 



Desmodiinn tortitosum as fod- 

 der in, 104 



Uterus, affections of, bark used for, 

 382 



V. 



Vanilla plantation, pigeon pea 

 plants sheltering, 92 



Varnishes from semi-hard copal 

 used for mounting preparations 

 for microscope, 324 



— manufactured from copal, 321 



Varry, Guerin, proximate con- 

 stituents of gums, 311 



Vatserea guseaneiisis (tree), medi- 

 cinal uses, 383 



Veneering, woods used in, 349, 353 



Venereal diseases, treatment of, 

 plants used in, 375 



Vermifuges, plants used as, 375, 

 .376, 382 



Vicia faba (bean), antiquity of, 201, 

 202 



attacked by species of Aphis, 



205, 206 



30 



I'icia faba J chemical composition, 



limits for, 204 

 — compared with that of 



French bean, 204 



— — description of, 202 



embryos, axial portions rich 



in nitrogen, 205 

 food flour from decorticated 



beans, chemical composition, 



205 

 husks, chemical composition, 



205 



starch in, characters, 255 



grains in, 253 



weight of seeds for all 



varieties not identical, 205 



— sativa, chemical composition, 



293 



percentage weight, 293 



valuable as fodder, 293 



— se-piuni, 293 



— tetrasfer)iia, valuable as fodder, 



2Q3 



— valuable as fodder, 293 

 Vigna catjang (cowpea), 158, 206, 



— — as rotation crop, 208, 209, 210 

 at Reduit (Mauritius), 



209 



attacked by Agrouiyza^ 208 



black-eyed variety, starch in, 



characters, 255 



starch grains in, 251 



cultivation in Australia, 215 



Mauritius, 215 



Queensland, 206 



between rows of canes, 267 



development of, 206 



discovery of, 206 



food-value of, 208 



grey variety, starch in, char- 

 acters. 255 



grains in, 251 



■ husks, chemical composition, 



211, 212 



method of sowing, 210 



— in pure and mixed cul- 

 tivation, 210 



mineral composition, 217, 



218, 220 



— — ploughing under, 219 



time of sowing, 208 



value as fodder, 214 



varieties of, 206 



chemical composition of 



seeds compared, 211 

 non-trailing suited for 



growth between canes, 206 

 — proportion of seeds per 



hectare obtained from, 211 



— : trailing, method of culti- 



vation, 206 

 Ville, G., absorption of atmospheric 

 nitrogen by plants, 11, 12 



