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INDEX. 



Bent-grass, fine-panicled brown, experi- 

 ments on, 300, 501. 

 Bent-grass, sea-side lobed, description 

 of, 273. 



experiments on, 274. 



Bent-grass, marsh, description of, 348. 



experiments on, and comparative 



value of, 349. 

 Bent-grass, lateral-branching, descrip- 

 tion of, 377. 



experiments on, ibid. 



Bent-grass, Mexican, description of, 

 404. 



experiments on, 405. 



Bent-grass, white, description of, 342. 



experiments on, 343. 



figure of, 342. 



Bent-grass, rock, description of, 274. 



experiments on, and comparative 



value of, 275, 276. 



Bent-grass, snowy, description of, 276. 



experiments on, and comparative 



value of, 277. 



Bent-grasses, general view of, in the 

 order of their early produce of foliage 

 in the spring, 272. 



Botany, the study of the whole science 

 not absolutely required, to ascertain 

 with readiness and certainty the dif- 

 ferent species of grasses, 10. 



Briza media, 23, 205, 206. 



Bromus arvensis, 31, 173, 174. 



* cristatus, see Triticum cristatum. 



diandrus, 297, 298. 



erectus, 203, 204. 



inermis, 207, 208. 



littoreus, 364. 



multiflorus, 175. 



mollis, 24, 176. 



pinnatus, 375. 



. sylvaticus, 374. 



tectorum, 298, 299. 



sterilis, 296, 297. 



Brome-grass, annual upright, description 

 of, 297. ^ 



experiments on, and comparative 



value of, 298. 



Brome-grass, crested, see Wheat-grass. 



Brome-grass, barren, description of, 

 296. 



comparative value of, 297. 



Brome-grass, field, description of, 173. 



experiments on, and comparative 



value of, 174. 



figure of, 173. 



description of the seeds of, 51, 



fig. 34. 



Brome-grass, many-flowered, description 

 of, 175. 



Brome-grass, many-flowered, experi- 

 ments on, 175. 



Brome-grass, nodding-panicled, descrip- 

 tion of, 298. 



experiments on, 299. 



comparative value of, 300. 



Brome-grass, sea-side, description of, 

 364. . 



experiments on, and comparative 



value of, ibid. 



Brome-grass, soft, description of the 

 seeds of, 24, fig. 18. 



description of, 1 76. 



experiments on, ibid. 



specimen of, ibid. 



comparative value of, 177. 



Brome-grass, upright perennial, descrip- 

 tion of, 203. 



experiments on, 204. 



figure of, 203. 



comparative value of, 204. 



Brome-grass, smooth awnless, descrip- 

 tion of, 207. 



experiments on, ibid. 



figure of, ibid. 



comparative value of, 208. 



nutritive matter contained in the 



leaves of, 24O. 



Brome-grass, wood, see Fescue grass, 

 wood. 



Brome-grass, wing-spiked, see Festuca 

 pinnata. 



Bogs, grasses that naturally grow in, 540. 



Bunias, oriental, nutritive matter con- 

 tained in the spring produce of, 239, 

 411. 



Bunium bulbocastanum, 529. 



Burnet, nutritive matter afforded by 

 the spring produce of, 239, 411. 



Cabbages, varieties of, best adapted for 

 the farm, 407. 



nutritive powers of, 408. 



Calamagrostis variegata, see Arundo 

 colorata. 



Cattle often subject to disease, when 

 fed on food containing an excess of 

 bitter extractive and saline mat- 

 ters, 8. 



different breeds of, acquire differ- 

 ent weights of flesh from equal quan- 

 tities of food consumed by them, 2. 

 two of the same breed will scarcely 

 gain equal weights of flesh from the 

 equal weights of food, ibid. 



Canary-grass, common, figure of the 

 seeds of, 18, 19, fig. 4. 



description of, and experiments 



on, 399, 400. 



