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Limestone, soil from .... 71) 



Limy soil 41 



Liquid manure !I4 



Litmus (iG 



Loam •}!) 



Lucerne 02 



Lungs, the 138 



M. 



IMagnesia 13, 2-"} 



Manure 00 



application of 94 



fermentation of 02 



from foods, value of . . . 131 



losses of 92, 93, 94 



Manurial value of foods 129, 130, 131 



Marble 23, 31 



Marl 87 



Mastication 133 



Matter, nature of 10 



Mist 47 



Moisture of climate .... hi, 52 

 in germination .... 55, 58 

 regulated by cultivation . 103 

 withdrawn by weeds . . . 102 



Mold, vegetable 79 



Molecules 9 



Mountains 23, .'^2 



forniatiou nf 27 



Mouth, the 133 



Mouths of leaves 01 



Muck 95, 90 



value of 90, 97 



Muck beds 35 



Mucky soil 39 



Muriate of potash 85 



Muriatic acid 1!, 22 



N. 

 Nitrate of lime 82 



of potash 82 



of soda 13,82,84 



Nitrates 82 



in soil 81 



Nitric acid 13 



in soil 81,82 



Nitrification 82, H3 



Nitrogen . . . 20,41,02,81,84 



Nitrogen as food for plnnts . . (>2 

 North America, formation of . 27 



Nutrition in plants 72 



Nutritive ratio .... 124, 120 



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Oak trees, roots of 03 



Ocean, affecting climate ... 51 



soil (brined by 32 



Organic nialtcr 17, 18 



Osmose 02 



in plants 71 



Oxidation 19, 20 



of ])lants 02 



Oxide of iron 13 



Oxides 19 



Oxygen 19, 20 



in germination of plants . 50 



in soil 101 



in the blood 01 



P. 



Paunch, the 1 134 



IVas 02 



Peat 35, 37 



Peaty soil 35, 39 



Perspiration, effect of ... . 118 



Petals 74 



Phosphate of lime .... 13, 84 

 Phosphoric acid . .1!, 22, 83, 84 



Pliosphorus 22 



Pistils 74 



Planting, depth of 57 



Plants, growth (jf (18 



breathing of 21) 



food of t;u 



instinct of 5;! 



leguminous 02 



structure of 08 



Plant food, formation of . . . 101 



Plaster, laiul 87 



Plowing 103,104 



sui)soiI 105 



time for 105, 100 



Plumule, tlie 59 



Pores of wood 15 



Porosity of matter 15 



I'otassium 23 



