GLOSSARY. 



Agriculture, the science and art of productive farming. 



Affinity, attraction that force which causes two bodies of dif- 

 ferent properties to unite and form a compound. 



Annual, yearly. 



Aerial, pertaining to the air. 



Axis, the centre or point on which a body does or may revolve. 



Acotyledonous, without a colyledon. 



Appendage, something added. 



Albumen, an organic principle resembling white of eggs. 



Altitude, height or elevation. 



Arterial, pertaining to the arteries. 



Acerose, needle shaped. 



Axillary, growing in the angle between the stem and leaf. 



Arragonite, a simple mineral composed of carbonate of lime. 



Ament, flowers collected on chaff-like scales and arranged on a 

 slender stalk. 



Assimilate, to become similar. 



Anemia, want of blood in botany want of sap. 



Absorption, the act of imbibing or absorbing. , 



Anthracite, a species of mineral coal. 



Aluminum, a metalic earth, the base of alum. 



Albite, a species of feldspar. 



Arseniate, a salt of arsenic. 



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