Minnesota Plant Life. 



549 



Mesophyte, 

 Mesophytic shrub, 



vegetation, 

 Microbe, 

 Mignonette, 



442, 473 

 477 

 475 

 101 



275 



Migrating plants, Struggles, 24 



Mildew, 46 



Life-history, 46 



Nutrition, 46 



Mildew, Grape, 46 



Mustard, 46 



Potato, 46 



Shepherd's-purse, 46 



Milfoil, 13 

 True, 336 

 True, Resemblance to pond- 

 weed, 336 

 Water, 448 



Milk-curdling bacteria, 114 



Diseases, 112 



-fermenting yeast, 74 



Fermented, 114 



-souring bacteria, 113 



"Turnip odor," 113 



Milkweed (Half-tone, 12, 366), 



7, 360, 364, 515 

 Strengthening device for 



leaves, 423 



Flower, 365 



Insect pollination, 364 

 Resemblance to dogbane, 364 



Seed distribution, 20 



Milkweed, Blunt-leafed, 366 



Common, 366 



Florida, 367 



Four-leafed, 366 



Green, 367 



Green, Broad-leafed, 367 



Green, Woolly, 367 



Hairy, 366 



Oval-leafed, 366 



Poke, 366 



Purple, 365 



Showy, 366 



Sulliv ant's, 366 



Swamp (Engr. 365), 365 



Tall, 366 



True, 367 



Whorled, 366 



Milkwort, 307 



Mille Lac, 259 



Millet, 205, 206 



grass, Smut, 48 



Mimicry, 506 



Mimosa, 503 



Mineral springs, Bacteria, 120 



Minneapolis (Twin Cities), 221 



243, 267, 323, 325 



Minnehaha falls, 281 



Minnesota climate, 2 



geography, i 



physical history, 3 



Minnesota river (Half-tone), 235 



river valley, 



7, 23, 262, 327, 330, 359, 387, 468 

 Mint, 367, 375 



extracts, 378 



family, 375 



Flower, 377 



Pollination, 377 



Resemblance to figwort, 379 



Resemblance to lobelia, 397 



Horse- (Half-tone, 376. 



Engr.), 377 



Mountain-, 377 



Water-, 377 



Wild (Engr.), 375 



Mississippi, river (Half-tone, 14, 



410), 323, 327, 341, 362, 389 



Mistletoe, 233 



Parasitism, 439 



Miterwort, 283, 284 



Moccasin flower, 228, 231 



flower, Poisonous, 231 



flower, Yellow, 231 



Moisture, Adaptation (Half-tone), 434 



Monkeyflower (Engr. 381), 379, 381 



Moonseed, 264, 274 



Resemblance to wild grape, 320 



Moonwort, 161 



Moor, 453 



Moosewood maple, 313 



Morel (Half-tone, 75), 72, 74 



Edible, 75 



Morning-glory, 367, 439, 478 



family, 367 



Moschatel, 388, 393 



Moss (Half-tone, 12. Engr. 125, 



127, 153), 12, 22, 42, 122, 424, 439, 



464, 467, 469, 470, 472, 476, 496, 

 512, 513, 514, 519, 520, 521, 522, 525 



Breeding habit, 123 



-capsule, 154 



-capsule, Origin and develop- 

 ment, 130 

 Caterpillar fungus, 82 



