INDEX 



587 



Blister Rust of Pines, described, 402. 



Blotch of Apples, 404. 



Blueberries, 489. 



Blue-green Algae, described, 297; re- 

 production, 300. 



Blue Mold, 375; described, 376. 



Boletus, 387*. 



Boneset, 493. 



Bordeaux mixture, 359. 



Bordered pits, 130, 131*. 



Botany, definition, 1; derivation, 1. 



Botrychium Virginianum, 434*; de- 

 scribed, 435. 



Botrydium, 317, 317*. 



Brace roots, 139. 



Bracket Fungi, 388, 389*, 390*. 



Bract, 17, 19*. 



Bracted Plantain, seeds, 75*. 



Bracts of Grass flowers, 17, 19*, 21*, 

 22*. 



Branching, of roots, 150; of stems, 

 167. 



Brand spores, 394, 394*. 



Brassica nigra, 483*. 



Brassica Sinapistrum, 74. 



Bread Mold, 360, 362*, 363*. 



Bread Yeast, 377, 377*. 



Bromelin, 284. 



Brown Algae, 296; described, 318. 



Brown Rot, 368. 



Bryales, 417, 418*. 



Bryophytes, 292; described, 405; 

 groups, 405. 



Buckwheat family, 478; flowers, 479*. 



Buckwheat, flower, 133, 11*; type of 

 seeds, 59; fruit, 60*; plants, 158*. 



Bud, described, 167, 204*, 205*; rest- 

 ing, 204, 204*; opening, 205; 

 terminal, 206, 206*; lateral, 206, 

 206*; contents, 207, 213*; axil- 

 lary, 206, 206*; accessory, 206, 

 206*; adventitious, 206, 206*, 

 207*; formation, 208; flower, 

 207, 210*; leaf, 207, 210*; mixed, 

 207, 210*; active, 211; dormant, 

 211. 



Budding, 225; described, 231, 232*; 

 of Yeast, 377, 377*. 



Bulb, 179; described, 181, 181*. 

 Bundle sheath, 252. 

 Bunt or Stinking Smut, 393, 395. 

 Burdock, 493; fruits, 86*. 

 Buttercup family, 481. 

 Butternut, 474. 



Button stage of Mushroom, 385, 

 385*. 



Caffein, 286. 



Calcium, 158, 



Calcium pectate, 277. 



CaUus, 224, 225*. 



Calyx, 11, 10*, 11*, 12*. 



Cambium, 126, 126*, 149*, 194*, 195 * s 



196*, 198*. 

 Cambium ring, 148. 

 Camphor trees, 482*. 

 Campy lotropous ovules, 463. 

 Canada Thistle, 82, 494, 503,494*. 

 Cane sugar, 278. 

 Capillitium, 337, 337*. 

 Capillary water, 153. 

 Carbonic acid, 161. 

 Carbohydrates, 275; cellulose, 275; 



sugars, 278; starches, 279, 280; 



hemi-cellulose, 277, 277*; ligno- 



cellulose, 276. 

 Carica papaya, 284. 

 Cariopsis, 62. 

 Carnations, 10. 



Carnivorous plants, 273, 272*, 273*. 

 Carotin, 285. 

 Carpels, 15, 14*. 

 Carpogonium, 327, 326*, 328*. 

 Carpospore, 327, 326*, 328*. 

 Caruncle, 57, 57*. 

 Caryophyllaceae, 480. 

 Castor Bean, seed, 57; seedling, 108; 



use, 486. 

 Castor oil, 284. 

 Catabolic metabolism, 274. 

 Catkin, 30, 473, 29*, 473*. 

 Cat-tail family, 495; flowers, 495, 



495*, 496*. 



Causes of variations, 525. 

 Cedar Apples, 401, 401*, 402*, 403*. 

 Cedar Rust, 401, 400*. 



