GLOSSARY 



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.■Eithttie. AppeaMti); to tht- faculties of taste, as of color, tnnslc. 



Agrieiitluif. Karmiiiir. I, l<i. 



AlbHrnin. A nitroKt-'iioux ori;iinic compound, present tn rx)tti |>lniitM and 



KiiiiUBU. 370, 442(1. 

 Alimrnl. Food. 



AHmtutnry ennal. Tho dige?<tivi* clianii"! or tract. ;{77. 

 Amrltoralt. To Improve. 

 Amtnablt. Open to, li.tlile to : n loose soil is amena1>1i' to tlu- action of 



•ir. but a wry liurd soil is not. 

 AmtndiH'nt. A substance which influences the texture rather than the 



plantfiHxl of the soil. 58. 

 Annunl. A plant which lives only one year. Means ami piirwectls art- 



examples. 

 Antitepiif. A substance which kills (jerms or microbes. 284<i, 387n. 

 Availahlf. Capable of bi-ing used : u«able. 4.'lfc. 

 Aiit. Antrle al>ove the Junction of n leaf-stall(, flower-stalk, or branch 



with its parent sirni. 

 Bitnniiil. A pl.ant which lives two years. It usually l)loonis and seeds 



the second year. Mulleins nnil parsnips are examples. 

 liotttHjf. Knowledge and science of plants. |«'i. 

 BrtakiHij dntcH. Said of hard aoils when they become mellow and 



crumbly. 

 nnddiHij. A klml of (n^ftinir, in which the cion or bud Is very short, 



and inserted under tho bark or on the woml of the stock (not into 



tlie wihhI). 

 /»y;)r. ..?>!<•/. A product Incidentally resulting from the manufacture tif 



SMtiicthini; else. A'Xia, A'i't. 

 C'iIIum. The healinK tissue on a wound. 2.'t4. 

 Capillary. Hair like. Said of %'ery thin or fine channels, especially 



those In which water moves by the forre of capillary altrartlon. 

 Carb-tk^Hrtilt. An oriranlc or earbon compound. In which bydroiren 



and nxyiren occur in the same proportions a* they do In water. 



Sufar, atareb, woo«ly 0ber are carbobydratea. 197ia. 



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