INDEX 



275 



Bacillus radicicola, activity of, 220 



Bacteriolysins, 21 



Bacteria of nitrification, 218 



Bacteroids, 220 



Ballast, material carried on vessels to bal- 

 ance and steady them in the sea-way. 



Balls of cactus spines, 6 



Balsam of Peru, 185 



Balsam of Tolu, 184 



Bamboo, 227 



Bamboos, uses of, 129 



Bambusa arundinacea, 227; vulgaris, 227 



Banana, 235 



Banner oats, 162 



Baptisia tinctoria, 185 



Barley, 128, 168; cultivation of, 169; de- 

 scription of, 1 68; production, 155; 

 rotation, 170; seed impurities of, 

 263; six-rowed, 168; two-rowed, 168 



Beal, W. J., experiments with seeds, 247; 

 experiments on vitality of buried 

 seeds, 255 



Bean, hyacinth, 212 



Beans, 184 



Bear-grass, 213 



Beet, 225 



Beggar- weed, 212 



Belladonna, 99, 230 



Benincasa cerifera, 232 



Berberin, 65 



Beri-beri, a dropsical complaint with 

 other accompaniments common in 

 Ceylon, India and Japan. 



Beri-beri, 46 



Bermuda grass, 129, 144; origin of, 144; 

 seeding of, 145 



Berseem, 212 



Berteroa incana, 267 



Beta vulgaris, 225 



Betain, 19 



Betel, 237 



Bezoar, etymology of, 4 



Bindweed, 254 



Bird's foot trefoil, 212 



Bittersweet as a poisonous plant, 101 



Blackberry, 233 



Black grama, 148 



Black locust, 184, 185; as a poisonous 



plant, 70. 



Blotter test for seeds, 271 

 Blueberry, 234 

 Bluegrass, Canadian, 135; Kentucky, 133; 



seed impurities, 263 

 Blue-joint grass, 139 

 Blue loco weed, 75 

 Bluestem wheat, 167 

 Boehm, studies of, 89 

 Boehmeria nivea, 228 

 Boerner, Dr. F., mentioned, 93 

 Bonavist, 212 

 Bouteloua aristoides, 148; curtipendula, 



148; eriopoda, 148; gracilis, 147; hir- 



suta, 148; oligostachya, 147; Parryi, 



148 



Bowstring hemp, 230 

 Box, as a poisonous plant, 79 

 Bradley, Helen, poisoned by Jimson weed, 



100 



Bract, the subtending leaf of a flower. 

 Bracteate, having bracts. 

 Branching of grass stems, 133 

 Brassica campestris, 225; chinensis, 229; 



napus, 225; nigra, 255; oleracea var. 



botrytis, 230; var. capitata, 229; var. 



caulo-rapa, 227; var. gemmifera, 229; 



var. viridis, 229 

 Bread fruit, 235 

 Bread wheat, 165 



Breath of milk-sick animals described, 105 

 Broad bean, 184, 207 

 Broccoli, 230 

 Brome grass, smooth, 139 

 Bromus inermis, 139; tectorum injury by, 



2 



Bronchomycosis, an affection of the bron- 

 chial tubes due to fungi, i 

 Broom as a poisonous plant, 70 

 Broom corn, 128, 236 

 Broom corn millet, 147 

 Brownlow, Mr. C. V., mentioned, vii 

 Brussels sprouts, 229 

 Buchloe dactyloides, 148 



