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INDEX 



Buchu, 230 



Buckwheat, cultivation of, 175; descrip- 

 tion of, 174; yield of, 175 



Buffalo grass, 148, 149; analysis of, 149 



Bugloss, viper's, 249 



Bulb crops, 226 



Bulbilis dactyloides, 148 



Bulliform cells of grass leaves, 125 



Bunch grasses, 124 



Bur clover, 187, 207 



Burdock, 254 



Burma bean as a poisonous plant, 71 



Burnet, 213 



Burns, Prof. Geo. P. quoted, 244 



Buttercup as a poisonous plant, 59 



Buxin, 79 



Buxus sempervirens as a poisonous plant, 

 79 



Cabbage, 229 



Cactus spine balls, 6 



Caesalpinioideae, flowers of, 183 



Calamagrostis canadensis, 139 , 



Calico-bush as a poisonous shrub, 93 



California bur clover, 207 



Callus, hardened and thickened skin. 



Calorie, 120 



Caltha palustris, as a poisonous plant, 64 



Calyx, the outer whorl of floral envelopes. 



Camas, death, 47 



Camellia Thea, 229 



Campanulate, bell-shaped. 



Canada potato, 225 



Canada thistle, 252 



Canadian bluegrass, 135 



Canadian field pea, 199 



Cane, seed impurities of, 263 



Cannabis sativa, 228 



Cantaloupe, 232 



Caper spurge, 79 



Capitulum, 183 



Capsella bursa-pastoris, 248, 255 



Capsicum annum, 233 



Capsule, a dry, splitting seed vessel de- 

 veloped from a pistil with united 

 carpels. 



Carbohydrate, an organic compound con- 

 taining carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, 

 the two latter being in the proportion 

 to form water. 



Carbohydrates in corn, 160 



Cardoon in Argentina, 246 



Carduus acanthoides, 267 



Carica papaya, 235 



Carob, 184 



Carpel, a leaf which represents one of the 

 constituent parts of the pistil. 



Carpet weed, 243 



Carrot, 225; wild, 249, 254 



Carum petroselinum, 267 



Caryopsis, the fruit of cereals, or grasses, 



Cases of poisoning, seasonal distribution 

 of, 14 



Cassava, 226 



Cassia fistula, 185 



Castilloa elastica, 228 



Castor oil, 237; medicinal uses of, 80; 

 plant as poisonous, 80 



Cauliflower, 230 



Cause of hay-fever, 1 1 1 



Celandine as a poisonous plant, 65 



Celeriac, 225 



Celery, 229 



Cenchrus tribuloides, injury by, 2 



Cerastium arvense, 246 



Ceratochloa australis, 268 



Ceratonia, 184 



Cereals, American, 155 



Cevadin, 51 



Chaetochloa italica, 236 



Character of organ, influence of, 13 



Chelerythrin, 65 



Chelidonium majus as a poisonous plant, 



65 



Chemical nature of poisoning, 16 

 Chenopodium quinoa, 237 

 Cherry, sour, 232; sweet, 232 

 Chestnut, V. K., work quoted, 34, 58 

 Chestnut and Wilcox mentioned, 72, 90, 



101 



Chia-peh-ho, 226 

 Chick-pea, 211 



