INDEX 



453 



Cortex, 115, 118, 138, 208, 211 



Corymb, 265 



Cotton, 307, 324 



Cotton tree, 200 



Cranesbill, seed discharge, 289 



Cress family, 330 



Crocus, corm, 201 



Cross-fertilization, 105 



Cross-pollination, 147, 276280, 370 



Crowfoot family, 303 



Crown gall, 376 



Cucumber, 4-10, 294; squirting, 289 



Cucumis melo, 10 



Cucumis satimis, 10 



Cucurbita maxima, 10 



Cucurbita moschata, 10 



Cucurbita pepo, 10 



Currant rust, 72 



Cutin, 244 



Cuttings, 172, 370 



Cycads, 135 



Cycas revoluta, 135 



Cyme, 265 



Cypress knees, 134, 178 



Cytoplasm, 40 



Damping off fungi, 378 



Dasya elegans, 52 



Decay, 17 



Dicotyledons, 167, 312 ; comparison 

 with monocotyledons, 168; fami- 

 lies, 301-311 



Digestion, 13, 55 



Dioncca muscipida, 238 



Diphtheria, 24 



Diseases of plants, 373-389 



Disease-resistant varieties, 361, 362 



Distillation of wood, 356 



Division of cells, 14, 30, 31, 33, 36, 

 45, 55 



Dodders, 179, 180 



Downy mildew, 379 



Dragon tree, 223, 224, 299 



Drosera rotundifolia, 237 



Dyestuffs, 326 



Egg, of bean, 145; of lily, 147; 



of fern, 104, 105; of moss, 88, 89; 



of pine, 124, 126 

 Elm, white, 191 

 Embryo, of bean, 149, 150, 152; of 



fern, 105, 106 ; of Indian corn, 162, 



163; of moss, 90; of pine, 127, 



129; of squash, i, 2 

 Endosperm, i, 2, 127, 128, 149, 162, 



163, 164 



Enzyms, 13, 35, 43 

 Epidermis, 99, 115, 120, 138, 139,, 211 

 Epiphytes, 182, 183 

 Euphorbia splendens, 236 



Fairy rings, 82 



Fall of leaves, 254-256 



Families of angiosperms, 295-311 



Fats, 55, 164, 320 



Female plant, of bean, 145, 146; of 

 lily, 147 ; of pine, 124, 126, 128 



Fermentation, 17, 19, 35, 319 



Fern, comparison with pine, 130132 



Ferns, 97-112 



Fertilization, in bean, 149 ; in fern, 

 105; in moss, 90; in pine, 126, 

 129 



Fiber plants, 324-326 



Fig, pollination of, 274-276 



Fire blight, 374, 375 



Flavors, 323 



Flax, 305, 325 



Flax family, 305 



Floral parts, arrangement, 261 ; num- 

 ber, 261 ; union, 262 



Flower clusters, 141, 264-266 



Flowers, 258-282 ; of bean, 141-145 ; 

 of cucumber, 7-9 ; of Indian corn, 

 159-162 



Fames applanatus, 83, 84 



Food, in Indian corn kernel, 164; 

 in seeds, 291 ; manufacture by 

 plants, 31, 41-43, 245-248; of 

 bacteria, 12; of bread mold, 55; 

 of yeasts, 34 ; storage of, 248 



