GLOSSARY AND INDEX 



No attempt is made to form a complete glossary of terms, but only those words 

 are included which might gjve trouble to the reader of the book. 



Aaronson, Aaron and discovery of wild 



wheat, 165 

 Abdomen, the large inferior cavity of the 



trunk of the human bod}'. 

 Abortives, 12 

 Abrin, 19 



Abrus precatorius, 185 

 Abutilon Theophrasti, 244 

 Acacia, 184; arabica, 185; senna, 185 

 Accumulation of nitrogen, ,218 

 Achene, a one-seeded, seed-like fruit. 

 Aconin, 59 

 Aconite, 230; as a poisonous plant, 58; 



poisoning symptoms, 58 

 Aconitin, 59; test for, 69 

 Aconitum columbianum as a poisonous 



plant, 58; Xapellus, cases of poisoning 



by, 58 



Adobe, clay or soil from which sun-dried 



bricks are made; sun-dried bricks. 

 Adrenalin, 16 

 Adsuki bean, 207 

 Aegagropilae, 3 



Aerobic, requiring oxygen in order to live. 

 Aeschynomene spinulosa. 184 

 Aestivation, the arrangement of parts in 



the bud of the flowers. 

 Agave americana, 230; rigida var. sisa- 



lana, 230; sisalana, 230 

 Age of plant, influence of, 13 

 Agricultural collections, 270 

 Agricultural seeds, general considerations, 



259 



Agropyron repens, 254 

 Agrostemma Githago as a poisonous plant, 



57 



13 2 73 



Agrostemin, 58 



Agrostis alba, 136; var. stolonifera, 136; 

 var. vulgaris, 136; canina, 137; Fos- 

 teri, 267 



Aino millet, 147 



Ala, a wing petal in the papilionaceous 

 flower. 



Albuminous, pertaining to a seed with the 

 reserve food outside of the embryo. 



Aleppo grass, 145 



Alfalfa, 184, 187; and Varro, 187; com- 

 position of, 191; description of, 188; 

 flowers, tripping of, 189; harvesting, 

 190; Grimm, 189; number of cuttings, 

 188; original home of, 187; planting, 

 190; seed, impurities of, 262; seeding, 

 187; soil, 190; treatment, 190; use 

 as a feed, 190; varieties of, 189 



Alkaloids, 18 



Alligator pear, 236 



Allium ascalonicum, 227; cepa, 226; fis- 

 tulosum, 227; porrum, 227; sativum, 

 226; schcenoprasum, 227 



Almond, 232 



Alopecurus agrestis, 267; pratensis, 138 



Alsike clover, 193 



Alternation of nitrogen-storing and ni- 

 trogen-consuming plants, 237 



Amanita muscaria, 33; phalloides, 35 



Amanita-toxin, 36 



Amaranthus retroflexus, 255 



Amaurotic, relating to the condition of 

 partial or total loss of vision. 



Ambrosia artemisiwfolia and hay-fever, 

 112, 243, 267; psilostachya and hay- 

 fever, 112; trifida and hay-fever, 112 



