INDEX 



285 



Monadelphous, stamens united by their 



filaments into one cluster. 

 Monkey and mountain-laurel, 94 

 Monocotyledonous, with one cotyledon, 



or seed-leaf in the embryo plant. 

 Monocotyledons as poisonous plants, 45- 



53 

 Monoecious, with male (staminate) and 



female (pistillate) flowers distinct 



from each other, but on the same 



plant. 



Mooting in grass stems, 124 

 Morning glory, 254 

 Morphin, 67; and Cicuta-poisoning, 90; 



test for, 69 



Morus alba, 233; nigra, 233; rubra, 233 

 Mortaux vaches, 59 

 Moth bean, 207 



Mountain-laurel as a poisonous plant, 93 

 Mount Hermon and wild wheat, 165 

 Mucuna pruriens as a dye plant, 184; 



utilis, 187, 209 

 Mulberry, 233 

 Mulhollen, Chester, death of, 88; Willard, 



recovery of, 88 

 Mullein, 254 

 Mung bean, 207 



Musa sapientum, 235; textilis, 230 

 Muscadine grape, 234 

 Muscarin, 19, 34 



Mycelium, a collective name for the vege- 

 tative hyphae or threads of a fungus. 

 Myco-bacterium rubiacearum, 222 



Naked wheats, 165 C 



Names, various, for milk sickness in cattle, 



105 



Narbonne vetch, 210 

 Narcotic poisons, 9 

 Narcotics, 10 

 Nerianthin, 99 

 Neriin, 99 



Nerium oleander as a poisonous plant, 98 

 Nettle, Holse, 250 

 Neurin, graphic formula of, 17 

 New mown hay perfume, 141 



New Zealand flax, 230 



New Zealand spinach, 229 



Nicotiana tabacum, 230 



Nitrate bacteria, 218 



Nitrification, 218 



Nitrogen accumulation, 218 



Nitrogen, amount fixed, 222 



Nitrobacter, 218 



Nitrogen-consuming plants, classification 



of, 224 



Nitrogen, loss of, 219 

 Nitrogen-storing plants, 220 

 Nitrosococcus, 218 

 Nitrosomonas, 218 

 Nobbe, Dr. Friedrich, work of, 259 

 Nodules of Leguminosae, 181 

 Nodules on leaves of Rubiaceae, 222 

 Nodules, types of leguminous, 220-222 

 Nolina, 213; erumpens, 213; microcarpa, 



213 



Norton, J. B. S., observations of, 30 

 Nutrient ratio of corn, 160 

 Nutritive ratios, 119, 120 

 Nutritive value of maize, 160 



Oats, 128; cultivation and yield, 164; 



description of, 162; production, 155; 



quality of, 164; rotations, 164; seed 



impurities of, 263 

 (Edema, swelling, especially the effusion 



of serous fluid into certain tissues of 



the animal body. 

 Oenanthotoxin, 89 

 Oenothera biennis, 248, 255 

 Oil from corn, 160 

 Okra, 234 

 Olea europaea, 232 

 Oleander, as a poisonous plant, 98; 



skewers poisonous, 98 

 Olive, 232 

 Onion, 226 



Onobrychis, 184; viciaefolia, 187, 208 

 Opuntia, 212; Engelmanni, spines of, 6 

 Orange, 230; king, 235; sour, 235; sweet 



235 



