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INDEX. 



Agave, 00. 

 Albumen, 4. 

 All-spice, 151. 

 Argeruone, 150. 

 Arrow-root, 45, 85. 

 Artichoke, 45, 85. 

 Ash, 130. 



Assimilation, 80, 93-95. 

 Atmosphere and 



plants, 79, 91, 

 , composition of, 78. 



Bacteria, 118, 121, 124. 

 Balsams, 89, 102. 

 Bananas, 68, 84, 152. 

 Bark, 40, 48. 

 Basic phosphate, 



and slag, 128. 

 Bean, 2, 5, 36, 45, 55. 

 Bees, 144, 175. 

 Beet, 25, 30, 76. 

 Beetle, 171. 

 Begonias, 32, 41. 

 Biennials, 30. 

 Bignonia, 70. 

 Blood as manure, 127. 

 Boerhaavia, 151. 

 Box cultivation, 130. 

 Bread-fruit, 67, 09, 83-85. 

 Breathing of animals, 92. 

 Breathing of plants, 79, 



80, 92. 

 Broom-weed, 151. 



Bryophyllum calycinum, 



32. 



Budding, 49, 52, 57, 63. 

 knives, 57. 

 tape, 58. 

 Bulbs, 70, 80. 

 Bur- grass, 151. 



Cabbage, 76. 

 I Cacao, 46, 77. 

 | Ca janus indicus, 8. 

 j Cambium. 46, 47, 49, 54. 

 I Canna, 4. 

 I Capillary attraction, 99, 



111. 

 I Carbon, 78. 



-dioxide, 78, 79, 91,92, 115. 



Carrot, 30. 



Castor-oil plant, 12. 162. 



Caterpillar, 169, 177. 



Cat's claw, 70, 86. 



Cedars, 149, 160. 



Cereals, 12. 



Chalk in soils, 105, 115. 



Chlorophyll, 80. 



Citrus plants, budding, 

 64. 



Clay, 100, 112, 



Climbing plants, 31, 45. 

 55, 70, 80. 



Cocoa-nut, 11, 150. 



Coleus, 38 68, 84. 



Compost .heap, 105, 113. 



Convolvulus 45, 55. 



