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INDEX. 



Barley, starch in, 148 



sugar in, 156 

 Barosma, 438, 583 

 Barringtonia, 629 

 Base of leaf, 356 

 Basidiomycetes, 56 

 Basil, sweet, 679 

 Bassia, 659 

 Bassorin, 223 

 Basswood, 609 

 Bastard cedar, 580 



santal, 580 

 Bauhinia, 575 

 Bayberry, 212, 508 

 Bay oil, 632 



rum, 632 



Beale's carmine solution, 760 

 Bean, 576 



buck, 452 



garden, 576 



Indian, 440 



Japanese soy, 576 



kidney, 455 



lima, 199 



pichury, 453 



protein in, 199 



Sacred, 453 



sea, 575 



Bearberry, 436, 461, 651 

 Beard grass, 436 

 Bearwort, 452 

 Beauty, meadow, 634 

 Bebeeru, 453, 546 

 Bedstraw, 446, 697, 704 



yellow, 704 

 Beeberine, 546 

 Beech, 445, 510 



American, 512 



drops, 696 

 false, 644 



nut, protein in, 199 



purple, 178 



red, 512 



Beer manufacture, 515 

 Beet, 438, 527 



garden, protein in, 199 

 sugar in, 156 



sugar, 527 



proteins in, 199 

 sugar in, 156 

 Beggiatoa, 14 

 Begonia, 624 



hairs in, 282 

 Begoniaceae, 624 

 Belladonna, 438, 683, 740 



hairs of, 284 



lily, 435 



root, cross section of, 318 

 Bell-flower family, 710 

 Bellwort, 485 

 Benedictus-a-um, 438 

 Bengal quince, 434 

 Benne oil, 691 

 Benzaldehyde, 234 

 Benzoinum, 438, 660 



Benzo-quinhydrone, 179 

 Benzoquinone, 179 

 Benz-pyrrol, 180 

 Berberidaceae, 537 

 Berbcrine, 162, 180 

 Berberis, 438, 537 

 Bergamia, 584 

 Bergamot, 679 



oil. 584 



wild, 679 

 Berry, 410 



partridge, 452 

 Bertholletia, 629 

 Beta, 438, 527 



stomata on leaves, 367 

 Betel, 508 



leaves, 506 



nut, 436, 473 



palm, 476 

 Betonica, 438 

 Betony, 438 

 Betula, 438, 510 



cross-section of wood, 346 

 Betulaceae, 510 

 Betulase, 243 

 Betulinus-a-um, 438 

 Bezoars, vegetable, 577 

 Bhang, 516 

 Bicollateral mestome 



strands, 341 

 Bicuculla, 550, 551 

 Bidens, 438 

 Biennial herb, 330 

 Biennis-e, 438 

 Bifacial leaves, 349, 366 

 Biflorus-a-um, 438 

 Bigardia oil, 584 

 Bignonia, 438 

 Bignoniacese, 691 

 Bilabiate, 386 

 Bilberry, 654, 655 

 Bind weed, 442 

 Birch, 438, 510 



family, 510 



white, cross-section of 



wood, 346 

 Bird food, 696 . 

 Bird-lime, 518 

 Birthroot, 461 

 Birthwort, 436 



family, 519 

 Bisectrix, 775 

 Bishop's cap, 452 

 Bismarck brown, as staining 



agent, 757 

 Bistorta, 438, 527 

 Bitter sweet, 444, 684 

 Bixa, 621 

 Bixaceae, 621 

 Bixin, 622 

 Blackberry, 458 



bush, 563 



low, 563 



sand, 563 



sugar in, 156 



Black catechu, 569 



haw, 462, 704 



hellebore, 537 

 Bladder-wrack, 28 

 Blade, 348 

 Blakea, 634 

 Blazing star, 449 

 Blights, 44 

 Blinding tree. 592 

 Blood orange, 584 



root. 458, 547 



Blueberry, cultivation of 

 656 



dwarf, 653 



early sweet, 653 



high bush, 655 



low, 654 



low-bush, 655 

 Blue flag, larger, 492 



indigo, 574 

 Bluets, 448, 697 

 Bocconia, 550 

 Bcehmeria, 438, 517 



fibers in, 269 

 Bcerhavia, 528 



hairs in, 282 

 Bogbean, 665 

 Bog plants, 480 

 Bogs, sphagnum, 84 

 Bohmer's haemacoxylin so- 

 lution, 760 

 Boletus, 61 

 Bombaceae, 554, 612 

 Bombax, 554, 612 

 Bondicine, 576 

 Boneset, 712 



false, 449 



Borage family, 670 

 Border, 386 

 Bork, 293 



Borneo camphor, 620 

 Borneol, 233, 544, 676 

 Borraginaceae. 670 

 Boswellia, 587 



hairs in, 282 

 Botrychium, 365, 438 

 Bottle, reagent, for sterile 



solutions, 757 

 Bougainvillea, 528 

 Bouncing bet, 530, 531 

 Bower, Virgin's, 441 

 Box tree family, 594 

 Boxwood, 439 

 Brabeium, 518 

 Brachycerus-a-um, 438 

 Bracts, 388, 393, 402 

 Bramble, 458 

 Branches, lateral, 312 

 Brandy, 607 

 Brasiliensis-e, 438 

 Brassica. 438, 552, 553 

 Brauneria, 438, 723, 724 



oil canals in, 224 



phytomelane in, 260 

 Brazilian copal, 574 



