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IKDEX. 



Manures, effects of... 20, 73,100, 107, 108 



fann-yafd 106, 118 



mineral 100 



with ammonia 103 



nitrate 105 



nitrate of soda 102 



potash 18 



disuse of 106 



substitution of 107 



superphosphate . . 101 



with ammonia .... 103 



Manuring, principles of 19 



Maturation 78, 80 



Meristem 47 



Molecules 10 



Movements 51, 56 



of leaves 55 



of protoplasm . . 51 



of seedlings 55 



of stems 53 



of the roots 52 



NITRATES 17 



of soda 102 



Ni trogen 17 



loss of 118 



Nucleus 12 



OBJECTS of cultivation 119 



Onions 39, ISO 



Osmosis 10 



Oxygen in soil 25 



Inhalation of 31 



Ovule 84 



PARASITES 33 



Pasture plants 91 



grown without manure. 98 



Perennials 39 



Perisperm 75 



Petals 83 



Petiole 27 



Phosphorus 18 



Pistil 84 



Pith 49 



Plants, carnivorous 33 



climbing 66 



Plant food. 16 



Pollen, action of 84 



transport of 84 



Potash salts 18,10,106 



Potatoes 20, 39, 82, 121, 112, 119 



Protoplasm, decay of 125 



its nature 12 



movement of 51 



RADICLE . . 53, 60, 75 



Reserve materials, transport of... .75, 77 



Ripening. See Maturation 



Root 22,24 



action of contact on 59 



gravity on 56 



light and heat on 57 



moisture on 58 



cap 22 



crops Ill 



fibrils 24 



functions of 24 



growth of 47 



hairs 24 



movements of 52 



nature and origin of 23 



passage through soil 60 



Root stock 38 



Rothamsted, pasture at 91 



experiments 18, 19, 21, 35, 78, 109, 121 



Rotation 90, 120 



Runners 38 



SALT 118 



Salts 16 



Sap 41 



Seeds 116 



change of 123 



Seed crops 116 



Selection 73 



power of, by roots 20 



Sensitiveness, 56 



Silica 15 



Sodium, chloride 107, 118 



Stamens 84 



Starch 18, 31, 75, 77 



Starvation 127 



Stem 38 



action of contact on . . 69 



gravity on 67 



heat on 69 



light on 68 



moisture on 61 



growth of. 48 



nature of 38 



uses of 41 



work of 38 



Stigma 84 



Stipules 27 



Stomata 27 



Straw 116, 118 



Struggle for life 100 



Style.' 84 



Suffocation 27 



Sugar 1 76 



Sulphur ,18 



TEMPERATURE, effects of (See Heat).. 



Tillering 40,82 



Timber 115 



Transpiration 35 



Transport 75 



Tubers 39,82,112 



Turgescence 45, 51 



Turnips 102, 119 



Twitch 38 



VARIATION 73 



Vegetation, alternate 121 



gregarious 90 



Vessels 27 



WATER 10 



absorption of 29 



diffusion of 11 



importance of 16 



ingress of. 11 



supply of 10 



transpiration 35 



Weeds 93.97 



list of pasture 93 



Wheat, composition of 15 



embryo 74 



laid 54 



pedigree 74 



produce of 119 



ripening , 28 



Wood...? 48 



cells 48 



Btructureof 48 



