APPENDIX II 143 



I. If a Bean pod is not available, any leguminose pod 

 resembling it will do. 



II. Beans should be soaked six to twelve hours, until 

 fully swollen out. The larger " colored " Beans are the best 

 ones for study ; but Lima Beans show all parts, especially 

 the plumules, very well. 



4. Strophiole; read Gray's Text-book, p. 308, 596. 

 3, 5, 6, etc. Hilum, Rhaphe, Chalaza, Micropyle ; read Gray's 

 Text-book, p. 305, 588. 



VII. Castor Bean. Read Bastin, Laboratory Exercises 

 in Botany (Philadelphia, 1895, W. B. Saunders), pp. 235- 

 239 (with figures). 



1. The Castor Beans in the market are of two kinds, large 



and small. The larger ones are better. They do 

 not need soaking as a usual thing. 



2. Read Lubbock, Flowers, Fruits, and Leaves, pp. 93-95. 



IX. Read Gray, Elements, p. 21, or Text-book, pp. 



X. Read Gray, Elements, pp. 25, 26, and Text-book, 

 pp. 25, 26. 



Corn should be soaked in warm water at least thirty-six 

 hours, to become well swollen. 



XIII. Read Gray, Elements, p. 24. 



XV. Read Gray, Elements, pp. 23, 24, and Text-book, 

 p. 23. 



" Pine Nuts," of the Pinon or Digger Pines, may be ob- 

 tained from the markets of many western and Californian 

 cities in the autumn, and even from the New York markets 



