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INDEX. 



I'AOK 



Dentate, toothed. 



Deyeuxia Canadensis. 1 ' 9 



Diadelphous, filaments combin- 

 ing in two sets. 

 Digitately, palmately. fingered. 

 Dia>cious, unisexual, the two 

 sexes borne on different 



plants '^^ 



DistichUs, in Pacific slope H;5 



Distichous, placed in two verti- 

 cal rows - !^<J, 64 



Distribution of seeds 100, 101 



Dock, narrow, Rumex 5',>:i 



Dodder - - - ~-l 



Dodge, J. R., most valuable 



wild grasses ^'^ 



Need of new grasses--- ;5()1 



Dog-grass - !*• ' 



Dolichos --- - - =^♦'•1 



Dorsal, on the back of. 3(5 



Downing, A. J. , on lawns 1509 



Drainage, advantages of - - - ~40 



Improves the quality of 



grasses - "" ' 



Drasteria erechtea..- ■^^'' 



Drupes - ^'~ 



Drying grass, effect of - ~-f^ 



Paper ^1 



Duke of Bedford - l*')^ 



Duval- Jouve, on tortion of 



leaves- - '^'* 



Dying seeds - ^''b 



Dysart, Hon. S., on saving s^ed 



of Timothy 1*>6 



Early cultivation of grasses 197 



Eel-grass ^'^ 



Egyptian millet or grass ITl 



Elatera.- ---- ^06 



Elements most useful to plants. 329 

 Elliott, Jared, early cultivation 

 of Timothy an<i Fowl 



Meadow grass 1 ''^ 



Elliptical, oval or oblong ^vith 



regidarlj' rounded ends. 

 El -mus villosus 200 



PAOE 



Embryo, a rudimentary plant 



in the seed ^^ 



Of Indian corn 42 



Emerson, R. W. , on weeds 214 



Endogenous, plants in which the 

 fibro- vascular bundles of the 

 stem are scattered without 



order 64 



Endorhizal - . - 65 



Endosperm, food stored in the 

 seed outside the embryo. 41, 42, 65 



England, grasses sown in 201 



Epicampes, leaf of 22 



Epichtoe 423 



Epidermis 14, 15, 28, 31 



Affected by climate 15 



Of poa prate nsis - - - 15 



Eragrostis, fertilized - 39 



Ergot - 420 



In agrostis 213 



Ericaceaj 62 



Erodium 216 



Ery siphe on grasses 426 



Euphorbia - 223 



Evaporation - -- 27 



Evergreen grass,see Arrhenathe- 



rum. 

 Experiments of J. B. Lawes on 



grass lands - 273 



Experiments, on seeds 208, 210 



Fairy-ring fungi 430 



Falcate 363 



False red-top - 140 



Families of most worth.. 60, 61, 



62, 63, 64 



Farmvard manure on grass 

 lands- 267.269,270 



Fermentation of hay - - - 298 



Fertilization of the flowers of 



clovers 324 



Of grasses.- 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 



Fertilizers, effect of.... 271, 275. 288 



Festuca. 



Arundinacea 131 



Bees on flcvvers 38 



