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INDEX. 



Page. 



Cavara, contribution to plant bacteriology 8 



Cavities, produced by bacteria 4, 77 



Celluloses, Cross and Sevan's work 86 



Cell-wall, 



composition 86 



solution by bacteria 76, 77 



Cellulase 88 



Cellulose, solution of 76 



Chamberland, on bacteria in plants, supposed normal 



occurrence 23 



Charlock, black-rot of 300 



(See black-rot of cruciferous plants.) 

 Charrin, 



Bacterium pyocyaneum, plant inoculations with. 177 

 Mai nero, organism isolated from, pathogenic to 



animals 181 



Chemical treatment of soils 190 



Cherry-blight, Aderhold's, tissues attacked 69 



Chester, 



bacterial diseases of plants, views on 19 



the effect of copper salts on Vitis 201 



Chick, H., disinfectants, standardization of 194 



Cholera vibrio, dissemination by plants 1 85 



Chondrioderma diflforme, symbiosis with Bacillus 



luteus 169 



Chondromyces glomeratus, description 168 



Chromic acid, germination of corn 199 



Chromogenic bacteria, in cultures of Myxomycetes . 1 72 



Chromosomes, changes due to parasitic attack 93 



Clauditz, typhoid bacillus, plant inoculations with . . 1 80 

 Clautriau, on Nepenthes, 



absorption experiments 152 



digestion in the pitchers of 151 



Clostridium butyricum 12 



Coconut budrot 67, 68, 70 



Bacillus coli 179 



tissues attacked 69 



Cohn, root-nodules, soy bean 115 



Comes, 



bacterial diseases of plants, views on 12 



contribution to plant bacteriology 8 



Conn, bacterial diseases of plants, views on 18 



Cook's asepso soap 193 



Copper chloride, germination of corn 199 



Copper nitrate, germination of oats 1 98, 1 99 



Copper salts, effect on growing plants 201 



Copper sulphate solution, germicide for dormant 



plants 201 



Copper sulphate water, germicidal properties ... 198, 200 



Coreus tristis 215 



Cork, protection against bacteria 29, 90 



Com, 



surface sterilization of kernels 196 



surface flora 31 



sweet, resistant varieties 95 



Stewart's disease, 



(See Bact. stewarti and Stewart's disease of sweet 

 corn.) 



Cotton, angular leaf-spot, stomatal infection 62 



Craig, varieties susceptible to pear-blight 95 



Cranefield, germicidal treatment of seeds 200 



Cross, celluloses 86 



Cross-breeding for resistance 95 



Cross-inoculations, 



plant and animal parasites 174 



literature 187 



Crown-gall, 



(See also Bacterium tumefaciens.) 



atrophy g2 



bacteria in the tissues 6, 70, 74 



chromosomes 93 



double nuclei g3 



duration of disease 67 



dwarfing 92 



enlargement of nucleus 92 



Pagb. 



Crown-gall-^continued. 



penetration of cell- walls by bacteria 77 



resemblance to animal tumors 74 



saprophytes in 32 



scarcity of bacteria in tissues 73 



secondary tumors 71 



secondary tumors, origin of 73 



secondary tumors, structure of 72 



staining bacteria in situ 72 



stimulus causing hyperplasia 90 



sugar-beets, rate of growth 74 



tissue first affected 91 



tumor development, mechanism 73 



tumor strand 72 



tumor strand, bacteria in 73 



tumor strand, development 73 



on wounded end of cuttings 190 



Cruciferous plants, black-rot 300 



(See black-rot of cruciferous plants.) 



Cryptococcus glutinis 164 



Cryptogams, bacterial symbiosis in 155 



Cucumber, tyloses 91 



Cucumber wilt, 



(See cucurbit wilt.) 



Cucurbit wilt 209 



(See also B. tracheiphilus.) 



cavities in 286 



conditions favoring 216, 280 



control 279, 282, 295 



duration of disease 67 



effect of water on 284 



eradication by pruning 279, 296 



etiology 212 



field observations 282 



final outcome 68 



geographical distribution 209 



history 298 



host plants 209 



infection through leaf surface 285 



inoculations, 



(See B. tracheiphilus.) 



insects, transmission by 40, igo, 210, 215, 219, 



224, 233, 255, 281, 282, 284, 298 



literature 299 



morbid anatomy 285 



parasite, description of 286 



pecuniary losses 297 



progress of disease 243, 280, 296 



reaction of host 90I 286 



resistant varieties '297 



secondary wilt 280 



signs of disease 211 



squash bugs, inoculation experiment 233 



stomatal infection 226 



susceptible varieties . . . . 284 



tissues attacked .6q, 285 



treatment . 



• • 29s 



Cutocelluloses .......'. 86 



Cyllin 



193 



Cytase 88 



Dabney, effect of carbon bisulphide on germination 



of seeds 202 



Dadap trees, Janse's disease, rissues attacked. . . . . . 70 



Daisy knot, 



(See crown-gall and Bact. tumefaciens.) 



Darwin, insectivorous nature of Pinguicula. . . 147 



Davaine, 



contribution to plant bacteriology 9 



solvent action of bacteria on cell- walls. . . .'. 77 



Dawson, Maria, nodules of Leguminosae .. . , '90109 



De Bary ' 



bacterial diseases of plants, views on jo 



Deerr, kefir ' ' ' j ,g 



Delacroix, 



bacterial diseases of plants, views on 18 



