INDEX. 



8ii 



Betulaceae, 252 

 Bhang, 255, 635 

 Bichy, 435 

 Bicuculla, 282 

 Bidens, 155 

 Bifacial leaves, 107 

 Bigaradia oil, 307 

 Bignoniacese, 377 

 Bilabiate, 130 

 Bilateral leaves, 108 

 Bilberries, 357 

 Bind weed, great, 366 

 Birch, 252 



family, 252 



sweet, 252 



white, 679 

 Bird food, 378 

 Bird-lime, 259, 322 

 Birthwort family, 260 

 Bisabol, 67s 

 Bissy-bissy nut, 43s 

 Bistorta, 264 

 Bitter principles, 258, 

 312, 326, 340, 360 

 Bittersweet, climbing, 



323 

 Bixa, 338 

 Bixaceae, 338 

 Black cohosh, 268 

 haw, 382, 525 

 mustard, 429 



flour, 743 



ground, 743 

 snakeroot, 268 

 Blackberries, 531 

 Blackberry, high bush, 



288 

 low, 288 

 sand, 288 

 Bladders, 13 

 Blade, leaf, 106, 130 

 Blights, 20 

 Blinding tree, 317 

 Bloodroot, 280, S08 

 Blue flag, 240 

 Blueberries, 357 

 Bluets, 378 

 Bocconia, 282 . 

 Boehmeria, 



188, 257, 258 

 Boerhavia, 265 

 Bohmer's haematoxy- 



lin solution, 802 

 Bolacho, 667 

 Bombacese, 331 

 Bonibax, 284 

 species, 331 



Boneset, 626 



climbing, 390 



purple, 626 

 Borage family, 367 

 Boraginacese, 367 

 Border, 130 

 Bork, 512 

 Borneol, 279, 505 

 Bornyl valerate, 505 

 Boswellia, 311 

 Botrychium, 62, 62, 120 

 Bougainvillea, 132' 265 

 Bouncing bet, 267 

 Box tree, 319 



family, 319 

 Box wood, 461 

 Boxes, cigar, 313 

 Brabeium, 258 

 Bracts, 131 



structure of, 211 

 Brandy, 328 

 Brassica, 283, 284 



nigra, 283, 742 



species, 

 429. 742, 743> 744 

 Brauneria, 400 

 Brayera, 556 

 Brayerin, 557 

 Brazil-nut, 345 



shells, 756 

 Bread, bitter, 386 



Indian, 34 



St. Johns, 300 

 Bread-fruit, 257 

 Bread-stone, 15 

 Bridelia, 317 

 Brier, wild, 289 

 Bromeliaceae, 235 

 Broom, 637 



corn, 230, 790 



green, 294 



Scotch, 294 



Spanish, 637 

 Brooms, 230 

 Brownish powders, 



key, 707 

 Brucamarine, 310 

 Brucea, 310 

 Brucine, 437 

 Bruguiera, 346 

 Bryonia, 387 



powder, 793 



species, 387 



tendrils, 102 

 Bryonidin, 387 

 Bryonin, 387 

 Bryony, 387 



Bryophytes, 45 



economic uses, 55 

 Buchania, 322 

 Buchu, 602 



Karoo, 603 



powder, 719 

 Bucida, 348 

 Buckeye family, 324 



red, 324 

 Buckthorn, alder, 

 326, 521 



berries, 525 



family, 326 

 Buckwheat, 264 



family, 262 



flour, 791 



flower, 141 



hulls, 770 

 Budding, yeast, 23 

 Buds, 100 

 Buffalo berry, 344 

 Bulbs. 106 

 Bundle, fibrovascular, 



201 

 Burdock, 153, 394, 465 

 Bursera, 311, 312 

 Burseraceae, 310 

 Bursine, 284 

 Bush, burning, 323 

 Butea, 656 

 Butter, cacao, 332 



Cay-Cay, 310 



shea, 358 



tree, 436 



vegetable, 358 

 Butter-and-eggs, 376 

 Buttercup, 271 

 Buttercup flower, 133 

 Butternut, 257 



powder, 751 

 Button bush, 382 

 Buttons, 31, 231 

 Buxacese, 319 

 Buxine, 461 

 Buxus, 279, 319, 461 

 Bytteria, 546 



Cabbage, 284 

 Cacao butter, 332 

 substitute, 331 



powder, 767 



substitutes, 332 

 Cacao-red, 332 

 Cactaceas, 342 

 Cacti, 342, 410 

 Cactus family, 342 

 Cadinene, 679 



