INDEX 



579 



All numbers refer to pages, heavy type indicating illustrations. 



Atavism, 436 



Airopa Belladonna, Belladonna 



Atropine, 182, 186 



Attar of roses, 150 



Authority, 7 



Avena saliva, Oats 



Awn, 13 



Awnings, 223 



Ax handles, 286 



Axil, 319 



Axile placenta, 355 



Bacillus subtilis, Ray Bacillus 



Bacteria, 492, 511 



Bacleriacew, Rod-germ Family 



Bacterium, 574 



Bacterium aceli, Vinegar Ferment 

 acidi lactici, Milk-souring Bac- 

 terium 



Bagging, 230, 232 



Balls, 245, 277 



Bamboo, 232, 235, 239, 274, 291, 

 387, 420, 421 



Bamhusa vtdgaris, Bamboo 



Banana, 88, 98, 99, 121, 124; 

 pulp, 114 



Banana Family, 397: banana, 98, 

 99; Manila hemp plant, 233 



Banana Order, 597 



Baneberry, 328-356, 334, 335, 404, 

 405 



Barberry Family, 398 



Bark, 252; origin, 254 



Barley, 11, 15, 25, 120, 124, 126, 

 156, 235, 387, 420, 421; com- 

 mon, 21; kernel, 114; range, 26; 

 six-rowed, 22; two-rowed, 22 



Barrels, 263 



Base-ball bats, 245 



Basidiolickenes, Spore-base Li- 

 chens 



Basidiomycetes, ,S p o r e - b a s e 

 Fungi 



Basidium, 502, 503 



Basketry, 223, 235 



Baskets, 241 



Basswood, 263 



Bast fibers, 224, 228 



Bats, 245 



Bayberry Family, 398 



Bayberrv Orrler^ 398 



Bay, Bull, 262 



Bean, 40, 270, 365, 408, 409; kid- 

 ney, 49; Lima, 51 



Beard-lichen Family : beard-lichen, 

 507, 508 



Beard, of grasses, 13 



Bee plants, 303 



Beech, 414, 415; European, 268; 

 wood, 257, 268 



Beech Family, 374, 398, 414, 415; 

 chestnut, 37; cork oak, 277, 

 278; English oak, 258; Euro- 

 pean beech, 268; red oak, 257 



Beech Order, 376, 398, 414, 415 



Beer, 156, 495 



Beet, 43, 52, 53, 120, 124 



Beet-sugar, 102 



Beggar sores, 217 



Beginnings, many, 433 



Belladonna, 186, 187, 208, 382, 

 416, 417 



Bellflower, 384, 418, 419; creeijing, 

 381 



Bellflower Family, 384, 401, 420, 

 421 : creeping bellflower, 381 ; 

 Indian tobacco, 201 



Bellflower Order, 386, 401, 420, 

 421 



Bellflower Series, 386, 397 



Belts, 223 



Bent embryo, 363 



Berberidacece, Barberry Family 



Berry, 351 



Berry-like fruit, 392 



Berlholletia excelsa. Brazil-nut 



Beta vulgaris, Beet 



Belula alba. White Birch 



Betulacew, Birch Family 



Beverage plants, 128 



Biennial, 52, 333 



Bign,oniucc(£, Bignonia Family 



Bignonia Family, 401 



Bilabiate calyx, 366 



BiUiard cues, 245 



Binomial nomenclature, 4 



Binders' boards, 224 



Biological botany, 10 



Birch, 373, 412, 413; oil of, 297; 

 white, 265; wood, 257, 263 



Birch Family, 373, 398, 414, 415; 

 filbert,, 36; white birch, 265 



Bird's ej'e maple, 263 



Bisexual thallus, 514 



