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INDEX 



Cactus, storage of water in, 334. 



soil needed by, 108. 

 California, University of, 445,* 452. 

 Callitriche, air-spaces, 333.* 

 Callus, 249, 263. 

 Calorie defined, 174. 

 Calyx, 288.* 



work of. 287, 288. 

 Cambium, 227,* 2;{2,* 236.* 246-248. 

 Cambium-ring, 246. 

 Canada, forests of, 356. 

 Canal banks protected by plants, 277. 

 Cane, Sugar, protection of, ugainst drying, 



333, 334.* 

 Cane-sugar, 165. 



Canna, protection of, against drying, 2]::. 

 Canna hybrids, 428. 

 Canning. 386. 



Capillary action of soil, 116. 

 Caprification of Fig, 310. 311. 

 Carbohydrates. See Starch and Sugar. 

 Carbon, energy from. 173. 

 Carbon dioxide, absorption of, by chloro- 

 phyU, 202. 



leaf, 200. 



— apparatus for supplying to aquaria, 



28;^.* 284,* 285.* 



— as constituent of starch. 180. 



— as measure of energy set free, 174, 



— as plant-food, 139. 



— decomposed by leaf, 191,* 192.* 193,^ 



194. 195. 



— generation of, 284.* 



— in air, 187, 194. 



— measurement of, 34,* 17."). 



— produced by leaves, 194, 195. 

 Moulds, 394. 



— root, 141, 142, 143,* 144. 



— seeds. 6, 33, 34,* 35. 



Yeast, 390. 



— role of, in respiration, 175. 



— supply of, affects starcii formation. 



193.* 



— unites with water to form starch, 187, 



193. 202. 

 See, also,Acid, Carbonic, and Respiration. 

 Carbonate of lime. See Lime fiirhoiiali-. 

 Carbonic acid. See Aoid. Carbonic. 

 Carex. See Sedge. 



Carrot, contraction of root, 87. 

 for artificial root-hair, 122. 

 storage of food in, 260, 313. 

 sugar in. 122. 

 Caruncle, 2. 



function of. 29. 

 Carya. See Hickory, Pecan. 

 Casein, 172, 377. 

 Castanea. See Chestnut, 

 Castor-bean, 1, 2.* 

 absorption of water by, 7, 2!!. 

 air reservoir of seed of, 42. 

 cross-pollination of, 302. 

 caruncle of, retains water, 29. 

 endosperm of, function of, 179. 

 getting above ground of, 72.* 

 lipase in, 170. 171. 

 micropyle of, 9. 

 protection of pollen by, 295. 

 resting period of seed of, 44. 

 seed-cover of. 8. 

 seed of, structure of, 29. 

 seed leaf of, function of, 17S, 17i), 1S5, 



186.* 

 self- vs. cross- pollination of, .'102. 

 Oauliele, 1,* 2,* 3,* 4.* 

 direction of growth of, 59. 

 pocket around, 20,* 58.* 

 Celery, bleaching of, 346. 

 Cell, antipodal, 291.* 

 bast-, 120,* 198,* 199,* 224,* 22.->, 226, 227,* 



231,* 232,* 233, 236,* 254-257. 

 cambium. 227.* 231,* 2:i2,* 23G,* 246-248. 

 chlorophyll granules in, 19S,* 199,* 200, 



201,* 202. 

 coUenchyma, 268.* 

 crystals in, 232,* 254. 

 division of, 227,* 2;i2,* 23G,* 246. :in2.* 371. 



390.* 

 egg-, 290, 291.* 

 epidermal, 198,* l!)'.i,* :i;m,* :i:;,"..* :i:i(;,-^ 



337,* 338.* 340.* :;44,* 345.* 

 guard-. 198,* 199,* 200, 20S,* 20i),* 210,* 



211,* :t30,* 337.* :uo.* 344,* :;45.^= 

 hair-, :i24,* 335.* 337.* 

 in relation to growtli, 64, O.'i.* f.(i-(iS. 

 isolation of. 235. 



nucleus of, 65.* GO. 290, 291,* 311. 

 osmosis in, 04, 123, 124. 208. 209. 



