x HOW CROPS GROW. 
TaaxE I.—Composition 6f Fresh or Air-dry Agricult’l Products in 1,000 parts..381 
TasBLe II,—Proximate Composition of Agricultural Plants and Products..... 
TaBiE IV.—Detailed Analyses of Bread Grains. . 
TaBLe V.—Detailed Analyses of Potatoes...... 
TaBLE VI.—Detailed Analyses of Sugar Beets. 
TaBLE VI.—Composition of Fruits... i 
Taxse VII.—Fruits arranged in the Order of their Content : 
TaBe [X.—Fruits arranged in the Order of their Content of Free Ac 
385 
eeeeee 393 
Tae XI.—Fruits arranged according to the proportions between 
TABLE X.—Fruits arranged according to proportions between Acid, Sugar, eon 
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Soluble Matters, etc........ 
TasiE XIL—Proportion of Oil in Seeds. .....ccsccseeece ees inside 
Absorption by the root... .239, 250, 251 
Access of air to:interior of Plant...288 
Acids, Definition of............. 86 
“+ “Test for.. 87 
Acid elements 113 
Adhesion... ne 849 
Agriculture. of.... ae LE 
‘Agricultural products, n 
in 1,000 parts...... .......-....88L 
Agricultural Science, Scope of...... 24 
ee Experiment-Stations of 
Germany........... 4 
Air-passages in plant.... « 289 
Air-roots 
kene .... 
Albumin 
Albuminoids, Characters and com- 
POSTION 25 os ss vieigedicieesmsescawrs 
Albuminoids in animal nutrition. ..104 
as Diffusion of........... 364 
es) in oat-plant....... 211, 215 
rs Mutua! relations of. ..103 
a Proportion of, in vege- 
table products...........-eeeeee 109 
Iburnum............. 282 
Alcohol from saw-dust... Pu) 
Aleurone.............005 ---105 
diswiemiese.s 177, 228 
AlKali-earths............ » 125 
bs “Function of.. «197 
a “ . Metals...... - 125 
Alkali-metals ....... «123 
Alkalies ....... 0. é 86, 124 
“ Test for....... «84 
-  ‘ Function of... 197 
Alkaloids.oscso3. cee dees -110 
Alum, decomposed by diffusion... 364 
Alumina............ 0.08. «129 
Aluminum........... 129 
Ammonia, Carbonate... - 49 
as in plants 108 
ee Salts of....... «137 
h ; 187 
Amyloids.................. . 55 
ee Transformation of. 8 
Anhydrous phosphoric acid ~ 117 
“e silicic acid.... - 120 
ue sulphuric acid 115 
Anther.............. - 292 
Apatite ......... 135 
Apple, Cells of.......... - 223 
+ 894 
‘Arendt, Estimation of s1 
sulphuric acid......... 
Arendt, Study of oat-plant. 
‘¢ “Analysis of oat-pla: 
Argo] a . 88 
«.. 63 
Arsenic in plants... 123, 196 
Art and Science.... .. cee 1 
Artificial fecundation.. ++ +295 
Ash-Ingredients .......... 112, 188 
se “© Excess of.......... 187 
“ we be how dis- 
POCO Clic ceas vex nee aiwegad ne « 189 
Ash-Ingredients, Function of, in 
IAM bee rreiereiass Seiasesioss wateietey vere ate ial 96 
Ash-Ingredients, The indispensable.146 
ee ae State of, in plant...193 
ABH OF PAHS... cavecscesrnrace 30, 111 
ee ‘* Analyses, Tables of.150, 376 
“  ¥* Composition of, nor- 
WA sscsasiciespeciamistewerpsios aiaa,ate's 163 
Ash of plants, Composition of, va- 
Tiations im.........cee000e+ 57, 163 
Ash of oat-crop..............0. 2, 216 
Es Proportions of, Tables..... 139, 145 
variations in. ..143 
Asparagus, Ash-analyses........... 
Assimilation....... 
OMS........... 
Atomic weight. 
Avenin. .... 
Azote... 
pf. 380 
Barley, Ash-analyses. .150, 153, 160, 378 
‘| Proximate analyses..........387 
ee He “  detailed..388 
*  Root-cap Of... -..eceeeaees 236 
‘  Root-hairs of........... : 
Eola a Sola cg ese aa veg 
aryta in plants...... 
Bases, Dednition of. 
Bassorin....... 
Bast-cells.... 
Bast-Tissue. . 
Bayberry tallow 
Bean, Ash-analyses 
** Proximate analy: 
