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Index 



asparagus bean, 10. 



beetle, 21. 



botany of, 31. 



discussion of, 19. 



listed, 4. 



miner, 22. 



officinalis, 31. 



pea, 10. 

 Atriplex hortensis, 4, 59. 

 Aiitofirapha hrassicw, 69, 102. 



falcigera, 128. 



Bacillus pTiytophthorus, 204. 



tracJieiphilus, 284. 

 Bacterium campestre, 67. 



lachrymans, 285. 



phaseoli, 236. 

 B<Bumerta Nasturtium, 121. 

 balm, 6, 334. 

 balsam apple, 11, 281. 



pear, 11, 281. 

 bamboo, 3. 



banana, mentioned, 2. 

 Barbarea, listed, 5. 



prcecox, 118. 



verna, 118. 

 barbe-de-capuein, 114. 

 Basella, 4. 

 Basellaeese, 4. 

 basic formula, 383. 

 basil, 6. 



sweet, 334. 

 Batatas edulis, 226. 

 bean, adzuki Metcalfe, moth, 

 mung, rice, urd, 241. 



broad, 242. 



garden, 243. 



horse, 243. 



kidney, 239, 251. 



lima, 247, 252. 



listed, 9, 10. 



multiflora, 246, 252. 



sieva, 247, 252. 



string, 243. 



tepary, 241, 253. 

 beans, botany of, 250. 



discussion of, 235. 



Beattie, James H., cited, 455. 

 Beattie, W. R., quoted, 325. 

 beet, botany of, 169. 



discussion of, 164. 



leaf, 59. 



listed, 4, 8. 

 Benincasa cerifera, 281. 



hispida, 11. 

 Beta Cicla, 170. 



esculenta, 169. 



listed, 4, 8. 



maritima, 170. 



vulgaris, 170. 

 binominal system, 16. 

 ))lack-leg of cabbage, 68. 



of potato, 204. 

 black-rot of cabbage, 67. 

 black salsify, 198. 

 blanching celery, 132. 

 blight of peas, 230. 



of potatoes, 202, 203. 

 blister-beetles, 434. 

 blood, dried, 383. 

 Bluebell Family, 9. 

 bordeaux mixture, 429. 

 borecole, 79. 

 Botrytis cinerea, 101. 



rot of lettuce, 101. 

 bottom-rot of lettuce, 101. 

 Boussingaultia, 4. 

 Boyd, J. G., cited, 14. 

 Brassica acephala, 94. 



a?6a, 61, 98. 



hullata, 94. 



campestris, 95. 



capitata, 94. 



caulorapa, 94. 



communis, 95. 



gemtnifera, 94. 



gongylodes, 94. 



japonica, 61, 97. 



Napohrassica, 95. 



Napus, 96. 



oleracea, 93. 



peliinensis, 91, 96. 



ramosa, 93. 



Rapa, 96. 



