BULLETIN OF THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 
373, 377; reply to criticisms of the 
foregoing papers, 382; on the 
basket-willow, 429. 
Holcus lanatus, the awn of the grow- 
ing plant is straight, 337. 
Hogs, when pastured, eat many grubs, 
worms, slugs, etc., 155. 
Hoof of the horse, care of, 2. 
Hoops for barrels, 434. 
Horse, shoeing of, 1. 
Horseshoe-crab, analyses of shell of, 
178, 188. 
Horse-tail or scouring-rush, analyses 
of, 166; may be harmful, 169. 
Humate of potash, a useful fertilizer, 
372. 
Hybridization of lilies, 161. 
Hydrochloric acid, action of, 
woods, 440 et seq. 
Hydrolysis of cotton, 454, and of 
woods, 437 et seq. 
on 
InDIAN-MEAL, feeding value of, 138 
et seq. 
Ivory nut, chemical composition of, 
389, 392, 393, 395. 
KERNELS of apricots, dates, peaches, 
and plums, chemical composition 
of, see Apricot, ete. 
King-crab, analyses of shell of, 188. 
Lamps’ quarters, analyses of, 127. 
Lange’s method of estimating cellu- 
lose, 404. 
Lathyris maritimus, or Beach-pea, 
eaten as greens, 115. 
Leather, has little or no value as a 
fertilizer, 70; roasted, fertilizing 
value of, 58, 67. 
Leaves, chemical composition of, 47. 
Leontodon taraxacum, analyses of, 
115. 
Lignic acids (of Lange), 408, 410. 
Lilies, hybridization of, 161. ~ 
Lilium Parkmanni, 162. 
Lime, may become soluble in granitic 
soils that are dry, 195. 
Loam, calcined, experiments with, 
301. 
Lobster, composition of shell of, 176. 
Logwood, spent, analyses of, 27; 
ashes of, 28. 
Lorain, John, his observations on 
the agglutinative power of wood- 
ashes, 345. 
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471 
MaPLe-woop, chemical composition 
of, 389, 392, 895, 403, 440; pro- 
ducts from acid hydrolysis of, 439, 
440, 445. 
Meadow soft-grass has a straight 
awn, 337. 
Mice eat painters’ putty and other 
oily pigments, 264. 
Milk-weed, analyses of young shoots 
of, 255. 
Mithridates, electuary of, 274. 
Morse, E. W., his observations on 
starch in woods, 443; on a fungus 
on willow-roots, 436. 
Mould, vegetable, nitrogen of, as 
plant-food, 280. 
Muds, analyses of those from deep- 
sea bottoms, 21. 
Mussel-bed, as a fertilizer, 185 note. 
Mussel-shells, analyses of, 176. 
NETTLE-sHOOTS, analyses of, 118. 
Nitrate of potash, may sometimes be 
used as a fertilizer in spite of its 
cost, 371. 
Nitrogen of vegetable mould as plant- 
food, 280. 
Nutrition of animals, 137. 
OatT-GRAss, see Danthonia 
Oidium Tuckeri, 109. 
Oil, eaten by mice and rats, 264. 
Onion smut, 114. 
Osiers, cultivation, preparation and. 
uses of, 429, 434. 
Oyster-shells, analyses of, 176. 
Pais, seeds of, are eaten by ani-- 
mals, 398. 
Parkman, Francis, his experiments 
on the hybridization of lilies, 161. 
Paper-pulp, from wood, contains pen- 
tosans, 403. 
Parthenogenesis in lilies(?), 165. 
Pasture-grass, feeding value of, 141. 
Pea-vines, feeding value of, 151. 
Peach-stones, chemical composition 
of, 392, 393, 395, 403, 410. 
Peat, composted with alkalies, 353. 
Pentosans in woods, etc., 387, 392, 
396, 399, 409 et seq. ; are not readily 
digestible, 397. 
Peronospera viticola, or grapevine 
mildew, 108. 
Phalaris arundinacea, analyses of, 
130. 
