460 
western France, 271; proportion of yield- 
ed by different kinds of woods, 207- 
247; volatilization of in the preparation 
of charcoal, 249. 
BAKEWELL, Robert, his improvements of 
stock, 288. 
Bark of trees, contains much ashes, 250. 
Barley, composition of, 36, 376; field ex- 
periments with, 84, 103, 116, 301; ger- 
minates at the temperature of freezing 
water, 52; successful growth of in coal 
ashes, 53. 
Barley crop, amounts of fertilizers taken 
off the land by, 116. 
Barley straw, composition of, 353. 
Basidiomycetes, list of species found near 
Boston, 433. 
Beach pea, analysis of hay made from, 
348 ; is eaten by horses, 349; has long 
and vigorous roots, 349; the question 
whether it would repay cultivation, 349. 
Bean-crop, amounts of fertilizers taken off 
the land by, 116 ; excellent, obtained by 
use of mixed fertilizers, 126. 
Beans, field experiments with, 85, 103, 
116, 302; as food for animals, 367. 
Beet-root cake, composition of, 376 ; pres- 
ervation of, as sour fodder, 372. 
Berkshire sand, culture experiments in, 
63, 262. 
Birch-tree, a fungus of the, 411. 
Bird cherry-tree, is subject to the black 
knot, 451; should be destroyed as a 
pest, 453. 
Black earth of Russia, 267, 271. 
Black fungus on olive and orange trees, 
404. 
Black grass, analyses of hay from, 341, 
342, 357; analysis of seeds from, 343. 
Black knot of plum and cherry trees, 440 ; 
anatomy of, 445; is attacked by the 
eurculio and other insects, 442, 446 ; is 
caused by the fugpgus Spheria morbosa 
(which see), 447; description of, 440; 
favors increase of the curculio, 447; 
gummy secretion from, 445; is not 
caused by insects, 445, 449 ; is not found 
on some kinds of cherry-trees, 450; is 
often covered with a pink mould, 445 ; 
revention of, 440, 452; seriously in- 
jures pon and cherry trees, 440; is 
of slightly different aspect on plum and 
cherry trees, 444, 446; speculations of 
agricultural writers as to its cause, 448; 
texture of, 446; treatment of the dis- 
ease, 452, 453; is unknown in Europe, 
453. 
Blood, analysis of dried, 14. 
Blood flour, analysis of, 14. 
Blood, bone, and meat-dust fertilizer, anal- 
vses of, 15. 
Blue mould that grows upon food, figure 
of, 333. 
Bobierre, his analyses of leached ashes, 
205. ; 
Bog hay, analyses of, 339, 344; fodder 
value of, 360; popular estimate of its 
BULLETIN OF THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 
fodder value, 357: should be mown - 
early in the season, 347. 
Bone-ash, price of, 17; used for making 
superphosphate, 178, 190. 
Bone-black, analyses of, 13; is better 
than bones for making superphosphate, 
189, 190; should be composted with 
peat, 313; is much used as a manure 
in France, 269. 
Bone-meal, analyses of 13, 18; as cattle 
food, 39; field experiments with, 84, 
107, 119, 301; is ordinarily useless on 
dry “drift ’’ soil in New England, 94 ; 
price of, 17. 
Botrytis cana (of Schweinitz) same as 
Peronospura Viticola, 423. 
Botrytis viticola, see Peronospora viti- 
cola, 423. 
Boussingault, his experiments on the ni- 
trogen of garden soil, 252, 262, 263, 265, 
278. 
Brain, exact situation of the, in animals, 
43. 
Bran (of wheat), analyses of, 25, 27 ; aver- 
age composition of, 35, 36; as cattle- 
food, 25, 36, 38, 39; composition of, 
contrasted with that of oats, barley, 
maize, hay, etc., 36; European sam- 
ples contain less flour than American, 
32; as human food, 37; is liable to 
spoil by keeping, 34; table of analyses 
of European samples, 31. 
Bran products, amount of, used in vicinity 
of Boston, 88; proportion of, to fine 
flour obtained by piles 29. 
Bread-mould, figure of, 333. 
Breathing pores of leaves, 320. 
Brewers’ grains, composition of, 36 ; much 
used in vicinity of Boston, 38. 
Brush-burning, is hurtful, 169. 
Buckwheat, growth of, in coal-ashes, 52, 
in sands, 61, 256, in mixtures of sands 
and loam, 257, in peat and coal-ashes, 
254-257 ; is well suited for experiments 
by the method of sand culture, 52. 
Buckwheat bran, as food for swine, 368 ; 
is rich in albuminoids, 368, note. 
Buckwheat seeds, mean weight of, 55. 
Bull, Marcus, his experiments on the 
weight, per cord, of different kinds of 
woods, 206. 
Burnett, Dr. Joel, asserts that the black 
knot is due to a fungus, 448. 
Bussey, Benjamin, extracts from his will, 
1 
Bussey Institution, officers of, 6; organi- 
zation of, 5, 6. 
Buttercups, analyses of hay made from, 
348 ; lose their acrid juices in drying, 
349. 
CABBAGE, white mould upon the, 329. 
Cabbage-stumps, composition of, 376. 
Californian olive and orange-tree disease, 
404; is probably due, primarily, to an 
insect, 412, 413. 
Calves, slaughtering of, 46. 
Capnodium Citri (orange fungus), is identi- 
cal with Fumago salicina, 410. 
