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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1900. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... index. Abbe's illuminating apparatus. See condenser. Abies. See Picea. Abietineae, 371. Absciss layer, 95, 201. Abntilon, cork in, 182. Acacia, compound pollen of, 391.--bastard. See Robinia. Accessory cells (to stomata), 85. Accumbent (of cotyledons), 410. Acer (Maple), autumnal coloration of, 58. Acetic acid, use of, 34, 63, 64, 210, 216, 250, 270, 404. See also Appendix iii. 1 per cent., 250. 2 per cent., 63, 64, 216, 404. 5 per cent., 272, 274. and gentiana violet. See gen-tiana violet. and methyl-green. See methyl-green. as reagent for calcium salts, 63, 64. Achene, 413. Aconitum NapeUua, structure of ovule, 398 (fig. 145). Acorns Calamus, structure of root, 165 (fig. 66). Adonis autumnalis, Adonis iestivalis, red chromatophores of flower, 57. Adventitious shoots, 246. Aecidiomycetes. See Puccinia. jRcidium Berberidis. See Puccinia graminis..Ecidium-cups, 330. Aerating chamber. See. ventilating chamber. Esculin, 202. Aisculus Hippocastanum, fall of leaves, 201; glandular hairs of, 98 (fig. 38): pollen development, 444. Agapanthus umbellatus, development of pollen in, 385; of pollen-tubes, 393. Agar-agar, use of, 283, 292. See also Appendix iii. Agaricus campestrus, structure of, 238 (fig. 94); reproduction, 336 (fig. 120). Agave, epidermis and stomata, 86. Ailanthus glandulosa, leaf-fall in, 203. Air, removal from tissues, 55, 63. See also air-pump.--bubbles, to recognise under the microscope, 15; to remove, 31, 404.--chambers of Marchantia, 234.--passages, of stem, 171.--pores of Marchantia, 236 (fig. 93). See also stomata.--pump, use of, 56. Albumen, 379.--crystals. See protein crystals. Albuminous bodies, reactions for, 29, 34. degrees of solubility, 35. Alburnum, 77. Alcanna tincture, use of, 34, 88, 144, 186. See also Appendix iii. Alcohol, absolute, u...
