The Chemistry of Plant Life

by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

Transcriber's Note

The original spelling and minor inconsistencies in the formatting have been maintained. Obvious misprints were corrected and marked-up. The original text will be displayed as a mouse-over pop-up.

The following words have been variably hyphenated in the original: oxy(-)cumarin, tri(-)saccharides, sugar(-)like, mono(-)saccharides, sea(-)weeds, di(-)sodium, foam(-)like, di(-)basic, aldo(-)hexoses, chromo(-)proteins, galacto(-)octose, gluco(-)octose, keto(-)hexoses, ligno(-)celluloses, manno(-)octose, para(-)pectic, di(-)saccharides, poly(-)saccharides. The variable hyphenation has been retained in this version.

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AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

Charles V. Piper, Consulting Editor

THE CHEMISTRY
OF PLANT LIFE

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THE CHEMISTRY
OF PLANT LIFE

BY

ROSCOE W. THATCHER, M.A., D.Agr.
Dean of the Department of Agriculture
and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Stations.
University of Minnesota
(formerly Professor of Plant Chemistry. University of Minnesota)

First Edition
Second Impression

McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, Inc.
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1921

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Copyright 1921, BY THE

McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, Inc.

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