Botany for Ladies or, A Popular Introduction to the Natural System of Plants, According to the Classification of De Candolle.

CHAPTER IV.

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CRYPTOGAMOUS PLANTS.

These plants are generally described as being without spiral vessels, and consisting only of cellular tissue; but spiral vessels are known to exist in the Ferns, and are said to have been found in the Mosses. Whether this be the case or not, it is evident that the plants included in this division are very different from all that have preceded them, and occupy a lower grade in the scale of vegetable creation. They are divided into two sub-classes: viz. the _Foliaceæ_, or those with leaves, and the _Aphyllæ_, or those without leaves; both of which are without visible flowers, though some have what are called anthers, and the Mosses have something resembling a style and stigma. They may also be said to have no seeds, for the spores, or sporules as they are called, are very different from the seeds of vascular plants, and they have neither cotyledon nor embryo.

SUB-CLASS I. FOLIACEÆ.

ORDER CCXI.—FILICES.—THE FERN TRIBE.

Though some of the Ferns are so common that almost every one must have seen them, very few persons are aware how very curiously they are constructed. In the first place, they may be said to have neither stems nor leaves, and neither flowers nor seeds. The different parts of the plant spring from a rhizoma, and the leaves, which are called fronds, have their veins neither branched nor in parallel lines, but forked. On the back of the leaves are some curious brown spots of various shapes called sori; and these, which generally form under the outer skin or cuticle of the leaf, and which always spring from one of the veins, contain a number of small grains, called the thecæ, which are in reality cases containing the sporules or seeds. When the sorus forms under the cuticle of the leaf, the membranous part raised, which resembles a blister, is called the indusium; but sometimes the sori are naked, that is, they are formed on the outside of the cuticle; and sometimes they are found on the margin of the leaf, which folds over them, and supplies the place of the indusium. The order is generally divided into two sections, called Polypodiaceæ and Osmundaceæ. The first contains those plants which unroll their leaves, when they rise from the stem, and which have their sori either on the back or on the margin of the frond. The thecæ are on stalks, and they are furnished with a ribbed, elastic, articulated but incomplete ring, which seems to serve as a sort of hinge when they burst. This elastic ring is a continuation of the stalk of the theca, which always bursts on the opposite side. The following are the principal genera in this division: Polypody (_Polypodium_), sori without any indusium; Shield Fern (_Aspidium_), Bladder Fern (_Cistopteris_), and Spleenwort (_Asplenium_), all of which have their fronds pinnate or pinnatifid; Maiden Hair (_Adiantum_), Hart’s-tongue (_Scolopendrium_), the frond of which is simple and shaped like a tongue, and the sori oblong; and Brake (_Pteris_), the leaves of which are pinnatifid, with the sori placed round the margin so as to form a continuous line, and the edge of the leaf turned over them. The rhizoma of the Brake is eaten in many countries, and the fronds, when burnt, yield alkali, which is used in making both soap and glass.

The second division Osmundaceæ comprises those Ferns which apparently have flowers; the flowers, however, being merely sori, with the leaves on which they grew shrivelled up round them. The most remarkable of these is the flowering Fern (_Osmunda regalis_); but others are—the Grape Fern or Moonwort (_Botrychium_), a species of which, a native of North America, is called there the Rattle-snake Fern; and the Adder’s Tongue (_Ophiglossum_). The Tree Ferns of New Zealand are magnificent plants. The trunk or stipe rises to the height of forty or fifty feet without a branch, and then terminates in a head of noble fronds, which hang down on every side like a plume of feathers. The wood of these trees when cut across, instead of being in circles like the wood of Dicotyledonous trees, or full of pores like that of the Endogens, is marked with a number of zigzag lines, the traces of the stalks of old fronds which have grown together and formed the stipe.

ORDER CCXII.—LYCOPODINEÆ.—THE CLUB-MOSS TRIBE.

These plants appear to occupy the intermediate space between the Ferns and the Mosses. They have creeping stems, and grow two or three feet high; the erect stems being clothed with imbricated leaves, in the axils of which these are produced. Some of them open into three or four valves, and contain sporules; while others are only two-valved, and contain a kind of powder, which some suppose to be pollen, and others abortive sporules. In some of the species, the thecæ are produced in bracteated spikes, which resemble the young strobiles on a Spruce Fir. The seeds of the common Club-moss (_Lycopodium clavatum_) are used at the theatres to imitate lightning.

ORDER CCXIII.—MARSILEACEÆ.

These are aquatic herbs, the thecæ or receptacles of which are always found in the axils of the leaves near the root. In the genus _Isoetes_ (Quillwort) these are of two kinds, like those of the Club-mosses, the one containing powder, and the other granules; but in Pepper-grass or Pillwort (_Pillularia_), the receptacles are four-celled, and each cell contains both powder and granules. _Marsilea_, from which the order takes its name, is a native of Italy and other parts of the south of Europe, where it grows in the same manner as Duckweed does with us.

ORDER CCXIV.—EQUISETACEÆ.—THE HORSE-TAIL TRIBE.

The thecæ of these well-known plants are contained in terminal cone-like spikes or catkins, from four to eight lying in each scale. The stems are tubular, and articulated with whorls of membranaceous sheaths, and of slender branches, jointed, and sheathed like the stem at every joint. All the species of Equisetum abound in silicious matter, and particularly the Dutch Rush (_E. hyemale_), which is used for polishing both wood and metal. The handsomest species is _E. sylvaticum_.

ORDER CCXV.—CHARACEÆ.

Aquatic herbs, contained in the genera Nitella and Chara, always growing under water, with slender jointed stems, surrounded at the joints by whorls of tubular leaves or branches, which are either membranaceous and transparent, as in _Nitella_; or brittle, and more or less encrusted with carbonate of lime, as in _Chara_, Stonewort. The organs of reproduction are formed in the axils of the branches, and consist of transparent globules, and hard, spiral nuculas, which appear to be formed of twisted leaves, the points of which often form a kind of crest. Young plants are only produced by the nuculas.

ORDER CCXVI.—MUSCI.—THE MOSS TRIBE.

The Mosses have fibrous roots, and slender wiry stems, densely covered with leaves, which are very small, and laid over each other like scales (see _a_ in _fig._ 149). The theca (_g_) is urn-shaped, and it is produced singly; in most cases, on a long, slender, wiry stem, called a seta, which signifies a bristle, but sometimes without any stalk. It always springs from a tuft of leaves, differing both in size and shape from ordinary leaves, which form what is sometimes called the perichætium. Among these may occasionally be seen a few stalks, resembling the Lichen called Cup-moss, which terminates in a kind of cup, and thickened at the base. The cups and upper parts soon die away, and the thicker part left among the leaves swells, and in time rises on a stalk of its own, carrying away one of the leaves with it on its head. This is the theca, and the leaf it carried away, and which resembles an extinguisher, is called the calyptra, and it remains on till the sporules are nearly ripe. When the calyptra falls, the theca is found to be covered with a little lid called the operculum; which also falls off in time, and shows the mouth or stoma of the theca. This mouth is sometimes naked, and sometimes covered with a kind of film; but generally it is surrounded by a row of long, slender, hair-like teeth called the peristome or fringe. When there are two rows of these hair-like teeth, the inner ones, which are finer than the others, are called the cilia; and the number of both the cilia and the teeth is always some number that can be divided by four. In the cavity of the theca is a central axis called the columella, and around that are found the sporules, kept together by the lining of the theca, which forms a kind of open bag. This is the usual construction of all the numerous genera of mosses; but in some kinds, as for example in the Hair-moss (_Polytrichium_), in addition to the theca, a number of granules are found among the leaves, which are said to be capable of producing young plants.

ORDER CCXVII.—HEPATICÆ.

These plants greatly resemble Mosses in their appearance, but they differ in their construction. The theca has no lid, but bursts into valves; and it generally contains not only sporules, but tubes formed of curiously twisted threads, called elaters. Jungermannia and Marchantia have a calyptra, which the other genera are without; and in Jungermannia the theca has a sort of sheath, which is sometimes called the calyx. There are also stalked granules called anthers, and warts which form on the leaves, and break up into a kind of sporules.

SUB-CLASS II.—APHYLLEÆ.

ORDER CCXVIII.—LICHENES.

Though these plants are said to have no leaves, they consist almost entirely of a kind of leafy stem, called a frond or thallus, the branches of which are called podetia (see _a_ in _figs._ 150, 151, and 152). The spores or sporules are produced in what are called shields (_b_ in _figs._ 149, 150, and 151), which are generally embedded in the thallus, and which, when they are cup-shaped (as in _fig._ 150), are called scyphæ, and when flat (as in _fig._ 151), apothecia. The sporules, which are very numerous, are inclosed in receptacles of various forms, which are embedded in the shields. Some of the commonest lichens are _Usnea florida_ (_fig._ 150), and _Ramalina fastigiata_ (_fig._ 151), both of which are found on old oaks, and are generally called grey moss; and _Cornicularia heteromalla_ (_fig._ 152) is a brown mossy-looking lichen, often found on the bark. Other more interesting lichens are—the Iceland-moss (_Cetraria islandica_), the Reindeer-moss (_Cenomyce_, or _Cladonia rangiferina_), the Cup-moss (_Cenomyce pyxidata_), and the Orchil (_Rocella tinctoria_).

ORDER CCXIX.—FUNGI.

The Fungi are divided into several distinct sections; the most important of which may be called the Mushroom tribe. The largest genus in this division is Agaricus, and the plants belonging to it consist of a stipe, or stalk (_c_ in _fig._ 149), surmounted by the pileus or cap (_d_). When the mushroom first appears, the stalk is covered by a thin membrane, called the veil (_e_), which unites the cap to the lower part; but as the mushroom grows, this veil is rent asunder, and it either entirely disappears, or only a small part of it remains round the stalk, which is called the annulus or ring. Under the cap are the gills or lamellæ, which are of a dark reddish brown; and attached to these are the thecæ, containing the sporules or seed. In the common Mushroom (_Agaricus campestre_), and all the eatable kinds, the gills are pink when the veil breaks, which it does very soon, and they become afterwards nearly black; but in all the poisonous kinds, the veil is longer before it breaks, and when it does so, the gills are pale, and frequently nearly white, without becoming darker; the smell is also quite different. The Mushroom tribe, which includes all the Fungi that carry their sporules in the part above the stem, is divided into two sections, viz., those with caps, like the Mushroom, and those which are slender and entire, but club-shaped in the upper part, like _Clavaria helvola_, a fungus often found in meadows, which resembles the stamen of an orange-lily.

The Morel tribe includes those Fungi which have their sporules in the stipe, and it is in two divisions; the first of which includes those which, like the Morel (_Morchella esculenta_), have a pileus, or cap, like a mitre; and the second, those which have the pileus curving upwards, like a cup, as in Peziza. A third tribe includes those which, like Tremella, are of a jelly-like substance; and in a similar manner all the numerous genera are arranged. Among these the most remarkable are the Truffle (_Tuber cibarium_), which is found buried in the earth, and the curious Fungi called Blight and Mildew, which belong to several different genera, and which appear on the leaves and fruit of other plants.

ORDER CCXX.—ALGÆ.

The Sea-weeds are placed on the extreme verge of the vegetable kingdom; and indeed some of them seem almost to partake of the nature of zoophytes. They can live only where there is abundance of moisture, and many of them, such as the different kinds of Fucus, inhabit the sea; by the waves of which they are torn up from their native beds, and washed on shore by the tides. Others are found in the form of Confervæ, or green slime, on the surface of stagnant ponds, or on damp stone or gravel-walks; and others appear to form one of the connecting links between vegetable and animal life, as the joints in which they are produced possess the power of separating from each other, and in their divided state so closely resemble animals, as to puzzle naturalists to know where to place them. The Algæ are divided by botanists into three classes; viz., the jointless, the jointed, and the disjointed. The jointless Algæ are by far the most numerous; and they comprehend all those broad flat jelly-like substances which are called by the popular names of tangle and dulse on the coast, and which are frequently eaten. To this division belong the kinds of sea-weed that are used for making kelp; those from which iodine is procured; those forming the celebrated Chinese birds’ nests; those sold in the oil-shops under the name of laver; and those used by farmers as manure. The jointed Algæ are very inferior in the scale of creation to the first division; but the Confervæ (see _f_ in _fig._ 149) are well known, from the rapidity with which they form a thick green slime, by adhering together on the surface of ditches and cisterns, and in short, wherever there is stagnant water exposed to the open air. The disjointed Algæ are generally found among the Confervæ; but they are so small, and insignificant in appearance, as, in most cases, entirely to escape notice.

INDEX.

A.

Abele Tree, 185

Abies, 212

Acacia, 35, 41

Acanthaceæ, 415

Acer, 315

Achenium, 98

Achimenes, 412

Achras Sapota, 399

Acorus Calamus, 455

Acotyledonous Plants, 234, 236, 238

Actinocarpus, 437

Adansonia, 300

Adenophora, 394

Adiantum, 462

Adnate anther (_fig._ 4), 12

Æschynanthus, 412

Æsculus (_figs._ 127-132), 323

African Lily, 447

Agapanthus, ib.

Agaricus, 470

Agave, 451

Agrostemma, 293

Ailantus, 341

Ajuga, 414

Alangium, 357

Alaternus, 345

Albuca, 449

Albumen, 233

Alburnum, 235

Alchemilla, 74

Alder, 189

Alexandrian Laurel, 448

Algæ (Sea-weed), 37, 471

Alisma, 436

Allamanda, 402

Alligator Pear, 424

Allium, 449

Almond, 60

Aloe, 447

Alonsoa, 412

Aloysia, 415

Alstrœmeria, 446

Althæa, 299

Althæa frutex, 296

Amarantus, 420

Amaryllidaceæ, 446

Amaryllis, ib.

Amelanchier, 73

American Allspice, 351

American Cotton Tree, 203

American Cowslip, 417

American Honeysuckle, 127

Ampelopsis, 331

Amphicoma, 412

Anacardium, 348

Anagallis, 417

Anchusa, 409

Andromeda, 115

Androsæmum, 312

Anemone, 19

Anigozanthos, 445

Aniseed Tree, 241

Anona, 245

Anther, 6

Anthocercis, 156

Antiaris (_fig._ 75), 167

Antidesmeæ, 431

Apocyneæ, 402

Aponogeton, 455

Apothecia, 469

Apple (_fig._ 27), 65

Apple Berry of Australia, 287

Apricot, 62

Aquilarinaæ, 347

Aralia, 380

Araucaria, 219

Arbor Vitæ (_fig._ 99), 220

Arbre à perruques, 349

Arbutus (_fig._ 55), 118

Ardisia, 399

Argania, ib.

Argemone, 265

Aristolochia, 428

Aristotelia Macqui, 346

Armeria, 418

Arnotta, 275

Aronia, 68

Arrow-grass, 438

Arrowhead, 437

Artichoke, 103

Articulated, 44, 53

Artocarpus, 163

Arum Tribe, 454

Asarum, 428

Asclepiadeæ, 403

Asclepias, ib.

Ash, 138

Ash-leaved Berberry, 251

Asimina, 246

Asparagus, 449

Aspen, 186

Asphodeleæ, 449

Asphodelus, ib.

Aspidium, 462

Asplenium, ib.

Aster, 107

Astrapæa Wallichii, 301

Atragenè, 24

Atropa Belladonna (_fig._ 69), 146

Aubergine, 143

Aucuba, 381, 386

Aurantiaceæ, 307

Avena, 459

Avicennia, 415

Ayrshire Rose, 52

Azalea, 125

B.

Babiana, 443

Balm of Gilead, 347

Balsam, 338

Balsam Apple, 361

Balsam Poplar, 187

Bamboo, 459

Bambusa, ib.

Banana, 442

Banisteria, 315

Banksia, 425

Banyan Tree, 173

Baobab, 299

Barbadoes Cherry, 314

Barbadoes Flower Fence (_fig._ 18), 35, 45

Barbadoes Gooseberry, 371

Barley, 458

Bartonia, 362

Batatas, 408

Batchelor’s Buttons, 16

Bead Tree, 328

Bean, 39

Bean Caper, 340

Bearberry, 119

Bear’s-ear Sanicle, 418

Bedstraw, 94

Beech (_fig._ 87), 195

Bee Larkspur, 31

Beet, 422

Begonia, ib.

Benthamia, 382

Berberideæ, 247

Berberry (_figs._ 107 and 108), ib.

Berberry-leaved Rose, 53

Berry-bearing Alder, 346

Berry-bearing Campion, 292

Bertholletia (Brazil Nut), 360

Besom Heath (_fig._ 47), 110

Betel, 432

Bignonia, 404

Bilabiate, 413

Bilabiate florets, 99, 390

Billbergia, 451

Bilberry (_fig._ 61), 130

Billardiera, 287

Bi-pinnate leaf (_fig._ 17), 43

Birch-tree (_figs._ 83 and 84), 188

Bird Cherry, 65

Bird’s-nest, 132

Birthwort, 428

Bi-ternate leaf, 32

Bitter-sweet (_fig._ 68), 143

Bixa, 275

Blackberry, 57

Black Bryony, 448

Black Italian Poplar, 186

Black Walnut (_fig._ 78), 178

Bladder Campion, 293

Bladder Ketmia, 297

Blight, 471

Blue Anemone, 21

Blumenbachia, 362

Boisduvalia, 81

Bombaceæ, 299

Bonapartea, 451

Bonnet de prêtre (Euonymus), 343

Boragineæ, 409

Bossiæa, 40

Bottle Gourd, 361

Bouvardia, 88

Box-thorn, 146

Box-tree, 430

Brachysema, 40

Bracts, 301, 319

Brake, 462

Brambles, 57

Brandy Bottle, 257

Brazil Nut, 360

Bread-fruit Tree, 163

Brexieæ, 400

Bridewort, 59

Bromelia, 451

Brompton Stock, 270

Broom, 40

Broussonetia, 169

Browallia, 156

Brugmansia, 153

Bruniaceæ, 346

Brunsvigia, 446

Bryonia (White), 361

Buckbean, 404

Buckeye (_fig._ 132), 327

Bucku, 341

Buckwheat, 423

Bugle, 414

Bulbocodium, 451

Bullrushes, 453

Bumelia, 399

Bur (_fig._ 45), 103

Burchellia, 89

Burdock (_fig._ 45), 103

Burgundy Pitch, 214

Bur-marigold, 106

Burnet, 73

Burtonia, 40

Butcher’s Broom, 448

Butomus, 437

Butter-cup, 11

Butter-nut, 327

Butter-nut Walnut (_fig._ 79), 179

Butter-tree, 400

Buxus, 430

Byttneria, 300

C.

Cabomba, 254

Cactus, 368

Caiophora, 362

Calabash Tree, 405

Calandrinia, 364

Calceolaria, 411

Calempelis, 404

Calla ethiopica, 454

Callista, 113

Callistachys, 40

Callistemon, 359

Callitriche, 355

Callitris, 222

Calluna, 114

Calochortus, 450

Calycanthus, 351

Calyceraceæ, 390

Calycifloræ, 237

Calycine scales, 291

Calyptrate calyx, 265

Calystigia, 408

Calyx (_fig._ 3), 7

Camellia, 304

Campanula, 394

Camphor of Sumatra, 303

Camphor Tree, 424

Candy Tuft, 270

Canna, 442

Cannabis, 162

Cannon ball Tree, 360

Cape Gooseberry, 145

Cape Heaths, 112

Cape Jasmine, 89

Cape Marigold, 107

Caper Spurge, 429

Caper Tribe, 274

Capparis, ib.

Caprifolium, 383

Capsicum, 144

Carex, 457

Carica, 361

Carina, 37

Carnation (_fig._ 118), 289

Carob Tree, 46

Carpels (_figs._ 5 & 7), 13, 24

Carpinus, 201

Caryocar, 327

Caryophyllaceæ, 289

Caryopsides, 33

Cashew Nut, 348

Cassandra, 116

Cassava, 430

Cassine, 343

Castor Oil, 431

Casuarina, 204

Catalpa, 405

Catchfly, 292

Cat’s Tail, 453

Ceanothus, 346

Cedar of Goa, 224

Cedar of Lebanon, 207, 217

Cedrela, 329

Cedrus, 217

Celandine, Lesser, 16

Celastrus, 343

Cellulares, 231

Cellular Tissue, ib.

Celosia, 420

Celsia, 155, 410

Celtis, 432

Cephalanthus, 94

Ceratophylleæ, 355

Cerbera, 402

Cereus, 369

Cerinthe, 409

Ceropegia, 403

Cestrum Parqui, 147

Chailletiaceæ, 347

Chamomile, 106

Chara, 465

Charity, 406

Chaste Tree, 415

Cheiranthus, 268

Chenopodeæ, 421

Cherry (_fig._ 26), 64

Chestnut (_figs._ 88 and 89), 198

Chian Turpentine, 348

Chickweed, 289

Chicot, 48

Chilian Pine, 219

Chilies, 145

Chimonanthus, 352

China Pink, 292

Chionanthus virginica, 137

Chlorantheæ, 386

Chocolate, 300

Chorozema, 40

Christmas Rose, 25

Christ’s Thorn, 345

Chrysanthemum, 104

Cinchona (_fig._ 36), 86

Cineraria, 107

Cinnamon Tree, 424

Circæa, 84

Cissus, 331

Cistineæ, 275

Cistus, ib.

Citron, 307

Citron Wood, 224

Clarkia, 83

Clawed petals, 83, 289

Claytonia, 364

Cleavers, 96

Clematis, 23

Cleome, 274

Clerodendron, 415

Clethra (_fig._ 56), 120

Clintonia, 392

Cloves, 359

Club Moss, 463

Club Rust, 457

Cobæa scandens, 405

Cocoa, 300

Cocoa Nut, 453

Codlings and Cream, 82

Cocculus, 247

Cochineal Insect, 371

Cockscomb, 420

Coffee Tree (_fig._ 39), 91

Colchicum, 451

Collar of a plant, 30

Collinsia, 412

Collomia, 407

Colocynth, 361

Coltsfoot, 107

Columbine (_fig._ 12), 31

Combretum, 353

Commelina cælestis, 452

Compositæ, 98, 390

Comptonia, 204

Compound flowers, 98

Compound leaf, 252

Concentric rings, 235

Cone of a Scotch Pine (_fig._ 94), 210

Confervæ, 472

Constantinople Nut, 201

Convallaria, 448

Convolvulus, 407

Corchorus japonica, 59

Cordiaceæ, 410

Cork Tree, 194

Corms, 443

Corn Blue-bottle, 104

Corn Cockle, 293

Corn Poppy (_fig._ 111), 260

Corn Salad, 388

Cornelian Cherry, 381

Cornus, 381

Corræa, 341

Coriaria, 342

Corrigiola, 365

Corolla (_fig._ 2), 7

Corollifloræ, 237

Corymbs, 69

Corydalis, 266

Cotton Grass, 457

Cotton Thistle (_fig. 42_), 99

Cotton Tree, 299

Cotoneaster, 73

Cotyledons (_fig._ 102), 39, 233, 317, 325

Cowper’s Lines on the Oak, 193

Cow Tree, 166

Crack Willow, 183

Cranberry (_fig._ 63), 131

Crassula, 366

Cratægus, 70

Creeping Cereus, 370

Crinum, 446

Crocus, 443, 451

Croton Oil, 430

Crowea, 341

Crowfoot, 14

Cruciferous Plants, 266

Crucinella stylosa, 97

Cryptogamic Plants, 236

Cucubalus, 292

Cucumber, 360

Cunonia, 378

Cuphea, 356

Cup Moss, 469

Cupressus, 223

Curcuma, 441

Currants, 374

Cuscuta, 408

Custard Apple, 245

Cycas, 229

Cyclamen, 417

Cyclobothra, 450

Cydonia, 70

Cymes of flowers, 301

Cynoglossum, 409

Cyperaceæ, 457

Cypress, 223

Cypress knees, 225

Cyprus Turpentine, 348

Cyrtandraceæ, 412

D.

Daisy, 104

Dandelion (_fig._ 44), 102

Date Palm, 453

Date Plum, 400

Datisceæ, 273

Datura, 152

Daviesia, 40

Day Lily, 447

Deadly Nightshade, 146

Dead Nettle, 414

Deal, 208

Deciduous Cypress, 224

Decumaria, 358

Deodar, 217

Deutziæ, 358

Devil-in-a-Bush, 26

Dewberry, 57

Dianthus, 289

Dichlamydeæ, 237

Diclytra, 266

Dicotyledonous Plants, 234

Dictamnus, 341

Didymocarpus, 412

Digitalis, 411

Dillenia, 240

Dillwynia, 40

Dionæa muscipula, 284

Dioscorea, 447

Diosma, 341

Diphylleia, 253

Dipsacus, 389

Dirca palustris, 427

Dock, 423

Dodecatheon, 418

Dog Rose, 52

Dog Violet, 450

Dogwood, 381

Dorsal Suture, 37

Dortmannia, 392

Doryanthes, 446

Double Flowers, 16

Dracæna, 449

Dragon Wood, ib.

Drimys Winteri, 241

Drosera, 284

Dryandra, 425

Duckweed, 455

Duke of Argyle’s Tea-tree, 146

Dumb Cane, 454

Dutch Rush, 465

Duvaua, 347

Dyer’s Weed, 273

E.

Ebony, 400

Eccremocarpus, 404

Echinocactus, 369

Echium, 409

Edwardsia, 40

Egg Plant, 143

Ehretia, 410

Elæagnus, 428

Elæocarpus, 302

Elder, 382

Elephant’s Foot, 447

Elm, 432

Empetrum, 433

Enchanter’s Nightshade, 84

Endive, 101

Endocarp, 66

Endogens, 236

Epacris, 397

Epilobium (_figs._ 34 & 35), 82

Epimedium, 253

Epiphyllum, 371

Equisetum, 465

Eryobotrya, 72

Eriophorum, 457

Erodium, 35

Erythronium, 450

Erythroxylon, 314

Escallonia, 376

Eschscholtzia, 265

Eucalyptus, 359

Eugenia, ib.

Euonymus, 343

Euphorbia, 429

Euryale, 256

Eutaxia, 40

Euthales, 393

Eutoca, 410

Evening Primrose (_fig._ 33), 80

Exogens, 235

F.

Fagus, 195

Fair Maid of France, 16

Fat-hen, 422

Fedia, 388

Fennel Flower, 26

Ferns, 461

Ferraria, 443

Feverfew, 105

Ficaria, 17

Ficus Carica, 171

Field Madder, 96

Fig, 171

Fig Marigold, 367

Filament, 6

Filbert, 201

Five-leaved Ivy, 331

Flacourtianeæ, 275

Flannel Flower, 154

Flax, 293

Flowering Ash, 139

Flowering Fern, 463

Flowering Rush, 437

Fluviales, 455

Fly Honeysuckles, 383

Follicles, 28

Foramen, 192

Forbidden Fruit, 307

Forget-me-not, 409

Fothergilla, 380

Foxglove, 411

Fragrant Rush, 455

Franciscea, 156

Francoa, 377

Frankenia, 288

Fraxinella, 341

French Willow Herb, 82

Fresh-water Soldier, 436

Fringe Tree, 137

Fritillaria, 450

Frog’s Bit, 435

Fronds, 461

Fuchsia (_figs._ 31 and 32), 75

Fumaria, 266

Fumitory, ib.

Fungi, 470

Funicle, 38

Funkia, 447

Furze, 35-40

Fusiform root, 30

G.

Gagea, 449

Galanthus, 446

Galax, 377

Galea, 413

Galium, 94

Gamboge, 313

Garcina, ib.

Garden Anemones, 21

Garden Orache, 422

Gardenia, 89

Garrya elliptica, 204

Gaultheria, 119

Gaura, 84

Gentiana, 403

Geranium, 335

Germen, 5

Gesneria, 395

Geum, 58

Ghent Azaleas, 127

Gilia, 407

Gillesieæ, 456

Ginger, 441

Githago, 293

Gladiolus, 443

Glasswort, 422

Glaucium, 264

Gleditschia, 46

Glechoma, 414

Globe Amaranth, 420

Globe Flower, 26

Globularia, 418

Gloriosa, 450

Gloxinia, 395

Glumaceæ, 457

Glumaceous Plants, 238

Gnidia, 427

Godetia, 81

Golden Rod, 107

Goldilocks, 14

Gomphrena, 420

Gonolobus, 403

Goodenoviæ, 393

Gooseberry, 372

Goosefoot, 422

Goose-grass, 96

Gopher Wood, 224

Gordonia, 303

Gossypium, 299

Gourd, 360

Grabowskia, 156

Gramineæ, 458

Grape, 329

Grape Hyacinth, 449

Grass Tribe, 458

Greek Valerian, 406

Grevillea, 425

Ground Ivy, 414

Groundsel, 106

Guava, 359

Guelder Rose, 383

Guernsey Lily, 446

Guiacum, 340

Gum Arabic, 35, 43

Gum-Cistus, 277

Gum-Sandarach Tree, 222

Guttiferæ, 313

H.

Hæmanthus, 446

Hæmadoraceæ, 445

Hair Moss, 467

Halesia, 398

Hamamelis, 380

Hand Plant, 300

Hart’s Tongue, 462

Hawthorn (_fig._ 30), 71

Hazel (_figs._ 90 and 91), 200

Heartsease, 279

Heath Family, 109

Heather, 114

Hedera, 379

Hedgehog Thistles, 369

Hedychium, 441

Heimia, 356

Helianthemum, 278

Heliconia, 443

Heliotrope, 409

Hellebore, 25

Hellebore of the Ancients, 451

Hemerocallis, 447

Hemlock Spruce, 214

Hemp, 162

Henbane (_fig._ 71), 151

Hepatica, 22

Hepaticæ, 468

Herb Bennet, 58

Herb Robert, 336

Hibbertia, 240

Hibiscus, 297

Hickory (_fig._ 80), 180

Hilum, 39, 192, 324, 327

Hippocrataceæ, 313

Hippomane, 431

Hippophae, 428

Hippuris, 355

Hog Plum, 347

Holly, 344

Hollyhock, 299

Homalineæ, 346

Homeria, 443

Honey Locusts, 46

Honeysuckles, 381

Hop, 160

Hop Hornbeam, 202

Hordeum, 459

Hornbeam (_fig._ 92), 201

Hornwort, 355

Horned Poppy, 264

Horn of Plenty, 388

Horse Chestnut, 322

Horse-tail, 464

Hound’s-tongue, 409

House-leek, 365

Hovea, 40

Hoya carnosa, 403

Hudsonia, 275

Hugonia, 303

Humulus, 160

Hyacinth, 449

Hydrangea, 377

Hydroleaceæ, 407

Hydropeltis, 254

Hydrophylleæ, 410

Hyoscyamus, 151

Hypericum, 312

Hypoxis, 446

I.

Iberis, 270

Iceland Moss, 469

Ice Plant, 367

Ilex aquifolium, 344

Ilex (_Quercus Ilex_, the Evergreen Oak), 194

Illecebrum, 365

Illicium, 241

Impari-pinnate leaf, 69

Impatiens, 338

Indian Arrowroot, 442

Indian Corn, 459

Indian Cress, 337

Indian Fig, 371

Indian Hawthorn, 71

Indian Lilac, 328

Indian Lotos, 257

Indian-rubber Tree, 173

Indian Shot, 442

Indusium, 393

Involucre (_fig._ 43), 98, 101

Ipecacuanha, 93

Ipomœa, 407

Ipomopsis, ib.

Iris (_fig._ 148), 443

Iron Tree, 400

Isotoma, 392

Itea, 377

Ivy, 379

Ixia, 443

Ixora, 92

J.

Jacaranda, 404

Jack Tree, 165

Jacobæa, 106

Jacob’s Ladder, 406

Jacquinia, 399

Jalap, 408

Jamaica Allspice, 359

Jambosa, ib.

Jasmine (_fig._ 64), 134

Jatropha Manihot, 430

Jeffersonia, 253

Jointed, 44

Judas Tree, 47

Jujube lozenges, 345

Juncus, 456

Jungermannia, 468

Juniper (_fig._ 100), 225

Justicia, 415

K.

Kadsura, 247

Kageneckia, 351

Kalmia, 128

Kalosanthes, 366

Keel, 37

Kentucky Coffee Tree, 48

Kenwood, 194

Kermes, 195

Kernelled fruit, 65

Kerria, 59

Keys, 310

King’s Spear, 449

Knautia, 389

Knawel, 365

Knot-grass, 365, 423

Kölreuteria, 327

L.

Labiatæ, 412

Labrador Tea, 129

Laburnum, 35, 40

Lace Bark Tree, 427

Lachnæa, ib.

Ladanum, 277

Ladies’ Mantle, 74

Lagenaria, 361

Lagerstrœmeria, 356

Lamb’s Lettuce, 388

Lamellæ, 470

Lamium, 414

Lamp-black, 209

Lantana, 415

Larch, 207, 216

Larix, 216

Larkspurs (_fig._ 10), 29

Lasiopetalum, 300

Lathræa, 416

Laudanum, 277

Laurel, 65

Laurestinus, 383

Laurus, 424

Lavatera, 299

Lawsonia, 356

Leadwort, 418

Leatherwood, 427

Lechea, 275

Lechenaultia, 393

Lecythis, 360

Ledum, 129

Leguminous Plants, 35, 349

Leiophyllum, 130

Lemna, 455

Lemon, 307

Lemon-scented Verbena, 415

Leontice, 253

Leptosiphon, 406

Leptospermum, 359

Lesser Celandine, 17

Lettuce (_fig._ 41), 99

Leucojum, 446

Leucothoe, 117

Leycesteria, 384

Lichens, 468

Lignum Vitæ, 340

Ligulate florets (_fig._ 41), 99, 101

Ligustrum, 136

Lilac, 137

Lilium, 450

Lily of the Valley, 448

Lime, Sweet, 307

Lime Tree, 301

Limnanthes, 337

Limnocharis, 438

Linaria, 412

Linden tree, 301

Linnæa, 385

Ling, 114

Linum, 293

Linseed, 295

Liquidambar, 203

Liquorice, 35

Liriodendron (Tulip Tree), 245

Lisianthus, 403

Litchi, 328

Live Oak, 194

Loasa, 362

Lobelia, 391

Loblolly-boy, 303

Logwood, 35, 47

Loiseleuria, 129

London Pride, 377

Lonicera, 383

Loosestrife, 418

Lopezia, 84

Lophirseæ, 354

Loquat Tree, 72

Loranthus, 385

Lotos, 258

Lotus Tree, 400

Loudonia aurea, 355

Love Apple, 144

Love-lies-bleeding, 420

Luculia gratissima, 87

Lupuline, 161

Lychnis, 293

Lycium, 146

Lycopodium, 463

Lyonia, 116

Lysimachia, 418

Lythrum, 356

Lyttæa, 451

M.

Manchineel Tree, 431

Maclura, 170

Madia, 107

Magnolia (_figs._ 104 to 106), 241

Mahaleb, 66

Mahogany, 329

Mahonia, 251

Maiden Hair, 462

Maize, 458

Malachodendron, 303

Malcomia, 270

Malesherbia, 362

Mallow, 298

Malope, ib.

Malpighia, 314

Malva, 298

Mammillaria, 368

Mandrake, 360

Manettia cordifolia, 88

Mango, 348

Mangold Wurtzel, 422

Mangosteen, 313

Mangrove, 353

Mangrove of Brazil, 415

Manna Ash, 139

Manne de Briançon, 217

Maple, 315

Maranta, 442

Marcgraaviaceæ, 313

Marchantia, 468

Mare’s-tail, 355

Marica, 443

Marsh Mallow, 299

Marsilea, 464

Mastic Tree, 348

Martagon Lily, 450

Mathiola, 270

Martynia, 405

Marvel of Peru, 420

Maurandya, 412

May Apple, 253

Meadow Crane’s-bill, 336

Medlar, 72

Medullary rays, 235

Melaleuca, 359

Melastoma, 357

Melia, 328

Melianthus, 340

Melocactus, 369

Melon, 360

Melon Thistle, 369

Memecyleæ, 353

Menispermum, 247

Menyanthes, 403

Menziesia (_fig._ 60), 128

Mesembryanthemum, 367

Mespilus, 72

Metrosideros, 359

Mezereon, 426

Michaelmas Daisy, 107

Michelia, 241

Mignonette, 271

Mildew, 471

Milkwort, 285

Mimosa, 44

Mimulus, 412

Mint, 412

Mirabilis Jalapa, 420

Mirbelia, 40

Mistletoe, 385

Mock Orange, 358

Momordica, 361

Monkshood, 27

Monochlamydeæ, 237

Monocotyledonous Plants, 234, 236

Monotropa, 132

Moon Seed, 247

Moor Heaths, 113

Moræa, 443

Morchella, 471

Morels, ib.

Moreton Bay Pine, 220

Moss, 466

Mountain Ash (_fig._ 29), 68

Mulberry (_fig._ 76), 167

Mullein, 134

Musa, 442

Muscari, 449

Musci, 466

Mushrooms, 470

Mussæuda, 90

Mutisia latifolia, 108

Myrica, 204

Myriophyllum, 355

Myristica (Nutmeg), 425

Myoporum, 415

Myrsine, 399

Myrtle, 359

Myrtle Tree of Van Diemen’s Land, 197

Myrtus, 359

N.

Naiades, 455

Nandina, 253

Narcissus, 446

Nasturtium, 337

Nectarine, 62

Nectary, 12

Negundo, 321

Nelumbium, 257

Nemophila, 410

Nepenthes, 429

Nerine, 446

Nerium, 402

Nettle, 158

Nettle Tree, 432

New Jersey Tea, 346

New Zealand Flax, 449

Nicotiana, 148

Nierembergia, 150

Night-flowering Cereus, 370

Nightshade, 143

Nitella, 465

Nitraria, 367

Nitrogen, 267

Nolana, 155

Noli-me-tangere, 338

Nopal tree, 371

Norfolk Island Pine, 220

Norway Maple, 319

Nuphar, 256

Nutmeg, 425

Nux vomica, 401

Nuytsia, 385

Nyctagineæ, 420

Nymphæa (_fig._ 110), 254

Nyssa, 427

O.

Oak (_figs._ 85, 86), 190

Oak Apples, 195

Oak Wood, mode of testing, 194

Oats, 458

Ochnaceæ, 342

Œnothera (_fig._ 33), 80

Ogechee Lime, 428

Olax Tribe, 307

Old man, 107

Oleander, 402

Oleaster, 428

Olive, 137

Onagraceæ, 354

Onions, 449

Opercularieæ, 387

Opium, 263

Opium Poppy (_fig._ 112), 262

Opuntia, 371

Orange (_figs._ 121 and 122), 307

Orange Lily, 450

Orchidaceæ, 438

Orchil, 469

Orchis, 439

Ornithogalum, 449

Orobanche, 416

Oryza (Rice), 459

Osage Orange, 170

Osier, 184

Osmunda, 463

Ostrya, 202

Osyris, 427

Ovary, 5

Ovules, ib.

Oxalis, 339

Ox-eye Daisy, 105

Oxycoccus, 131

P.

Palea (_fig._ 45), 103

Paliurus, 345

Palma Christi, 431

Palm Trees, 452

Palo de Vacca, 166

Pancratium, 446

Pandamus, 453

Papaw Tree, 361

Paper Mulberry, 169

Papilionaceous Flowers (_fig._ 13), 36

Pappus, 98

Papyrus, 457

Parnassia, 284

Parsley Tribe, 378

Partridge Wood, 307

Passerina, 427

Passion Flower, 361

Pasque Flower, 19

Patersonia, 443

Paulownia, 412

Pavia, 326

Peach, 61

Pear (_fig._ 28), 67

Pedalineæ, 405

Pedicel, 47

Pelargonium (_fig._ 134), 332

Pellitory of Spain, 105

Pellitory of the wall, 163

Pendaceæ, 396

Pentstemon, 412

Peony (_fig._ 6), 18

Pepper, 432

Pepper-grass, 464

Perennial Flax, 295

Pereskia, 371

Pergularia, 403

Perianth, 7

Periploca græca, 403

Peristome, 467

Persicaria, 423

Persimon, 400

Personate corolla, 411

Peruvian Bark, 86

Petaloid, 237

Petals, 7

Petty Whin, 40

Petunia, 149

Peziza, 471

Phacelia, 410

Phœnix dactylifera, 453

Phanerogamic Plants, 236

Pharbitis, 408

Philadelphus, 358

Phillyrea, 137

Phlox, 406

Phormium, 449

Photinia, 72

Phyllodia (_fig._ 15), 42

Physalis, 145

Physianthus, 403

Phyteuma, 394

Phytolacca, 421

Picea, 214

Pileus, 470

Pilewort, 17

Pillwort, 464

Pimelea, 427

Pimpernel, 417

Pinaster, 211

Pinckneya, 88

Pine and Fir Tribe, 208

Pine Apple, 451

Pinguicula, 416

Pink, 292

Pinnæ, 43

Pinnate leaf, 252

Pinnatifid leaf, 69

Pinus, 209

Pipewort, 456

Pistacia, 348

Pistil (_fig._ 1), 5

Pitch, 209

Pitcher Plant, 429

Pittosporum, 287

Placenta, 37

Plane Tree, 202

Planera, 432

Plantain, 419, 442

Platylobium, 40

Plum, 63

Plumbago, 418

Plumule, 192

Podetia, 468

Podolobium, 40

Podophyllum, 253

Poet’s Cassia, 427

Polemonium, 406

Polianthes, 446

Pollen, 6

Polygala, 285

Polygonum, 423

Polyphore, 55

Polypodium, 462

Polypody, ib.

Polytrichum, 467

Pomegranate, 352

Pomes, 67

Pontederia, 452

Pond Weed, 455

Poplar (_fig._ 82), 185

Poppy Tribe, 259

Porte-chapeau, 345

Port Famine Fuchsia, 78

Portugal Laurel, 65

Portulaca, 364

Port wine, 421

Potentilla, 54

Prickles, 53

Prickly Ash, 341

Prickly Pear, 371

Prickly Poppy, 265

Pride of India, 328

Primrose, 417

Primula, ib.

Prinos, 345

Privet (_fig._ 65), 136

Protea, 425

Psidium, 359

Ptelea, 341

Pteris, 462

Pulmonaria, 409

Pultenæa, 40

Punica Granatum, 352

Purging Buckthorn, 345

Purslane, 364

Pyrola, 132

Pyroligneous acid, 209

Pyrus japonica, 70

Q.

Quamoclit, 407

Quassia, 342

Queen’s Needlework, 59

Quercus, 190

Quillaja, 351

Quillwort, 464

Quince, 70

Quisqualis indica, 353

R.

Rafflesia, 429

Ragged Robin, 293

Ranunculaceæ, 239

Ranunculus, 10

Raphiolepis, 71

Raspberry (_fig._ 23), 56

Reaumuria, 367

Receptacle, 5

Red Cedar, 227

Red Clover, 40

Red German Catchfly, 293

Red Root, 346

Red-wood Tree, 314

Reed-mare, 453

Reindeer Moss, 469

Reseda, 271

Restiaceæ, 456

Retziaceæ, 407

Rheum, 423

Richardia, 454

Rhinanthus, 412

Rhipsalis, 371

Rhizoboleæ, 327

Rhizophora, 353

Rhododendron (_figs._ 57 and 58), 121

Rhodora canadensis, 127

Rhubarb, 423

Rhamnus, 345

Rhus, 349

Ribes, 372

Rib-grass, 419

Rice, 458

Ricinus, 431

Ringent corolla, 413

Rivinia, 421

Robinia, 35

Rock Rose, 275

Rock Lychnis, 293

Rocket Larkspur, 31

Roman Nettle, 160

Rondeletia (_figs._ 37 and 38), 90

Rosaceæ, 350

Rose (_figs._ 20-22), 51

Rose Apple, 359

Rose Campion, 293

Rubiaceæ, 85, 386

Rue, 340

Ruellia, 415

Rumex, 423

Ruscus, 448

Rush, 456

Ruta, 340

Rye, 458

S.

Saccharum, 459

Sacred Bean of India, 258

Saffron, 445

Sage, 412

Sagittaria, 437

Sago Palm, 453

Sagus Rumphii, ib.

Salicornia, 422

Sallow, 184

Salpiglossis, 150

Salsola Kali, 422

Samara, 317

Sambucus, 382

Samydeæ, 346

Sandal-wood, 427

Sapindaceæ, 327

Saponaria, 292

Sapoteæ, 399

Sarracenia, 259

Sarsaparilla, 448

Sassafras, 424

Savin, 227

Saxifrage, 377

Scabious, 389

Scaly bracts, 108

Schinus, 347

Schizandra, 247

Schizanthus, 151

Schubertia, 225

Scilla, 449

Scirpus, 457

Scitamineæ, 441

Scleranthus, 365

Scolopendrium, 462

Scotch Pine (_figs._ 93 & 94), 209

Screw Pine, 453

Screw Tree, 300

Scrophularinæ, 411

Scyphæ, 469

Sea Buckthorn, 428

Sea Lavender, 418

Sea Weeds, 471

Secale, 459

Sedges, 457

Seed-leaves, 233

Segments of the perianth, 8

Sempervivum, 365

Senna, 35, 46

Sensitive Plant, 35, 40, 44

Sepals, 7

Seville Orange, 308

Shaddock, 307

Shepherd’s Club, 154

Shield Fern, 462

Shrubby Trefoil, 341

Sideroxylon, 399

Side-saddle Plant, 259

Sieversia, 58

Silene, 292

Silk Cotton Tree, 299

Sillicle (_fig._ 114), 267

Sillique (_fig._ 115), 267

Silver Fir, 206, 214

Simarubaceæ, 342

Sinningia, 395

Siphocampylos, 392

Siphonia, 430

Sisyrinchium, 443

Sloe (_fig._ 25), 62

Smilax, 448

Snake Gourd, 361

Snapdragon, 411

Snowberry, 384

Snowdrop, 446

Snowdrop Tree, 398

Soap Tree, 327

Soapwort, 292

Soda, 422

Solandra, 153

Solanum, 142

Soldanella, 418

Sollya, 288

Sophora, 40

Sorbus, 68

Sorrel, 423

Sorus, 461

Sour Sop, 246

Southern-wood, or Old-man, 107

Sow-bread, 417

Sowthistle (_fig._ 43), 101

Spanish Broom, 40

Sparaxis, 443

Spearwort, 14

Spiderwort, 452

Spleenwort, 462

Spinach, 422

Spindle Tree, 343

Spiræa (_fig._ 24), 59

Spiral vessels, 232, 336

Sporules, 461

Spruce Fir, 206, 212

Spurge Laurel, 426

Squills, 449

Squirting Cucumber, 361

Stackhousia, 431

Staff Tree, 343

St. Dabeoc’s Heath, 117

St. John’s Bread, 46

St. John’s Wort, 312

Stamens (_fig._ 1), 5

Standard, 37

Stapelia, 403

Stapylæa, 343

Star of Bethlehem, 449

Statice, 418

Sterculia, 300

Stigma, 5

Sting of the Nettle, 159

Stipes, 470

Stipules (_fig._ 20), 53

Stocks, 270

Stone Pine, 211

Stonewort, 465

Storax, 398

Stratiotes, 436

Strawberry, 55

Strawberry Blite, 422

Strawberry Tree, 118

Strelitzia, 443

Streptocarpus, 412

Strobile, 210

Strychnos, 401

Stuartia, 303

Stump of the Silver Fir, 215

Stump Tree, 48

Style, 5

Stylideæ, 393

Styrax, 398

Succory, 101

Sugar Cane, 458

Sugar Maple, 320

Sun-dew Tribe, 284

Sun Flower, 107

Sun Rose, 279

Suwarrow Nut, 327

Sweet Bay Tree, 424

Sweet Briar, 53

Sweet Gale, 203

Sweet Pea (_fig._ 13), 36

Sweet William, 292

Swietenia, 329

Sycamore (_figs._ 123 & 124), 315

Sycamore Tree of Holy Writ, 172

Symplocos, 397

Symphoria, 384

Syringa, 358

T.

Tacamahac Tree, 187

Talauma, 245

Talinum, 364

Tamarind, 35, 46

Tamarisk, 357

Tamus, 448

Tanghina, 402

Tapioca, 431

Tap-root (_fig._ 11), 30

Tar, 209

Taxodium, 224

Taxus, 228

Teak, 415

Teasel, 389

Tea Tree, 306

Tecoma, 404

Tectona, 415

Tendrils, 24

Terebinthaceæ, 347

Ternate leaves, 55

Ternstrœmiaceæ, 303

Testudinaria, 447

Thalia, 442

Thallus, 468

Thalamifloræ, 237

Thalamus, 5

Theca, 461

Thea Bohea, 307

Theobroma, 300

Theophrasta, 399

Thistle Down, 104

Thomasia, 300

Thorn Apple, 153

Thorny Acacia, 47

Thread, 495

Thrift, 418

Thunbergia, 416

Thyme, 412

Thymelææ, 426

Thysanotus, 449

Tigridia, 443

Tilia (_fig._ 120), 301

Tillandria, 451

Toadflax, 412

Tobacco (_fig._ 70), 148

Tomato, 144

Toothache Tree, 341

Torch Thistle, 369

Tormentilla, 58

Torus, 5

Touch-me-not, 338

Trachelium, 394

Tradescantia, 452

Trapa, 355

Traveller’s Joy, 24

Tree Ferns, 237, 463

Tree Peony, 19

Tree Primrose (_fig._ 33), 75, 80

Tremandreæ, 286

Tremella, 471

Trevirana, 412

Triptilion spinosum, 108

Triticum, 459

Tritonia, 443

Tropæolum, 337

True Service, 69

Truffle, 471

Trumpet Honeysuckle, 384

Tuber cibarium, 471

Tuberose, 447

Tubular florets (_fig._ 42), 99

Tulipa, 456

Tulipaceæ, 450

Tulip Tree (Liriodendron), 245

Tupa, 392

Tupelo Tree, 427

Turk’s Cap, 369

Turmeric, 441

Turnera, 363

Turpentine Trees, 348

Tutsan, 312

Typha, 453

U.

Ulmus, 432

Umbelliferous Plants, 378

Umbilicate, 67

Unguiculate, 83

Upas Tree (_fig._ 75), 167

Upright (Fly) Honeysuckle, 383

Urtica, 158

Utricularia, 416

V.

Vaccinium, 130

Valerian, 387

Vallisneria, 435

Valves, 37

Vasculares, 231

Vascular Tissue, ib.

Vegetable Marrow, 361

Venetian Sumach, 349

Venice Turpentine, 217

Ventral suture, 37

Venus’ Fly-trap, 284

Venus’ Looking-glass, 394

Venus Navelwort, 409

Verbascum, 154, 410

Verbena, 411

Veronica, 412

Vervain, 414

Vestia, 147

Vexillum, 37

Viburnum, 383

Victoria Regina, 256

Vieusseuxia, 443

Vinca, 402

Vine (_fig._ 133), 329

Violet, 279

Virgilia, 40

Virginian Creeper, 331

Virginian Poke, 421

Virginian Stock, 270

Virgin’s Bower (Clematis), 24

Viscaria, 293

Viscum, 385

Vitex, 415

Vitis, 329

Vochysieæ, 353

Volkameria, 415

W.

Wachendorfia, 445

Wallflower (_fig._ 116), 268

Walnut (_fig._ 77), 176

Water Caltrops, 355

Water Crowfoot, 16

Water Lily (_fig._ 110), 254

Water Melon, 361

Water Milfoil, 355

Water Pepper, 423

Water Plantain, 436

Water Starwort, 355

Water Violet, 418

Watsonia, 443

Wayfaring Tree, 383

Weld, 273

Weymouth Pine (_fig._ 95), 212

Wheat, 458

White Beam Tree, 69

White Cedar, 224

White Poppy, 263

Whorl of leaves, 95

Wild Chamomile, 105

Wild Ginger, 428

Wild Service, 69

Wild Saffron, 104

Willow (_fig._ 81), 182

Willow Herb, 356

Wings, 37

Winter Aconite, 26

Winter Bark, 241

Winter Berry, 345

Winter Cherry, 145

Winter Green, 132

Witch Hazel, 380

Witsenia, 443

Wolfsbane, 27

Woodruff, 96

Wood-sorrel, 339

Wordsworth’s lines on the lesser Celandine, 16

Wormwood, 107

X.

Xanthoxylum, 341

Xygophyllum, 340

Xylosteum (Fly Honeysuckle), 383

Y.

Yam, 447

Yarrow, 106

Yellow Anemone, 20

Yellow Azalea 126

Yellow Ragwort, or Benweed 106

Yellow Rattle 412

Yew 228

Yucca 450

Z.

Zamia 230

Zanthoxylum 341

Zea 459

Zelkoua Tree 432

Zenobia 116

Zingiber 441

Zizyphus 345

Zygophyllum 340

THE END.

LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

WORKS BY MRS. LOUDON.

PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS IN GARDENING, FOR LADIES.

With directions for every Month in the Year.

Second Edition, with Woodcuts. Fcap. 8vo, 6_s._

CONTENTS:

Digging.—Forking.—Hoeing, and Raking.—Manuring, and making Hotbeds.—Sowing Seeds, Planting Bulbs and Tubers, Transplanting and Watering,—Grafting, Budding, Inarching, Making Layers and Cuttings.—Training, Pruning, and destroying Insects.—Kitchen garden, and Culinary Vegetables.—Kitchen-garden, and Fruit-trees.—Flower-garden, and Flowers.—The Lawn, Shrubbery, and Pleasure-ground.—Rock-work, Moss-houses, and Fountains.—Window Gardening, and Greenhouse Plants.—Calendar of operations for the Year.

THE YEAR-BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY FOR YOUNG PERSONS.

CONTENTS:

Snails and Slugs.—Moths and Butterflies.—Bees and Wasps.—British Singing Birds.—Luminous Insects.—Wild Flowers and Clouds.—Water Beetles: Rose Chaffer, Cock Chaffer, Cock Roach, Dragon Fly, May Flies, and the Stickle Back.—The Limestone Caverns; Fossil Remains; Coal Mines; Iron Furnaces; Thunder Storm.—Moles, Mushrooms, Truffles, and Morels, Shrews, Mice, Frogs, and Polecats.—River Crawfish; and Flies.—Snipes and Woodcocks, Fieldfares and Thrushes; American Mocking Bird; Larks; Courses of the Wind.—Frost and Snow; The Holly; Mistletoe, and Robin Redbreast.

With 45 Woodcuts, 16mo, 4_s._