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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



BOTANY (continued). 



consumers of oxygen, i. 198 ; depth of 

 roots in soil, i. 17, 43 ; distribution of, 

 iii. 114 ; double-flowered wild, xi. 231 ; 

 drying, ii. 164, 186, 213, 237, 256 ; viii. 40, 

 70, 92 ; ix. 23, 88 ; eccentricities of, xi. 43 ; 

 examining, i. 162 ; extermination of, x. 

 68, 137, 140, 142, 166, 190, 259 ; grown in 

 carmine, iv. 71 ; hanging, iv. 47, 69 ; 

 how to take impressions of, xii. 258 ; 

 imperfectly developed, ii. 8 ; v. 99 ; in- 

 sectivorous, xi. 187 ; introduction into 

 England, i. 67 ; isolation of, iv. 235 ; 

 ironing, ii. 164, 186, 213, 237 ; irrita- 

 bility and sensation in, iv. 25 ; labels for 

 orders of, xii. 47 ; legends and histories 

 of certain, ix. 149, 212 ; localities of 

 rare, ix. 116, 209, 278 ; local names of, 

 i. 35 : iv. 90, 239, 26 J ; v. 9, 25 ; vi. 227, 

 234, 262 ; ix. 235, 259 ; xi. 143, 238, 259, 

 280, 270; London catalogue of, x. 91, 

 114, 211 ; luminous, vii. 121, 191, 243 ; 

 mineral matter of, viii. 210 ; monstrous, 

 in 1872, viii. 270 ; most perfect, i. 17 ; 

 names of vulgar or local, iv. 250 ; v. 21, 

 45, 116 ; vi. 127, 210, 211, 227, 234, 262 ; 

 poisoning dried, i. 2t ; viii. 40, 70, 91 ; 

 poisonous, ix. 119, 142, 164, 165 ; pre- 

 serving, v. 216 ; viii. 49, 97, 193, 217 ; 

 xi. 1, 166; rare, vii. 259; viii. 19, 47, 

 158 ; ix. 1, 34, 67, 69, 71, 101, 103, 106, 

 162, 209, 278 ; x. 40, 259 ; saline, pre- 

 servation of, ii. 166 ; British sensitive, 

 iii. 94, 114 ; iv. 52 ; sleep of, viii. 118, 

 141, 142, 191 ; ix. 46, 71 ; stray, notes 

 on, i. 138; subdivision or "splitting" 

 of species, iv. 169 ; sudden appearance 

 and disappearance of, viii. 174 ; x. 91, 

 140, 199, 260 ; xi. 71, 117 ; sending fresh 

 by post, vii. 259 ; twining, i. 186 ; 

 unknown, *x. 165, 189 ; varieties of, i. 

 162 ; x. 239 ; xi. 231 ; water in, x. 91 ; 

 watering with iron, i. 46 ; watering 

 ■with cold tea, xii. 290 ; white varieties 

 of, vii. 191, 201, 210, 235, 239, 281; viii. 

 20, 22, 45, 93 ; within plants, ii. 42 



Podder, vi. 91, 117, 118, 120 



Poison oak and autidote, common soap- 

 wort, iii. 90 



Pollen : commerce in, viii. 232 ; griins 

 and the fertilization of flowers, x. 236 



Poonyet, i. 252 



Poppv, seeds of, used as food in the East, 

 ii. 119 



Potentilla: fragaria, &c, x. 239, 259; 

 fructicosa, vi. 19 ; viii. 278 ; ix. 18 ; 

 orange-spotted, v. 280; reptans, v. 47, 

 66, 91, 119, 280 ; tormentilla, &c, v. 47, 

 66, 91, 119 



Potato : history of, vi. 21, 45 ; x. 77, 101, 

 137, 144; Teutonic tradition, ix. 212; 

 disease, viii. 222,254, 259,280; x. 65, 

 99, 210 ; new disease, ix. 184 



Potato-tree, xi. 19, 137 



Prairie fires, vi. 263 



Primrose, ii. 212 ; ii;. 42, 114, 136, 141, 

 167, 235 ; iv. 147, 187 ; evening, iii. 65 ; 

 triple, vii. 139 ; viii. 22 



Primroses and birds, x. 135, 166, 172, 184 ; 

 at Christmas, vi. 45 ; in a room, i. 114 ; 

 irregular, vi. 139, 162 ; pin centres and 

 rose centres, ii. 106; pink, iii. 278; iv. 

 43, 66; vii. 133, 134, 167 



Primula : fariuosa, vi. 10), 142 ; veris, v. 

 189 



Prophet's flower, v. 191 



Prunella vulgaris, ix. 28, 48, 94 



Puff-balls, ii. 270; v. 161; enormous, iii. 

 65 ; xi. 283 ; starry, i. 19 



Pyrethrum inodorum, xi. 187 



Pyrola, media, minor, and secunda, iii. 

 18 ; iv. 162 ; vi. 47, 91 



QUEENAPPLE, ii. 293; iii. 68 

 Quillworts, ix. 54, 163 ; xii. 12, 43 ; of 

 Algeria, xi. 258 



RADISH : large, v. 282 ; rat-tail, iii. 278 



Eagwort, vii. 215, 238 



Ranunculus ficaria, viii. 63 ; Lenormandi, 

 &c..iv. 163 ; v. 20 



Raphides, ii. 283 ; in enchanter's night- 

 shade, iii. 89 



Red varieties of British plants, xi. 208 



BOTANY {continued). 



Reed, curious form of, vi. 19 



Reeds, pens made of, i. 118 



Rhagium bifasciatum, vii. 215, 232 



Rhamuus frangula, v. 141 



Rhatany savanilla, i. 88 



Rhubarb wine, ii. 190 



Rib-grass, divination by, iii. 65 



Riccia, British, new, ix. 88 



Rocket, London, i. 149 



Rodriguez, flora of, xii. 43 



Roots, cuttings from, v. 138 



Rosa arvensis, ix. 187 



Rose : centres and pin centres of primroses, 



ii. 106 ; field, ix. 187 ; of Jericho, ii. 94, 



114; moss, introduction into Paris by 



Madame de Genlis, iii. 42 ; scarlet, iv. 



119, 141; tree, ancient, in Hanover, iii. 



166 ; under the, iii. 152 

 Roses : British, i. 88 ; time to gather, 



i. 43 

 Rubus, abnormal, vii. 186 

 Rue, iii. 278 ; vi. 118 ; and rosemary, vi. 



39, 40, 67, 118 

 Rumex maximus, xi. 91 

 Ruscus aculeatus, v. 94 

 Rust : Alexander's, i. 190 ; and smut in 



India, iii. 137 ; new, i. 139 

 Ruta graveolens, iii. 278 



SAFFROX, vii. 281 ; St. "Winefrid's 



blood, i. 88 

 Sage, v. 268 



Salicine, ix. 183, 207, 232, 233 

 Salix : yEgyptiaca, iii. 21 ; alba, xii. 107 

 Sallow-beating, ix. 133, 147 

 balvia officinalis, v. 268 

 Samphire, vi. 263 

 Sanguinaria, ii. 239, 263 ; Canadensis, 



vi. 19 

 Saprolegniacere, bibliography of, vi. 67 

 Sarraceuia variolaris, x. 210 

 Saxif'raga : florulenta, ix. 112 ; granulata, 



bulbiferous stem of, x. 69, 116, 119, 162 ; 



hypnoides, vi. 19 ; singular floweriug 



of, viii. 213 

 Scabious, singular, viii. 258, 279 

 Scale moss, fringed, i. 109 

 Scilla autumnalis, v. 235 

 Seilly Islands, cryptogamia of, viii. 210 

 Scirpus : laeustris, &c, x. 141, 167, 210, 



282 ; parvulus, v. 162 ; x. 22 

 Scolopendrium ceterach, v. 66, 91 

 Seakale, xii. 73 

 Seaweed : exotic, x. 250 ; red-leaved, 



i. 117 ; under the, v. 193 

 Seaweeds, v. 207 ; books on, i. 192 ; to 



gather, i. 173 ; preserving, viii. 169 ; 



xi. 21, 17 

 Sea-wrack, i. 204 

 Seed-leaves, accidental variations of, vi. 



145, 226 

 Seeds: germinating power of, xi. 66 ; xii. 



210; jumping, iii. 257 

 Self-fertilization, i. 114 

 Self-heal, viii. 290; ix. 29, 46, 94 

 Senebiera didyma, x. 235 

 Senecio squalidus, ix. 139 

 Sequoia and its history, ix. 42 

 Servia, flora of, i. 88 

 Shamrock, v. 66, 91, 138, 162, 166, 167, 



186 ; vii. 43 ; four-leaved, ii. 232 ; true, 



viii. 113, 138, 142 

 Sheep-sorrel in New Zealand, i. 17 

 Shell-flower, vi. 188, 238 

 Shrubs, sea-side, x. 43, 65, 91, 113, 115, 



116, 119, 136, 163, 185, 186, 190, 239; 



xi. 95, 142, 208 

 Sidwell (Valeriana phu), x. 236 

 Silene dichotoma, i. 238, 258 

 Simethis bicolor, vii. 163; ix. 90 

 Sinapis arvensis, xi. 186, 232 

 Sium : latifolium, in Wiltshire, xi. 232 ; 



sisarum, x. 278 

 Skeletonizing, viii. 30, 190; x. 69, 113, 



140, 142 

 Skerret, x. 278 



Sloe : abnormal fruit of, v. 186; and tea- 

 leaves, ix. 268 

 Smyrnium olusatrum, i. 190 

 Snowberry, attractive to moths, vi. 209 

 Snowdrops, iv. 66 ; x. 92, 140 ; xii. 190, 257 

 Solanum crispum, xi. 19, 137 ; grandiflo- 



rum or deutatum, x. 235, 278 ; xi. 19 



BOTANY (continued). 



Sonchus palustris, iii. 210, 235, 257, 281 

 Sowerby's English Botany, origin of, . 



47 

 Sow-thistle, marsh, iii. 210, 235, 257, 281 

 South Africa, changes in the vegetation 



of, x. 43 

 Spartium junceum, xi. 88 

 Speedwell, Buxbaum's, vi. 43, 91, 183 ; vii. 



114, 139-; x. 92 

 Speedwells, ii. 121 

 Sphagnum rubellum, i. 47 

 Spinach, history of, xi. 218 

 Spindle-tree, in flower, xi. 278 

 Suiral vessels of plants used as tinder, vi. 



119, 142 

 Spleenwort, green, i. 44; ii. 275 

 Spring : flowers, early, iv. 115, 189, 259 ; 



in autumn, a second, iv. 238, 262 ; wild 



plants, autumnal flowering of, xi. 257 

 Stapelia Europsea, ix. 138 

 Star of Bethlehem, ii. 115, 136, 163, 186; 



ix. 1*7 

 Stars, floral, vii. 210, 239 

 St^phanotis floribunda, ii. 119 

 Sticks without end, iii. 187, 210 

 Stink-horn, i. 190 ; xi. 45 

 Stitchwort, apetalous, i. 235 

 Stratiotes aloides, iv. 2^0 ; ix. 45, 118 

 Strawberry, white, vii. 191 

 Sundew, i. 209 ; iv. 117; v. 91, 117, 190; 



ix. 259; Neilgherry, v. 181 

 Sunflower, ii. 164 

 Sussex, mosses of, vi. 139 

 Switzerland, flora of, xi. 2 r| 9, 237 

 Sword-grass, ii. 119, 142, 165, 166 

 Symphytum tuberosum, v. 138; vi. 19, 31 ; 



xii'. 210 



TAMARISK, manna of, vii. 15, 70 

 Tamarix orientalis, ii. 214 ; iii. 20 

 Tea : chests, vii. 142 ; plant, origin of, iv. 



210; and sloe-leaves, ix. 269 ; iii. 257 ; 



iv. 213, 235, 238, 239 ; x. 260, 278 

 Teratological notes, x. 153, 187, 192 

 Tewin churchyard, seven ash-trees in, x. 



143,214, 215 

 Than-hmo, ii. 256; iii. 136 

 Theine in cola or guru-nut, of Soudan, 



i. 8-f 

 Theobroma cacao, x. 69 

 Thistle, Scotch, vi. 131 

 Thistles at the Antipodes, vi. 162 

 Thorn: Glastonbury, ii. 256; v. 43 ; xi. 



46, 66, 88, 162 ; white, scarlet, xii. 234 

 Thuidium decipiens, vii. 199 

 Thuja, monograph of, error in, v. 43 

 Toad-flax, iii. 201 ; v. 211 ; ivy-leaved, 



vi. 43, 71 

 Toad-rush, germination of, iii. 150 

 Toadstools, i. 225, 258 

 Tomato, or love-apple, xii. 154 

 Tombs, trees springing out of, x. 143, 214, 



215, 262; xi. 21, 45 

 Tormentilla, v. 47, 66, 91, 119, 2S0 

 Torquay, rare plauts at, vi. 43, 139, 165 

 Touchen leaves, vi. 262, 281, 282 

 Toulouse, our Lady of, i. 34 

 Travellers' delight, vi. 188, 215, 237, 261 

 Trees : ancient, i. 186 ; iv. 202 ; ix. 237; 



x. 47, 56, 95, 100, 136, 139, 141, 213, 238, 



281: xi. 22, 140; bowed bf wind, 



iii. 93 ; decay of, xii. 237 ; giant, xi. 



136 ; indigenous, v. 140 ; lopping, iii. 



46 ; in Hyde Park, xii. 186 ; old, i. 223 ; 



iv. 231, 259; xi. 22, 46, 140; which is 



the oldest? ix. 91, 119, 142, 164, 189, 



212, 215, 237, 265 ; remarkable, x. 136 ; 



remarkable trio of (Breadfruit, cow, 



and upas), v. 182 ; vast variety of, vi. 



19 

 Triceratium favus, ii. 69 

 Tril'olium stellatum, vii. 235 

 Truffles, Southdown, i. 89, 139 

 Tropical regions, perpetual freshness of, 



viii. 42 

 Tulip, ii. 136, 212 ; iii. 19 ; abnormal 



stamens of, viii. 68 ; wild, ix. 165 

 Turnip: history of, x. 217; seed lying 



dormant twenty-one years, i. -13 

 Tussilago petastites or fragrans, ix. 44, 



71, 90 



ULOTHRIX, iv. Ill 



