CONTENTS AND ANALYSIS. 



CHAPTER I.— INTRODUCTION.— Page 13, 



1, Botany defined. — 2, Its departments. Organography. 3, Vegetable Physiol- 

 ogy. 4, Glossology. 5, Systematic Botany. 6, Kelation to man — ultimate aim. 

 7, Its merits and claims. 8, Natural world — its divisions, — a, mutual relations. 

 9, Mineral defined. 10, Plant defined. 11, Animal defined, —a, the three king- 

 doms blend in one. 12, Vegetation universal, — a, effects of light upon it — and 

 heat, — b, elevation above the sea — Peak of Teneriffe, — c, soil, — £^, moisture, — e, 



extremes of heat — illustrations, — /, extremes of cold — illustrations, — g, light 



illustrations. 13, Variety of the vegetable kingdom. 14, Causes which affect^it,— 

 a, plants adapted to localities. 15, Cultivation, — 16, Cabbage, &c., for illustration. 

 17, Species dependent on cultivation, — a, conclusion. 



CHAPTER n. — PLAN OF VEGETATION. ELEMENTARY 

 ORGANS. — 18. 



IS, Embryo. 19, Axis, — ascending — descending. 20, Bud, — its development, 

 &c. 21, Axillary buds, — imiversal. 22, Bud a distinct individual, — a, illustra- 

 tion. 23, Branches,— ■«, plant compound, — b, reproductive. 24, Flower, origin 

 0^ — 25, its nature and end, — a, illustration. 26, Decay, — a, a leaf the elemen- 

 tary organ. 27, Leaf consists of,— a, elementary tissues. 28, Chemical basis of the 

 tissues — organic bases, — a, illustration. 29, Cellular tissue — parenchyma, — «, 

 pith of elder, — A, c, cellular tissue how colored, — d, size of cells, — e, they become 

 solid,— y; Kaphides. 30, Woody tissue — its design, — a, illustration. 31, Glandu- 

 lar fibre — fossil coal. 32, Vasiform tissue, — a, articulated — continuous, — b, Illus- 

 tration. 33, Vascular tissue, — a, spiral vessels, — b, spiral thread, — e, its size, 



d, situation of spiral vessels, — e, what they contain, — /, ducts, — g, closed annu- 

 lar— .-eticulated- the ofBce of these ducts. 34, Laticiferous tissue, — a, size, &c. 

 35, Epidermis — where it is not found. 36, Structure, — a, illustration. 37, Stomata. 

 38, Form. 39, Position, — a, size. 40, Surface. 41, Hairs- simple — branched,— 

 a, position — downy — pubescent — hirsute — rough — tomentose — arachnoid — se- 

 riceous — velvety — ciUate. 42, Stings. 43, Prickles. 44, Glands — sessile — im- 

 bedded, — «, glandular hairs. 45, Eeceptacles of sepretion. 



CHAPTER m— PRIMARY DIVISIONS OF THE VEGETABLE 

 KINGDOM. — 26. 



46, Phffinogamia— Cryptogamia,— 47, their distinctions of tissue, — 48, of cotyle- 

 dons. 49, Further distinctions. 50, A species, — a, Illustration — number of species 

 known. 61, Varieties, — a, where they occur. 52, A genus, — «, illustration,—*, 

 summary. ' 



CHAPTER IV.— OF THE FLOWER. 



§1. OF ITS PARTS AND THEIR ARRANGEMENT. — 28. 



53, Parts of the flower enumerated, — a, essential organs — perfect flower, — b, im 

 perfect flower — sterile — fertile — neutral. 54, Perianth consists of— calyx — co- 

 rolla— achlauiydeous flowers. 55, Calyx defined — sepals. 56, Corolla defined — 

 petals. 57, Stamens — definition of — office — andrcecium. 58, Pistils — ofBce 

 of— gynoecmm. 59, Receptacle- order of the organs upon it. CO, Specimens, 

 hi, A complete and regular flower, — », theoretical number of the parts, — 15, their 



