CONTENTS AND ANALYSIS. 



CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTION. — Page 13. 



1, Botany ricfincc]. — 2, Its department?. Organofjrnphy. 3, Vegetable Physiol- 

 ogv. -1, Glossologv. 5, Systematic Botany. C, Relation "to man — ultimate aim. 

 7, it.s merits and claims. 'S, Natural world — its division?, — «, mutual relations, 

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

 doms blend in one. li. Vegetation universal, — a, eflects of light upon it — and 

 heat, — h, elevation above the sea — Peak of Teneriffe, — c, soil, — (i, moisture, — e, 

 extremes of heat — illustrations, — /; extremes of cold — illustrations, — o-, light- 

 illustrations. 13, Variety of the vcgetalde kingdoiu. 14, Causes whicli affect it, — 

 a, plants adapted to localities. 15, Cultivation, — 10, Cabbage, &c., for illustration. 

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



CHAPTER II. — PLAN OF VEGETATION. ELE^^IENTARY 

 ORGANS. — 18. 



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

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

 tion. 23, 15ranclies, — a, plant compoinid, — b, reproductive. 2J, Flower, origia 

 of, — 25, its nature and end, — a, illustration. 20, Decay, — a, a leaf the elemen- 

 tary organ. 27, Leaf consists of, — a, element.ary tissues." 2S', Chemical basis of tho 

 tiss'ues — organic bases, — a, illustration. 29, Cellular tissue— parenchyma, — a, 

 pith of elder, — b, c, cellular tissue how colored, — rt", size of cells, — e, they become 

 solid, — /, Paphides. 30, Woodv 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, — i, spiral thread, — c, its size, — 

 d, situ.ation of spiral vessels, — e, what they contain, — ./; ducts, — g-, closed — anmi- 

 lar — reticulated — the office of these ducts. 34, Laticiferons tissue, — rr, size, &c. 

 35, Epidermis — where it is not found. 30, Structure, — a, illustration. .37, Stomata. 

 3S, Form. 39, Position, — «, size. 40, Surface. 41, Hairs — simple — branched,— 

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

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

 bedded, — a, glandular hairs. 45, Receptacles of secretion. 



CHAPTER III. — PRIMARY DIVISIONS OF THE \T:GETABLE 

 KINGDOM. — 26. 



4G, Ph.TUogamia — Cryptogamin, — 47, their distinctions of tissue, — 4-S, of cotyle- 

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

 known. 51, Varieties, — c, where they occur. 52, A genus, — a, illustration, — i, 

 summary. 



CHAPTER IV. — OF THE FLOWER. 

 {1. OF ITS PARTS AND THEIR ARRANGEMENT.— CS. 



S.*?, P.nrts of the flower einimerated, — a, essential organs — perfect flower, — 3, ira 

 perfect flower — sterile — fertile — neu'^ral. -54, Perianth consists of — calyx — co- 

 rolla — achlamvdeous flowers. .O-'i, Calyx rVfiiied — sepals. -50, Corolla defined — 

 petals. 57, Stamens — dcfini'iou of— office — :.'ndrcpcium. 5S, Pistils — offico 

 of — gynrcciiun. 59. Rocepfacle — order of tl-.e organs njwn it. GO, S]iecimen.s. 

 Gl, A complete and regular fiov.'er, — a, theoretical number of tiie pai'tt, — i, tlieir 



