CONTENTS AND ANALYSIS 



CHAPTER I— INTRODUCTION.— Page 13. 



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

 ogy. 4, Glossology. 5, Systematic Botany. 6, Relation 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, — 3, elevation above the sea — Peak of Teneriffe, — c, soil, — ^, moisture, — «, 

 extremes of heat — illustrations,— / extremes of cold — illustrations,— ^, 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. 



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

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

 tion. 23, Branches, — a, plant compound, — 3, reproductive. 24, Flower, origin 

 of, — 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, — a, 

 pith of elder, — (5, c, cellular tissue how colored, — 6?, size of cells, — e, they become 

 solid,—/, Raphides. 30, Woody tissue — its design, — a, illustration. 31^ Glandu- 

 lar fibre — fossil coal. 32, Vasiform tissue, — o, articulated — continuous, — b, illus- 

 tration. 33, Vascular tissue, — a, spiral vessels, — (5, spiral thread, — c, its size, — 

 d, situation of spiral vessels, — .?, what they contain, — /, ducts, — o-, closed — annu- 

 lar— reticulated— the office 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 — ciHate. 42, Stings. 43, Prickles. 44, Glands — sessile — im- 

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



CHAPTER HI — PRBIARY DIVISIONS OF THE VEGETABLE 

 KINGDOM. — 26. 



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

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

 known. 51, Varieties, — a, where they occur. 52, A genus, — a, illustration,— 3. 

 summarj'. o j ? > i 



CHAPTER IV. — OF THE FLOWER. 



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



53, Parts of the flower enumerated, — c, essentialorgans — perfect flower, — 3, im 

 perfect flower— sterile — fertile — neutral. M, Perianth consists of— calvx — co- 

 rolla— achlamydeous flowers. 55, Calyx defined — sepals. ^, Corolla defined — 

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

 of— gynoecium. 59, Receptacle — order of the organs upon it. 60, Specimens. 

 t)l, A complete and regular flower, — a, theoretical number of the parts, — d^ their 



