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, Relation to man — ultimate' aim. 

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

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

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

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



extremes of heat — illustrations, — f, 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. — PLAI? OF VEGETATION. ELEMENTARY 

 ORGAITS. — 18. 



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

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

 tion. 23, Branches, — a, plant compound, — b, 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, — b, c, cellular tissue how colored, — d, size of cells, — e, they become 

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

 lar fibre — fossil coal. 32, VasLform tissue, — a, articulated — continuous, — b, illus- 

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

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

 lar — reticulated — the oflSce 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, — «, size. 40, Surface. 41, Hairs — simple — branched, 



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

 riceous— velvety— ciliate. 42, Stings. 43, Prickles. 44, Glands — sessUe — im- 

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



CHAPTER m. — PRmARY DIVISIONS OF THE VEGETABLE 

 KINGDOM. — 26. 



46, Phsenogamia— Crv^ptogamia,— 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, — a, illustration, —3, 

 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 — achlamydeous flowers. 55, Calyx defined — sepals. 56, Corolla defined — 

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

 of— gyno3cium. 59, Receptacle — order of the organs upon it. 60, Specimens. 

 61, A complete and regular flower, — a, theoretical nimiber of the parts, — *, their 



