CONTENTS AND ANALYSIS 



CHAPTEE I.— INTKODUCTION.— Page 13. 



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

 ogy. 4, Glossology. 5, Systematic Botany. 6, Relation to man — laltimate 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, — <i, moisture, — e^ 

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

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

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

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



CHAPTER n. — PLAN OF VEGETATION. ELEMENTAEY 

 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, — <x, 

 pith of elder, — 3, c, cellular tissue how colored, — d^ size of cells, — e, they become 

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

 lar fibre — fossil coal. 32, Vasiwrm tissue, — a, articulated — continuous, — <5, illus- 

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

 d^ situation of spu*al vessels, — e, what they contain, — /, ducts, — g^ 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, — «, size. 40, Surface. 41, Hairs — simple — branched, — 

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

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

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



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, Agenus, — <2t, illustration, — <5, 

 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, — ^, im 

 perfect flower — sterile — fertile — neutral. 5^1, Perianth consists of — calyx — co- 

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

 petals. 57, Stamens — definition of— oflioc- andnocium. 58, Pistils — office 

 <^^'^gy"'^cium. 50, Receptacle — order of the organs upon it. 60, Specimens. 

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



