INDEX 



1 37 



Narcissus^ sp. , 16 1 



Bulbs emetic, 167 



" Natural Order " (or Family), 26 

 Nei-ine, sp., 162 

 Neritim Oleander, 133 

 Nicot, Jean, 129 

 Nicotiana, sp., 127 

 Nicotine, 128 



Nigella damascena (Love-in-a- 

 mist), 49 ' 

 Nightshade, Deadly, 119 

 Woody, 1 1 5 



Oak, 155 



Young foliage injurious to 



cattle, 155 

 (Enanthe, sp. (Water Dropworts), 



94 ff. 

 Old Man's Beard, 31 



OLEACEiE, III 



Oleander, all parts poisonous, 133 



Soldiers poisoned by, 134 



Opium, 50 



Oroeanchace^, 140 



Orobanche, sp. (Broomrape), 140 



Oxalate of Lime, 143 



Oxalic ecid, 64 



OXALIUACE.^, 63 



Oxalis Acetosella (Wood -sorrel), 



" Pales" of Grasses, 179 

 Panaisie, 99 

 " Panicle," 136 

 Papavery sp. (Poppy), 50 fF. 

 Papaverace^, 50 



PAPILlONACEyE, 71 



Paris quadrifolia (Herb Paris), 171 

 Parsley, Beaked, 98 

 Parsnip, Cow, 99 



Water, 90 



Pasque-flower, 33 

 "Path-fmders" on Corollas, 109 

 Peach-nut oil, 79 

 PediculariSy sp. (Lousewort), 138 



" Perianth," 27 

 Periwinkle Family, 133 

 Phaseohis vulgaris (Scarlet 



Runner), 74 

 Pimpernel (injurious to birds), 1 13 

 Pine Family, 156 

 Pink Family, 58 

 Poison, Definition of, 14 

 POLYGONACE^, I4I 

 Polygonu7n, sp., 14 1 

 Poor Man's Weather-glass, 113 

 Poppy, 50 fF. 



Classical refs. to, 54 



Field, 54 



Heads, 53 



Portland Sago, 168 

 Potash, Binoxalale of, 64 

 Potato, 117 



Raw, harmful to cattle, 1 18 



Prick-wood, 67 



Primrose Family, 112 



PrimulacE/E, 112 



Privet, III 



Berries, injurious to children, 



112 

 Pruned, 78 

 Prunus, sp., 78 ff. 

 Prussic acid (Egyptian refs. to), 89 

 Plants yielding, 82 



Quercus, sp. (Oak), 155 



Ranunculace^, 30 

 Ranunculus, sp. (Buttercup), 35 

 Receptacular Expansion, 21 



Tube, 22 



Regular and Irregular flowers, 



24 

 RHAMNACE/E, 69 

 Rhamnus, sp. (Buckthorn), 69 

 Rheum, sp. (Rhubarb), 143 

 Rhinan thine, 139 

 Rhododendron, sp., 109 ff. 



Medical uses of, no 



Rhubarb, 143 



