CONTENTS AND ANALYSIS. 
CHAPTER I.—INTRODUCTION.—Page 13. 
1, Botany defined. —2, Its departments. Organography. 3, Vegetable Physiol- 
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, — 4, elevation above the sea— Peak of Teneriffe, —c, soil, —d, 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, 
@, plants adapted to localities. 15, Cultivation, 16, Cabbage, &c., for illustration. 
17, Species dependent on cultivation, —a, conclusion. 
CHAPTER II.— 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. 93, Branches, —a, pian compound,—4, 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, —za, 
pith of elder, —4, c, cellular tissue how colored, —d, size of cells, —¢, they become 
solid, — 7, Raphides. 30 Woody tissue —its design, —a, illustration. 31, Glandu- 
lar fibre — fossil coal. 32, Vasiform tissue, — a, articulated — continuous, —4, illus- 
tration. 33, Vascular tissue, —a, spiral vessels, — 4, spiral thread,—e, its size, — 
d, situation of spiral vessels, —e, what they contain, —/, ducts, —g, closed — annn- 
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 —ciliate. 42, Stings. 43, Prickles. 44, Glands —sessile—im- 
bedded, —a, glandular hairs. 45, Receptacles of secretion. 
CHAPTER Ill.—PRIMARY DIVISIONS OF THE VEGETABLE 
KINGDOM. — 26. 
46, Phenogamia — Cryptogamia, —47, their distinctions of tissue, — 48, of cotyle- 
dons. 49, Further distinctions. 50, A species, —a, illustration — number of aie 
known. 51, Varieties;—a, where they occur. 52, A genus,—a, illustration, —4é, 
summary. 
CHAPTER IV.—OF THE FLOWER. 
§1. OF ITS PARTS AND THEIR ARRANGEMENT. —2. 
petals. 57, Stamens —definition of—office—andreecitm. 58, 
of—gynecium. 59, Receptacle—order of the organs upon it. 60, Sp 
61, A complete and regular flower, —a, theoretical number of the parts, —¢ 
