INDEX 



ACORNS, 133, 175 



Animal kingdom, 16, 27 



Annuals, 124 



Anther of stamen, 118, 137, 153 



Bacteria, 71, 168 



Banana-plant, 109 



Banyan-tree, 27, 38 



Beauty of flowers, 19-21, 148 



Beech, 38 



Bees, 143-8, 152, etc. 



Beetroot, 107 



Biennials, 124 



Bindweed, 159 



Bladderworts, 164 



Bracts, 53 



Brain of plant, 73 



Bread, 105 



Breathing of plants, 87-90 



Bryony, 159 



Budding, 119 



Bulbs, 39, 125, 129 



Butter, 106 



Buttercup, 40, 53-4 



Butterfly Orchis, 154 



Calyx, 22, 56, 118 



Camphor-tree, 110 



Candytuft, 5 



Catkins, 139 



Cedar of Lebanon, 38 



Celery, 58 



Cells and tubes, 30, 69, 70, 78-80, 91, 93 



" Character " in plants, 123 



Cheese, make of, 106 



Chlorophyll, 94, 113 



Classification, 44-7 



Clematis, 159 



Climbing plants, 159 



Cocoa or Cacao, 108 



Cocoa-nuts, 135 



Compositse, 57 



Contrivances, 150-5 



Corolla, 22, 118 



Cotton-plant, 109 



Cotyledons, 39-42 



Crocus bulbs, 125 



Cross-fertilization, 137-9, 143-6, 152-4 



Crossing, 138, 154-5 



Daffodil, 127 

 Daisies, 2, 5, 7, 56, 96 

 Dandelion, 57, 134 



Date-palm, 108 

 Diatoms, 30-1, 112 

 Digestion of plants, 87-90 

 Divisions or Classes, 27, 36, 39-42 

 Dodder-plant, 170 



Earth a Garden, 26 

 Elm, 29, 41 



Families, 36, 46-9 

 Fem-fructiflcation, 33-6 

 Ferns, 33-6 

 Filament, 118 

 Flax-plant, 110 



Flowering plants, 26, 29-30, 36 

 Flowerless plants, 33, 36 

 Flowers, 18-21, 114, etc. 



parts of, 21, etc., 117, etc. 



scents, 116 



varieties of, 114 



work of, 19, 114-36 



Food of plants, 70-5 



Food, Vegetable, 14, 19, 94, 105-9 



Fools' Parsley, 58 



Forget-me-not, 5 



Foxglove, 153 



Fronds, 33-5 



Frost, work of, 63 



Fruits, 108-9 



Genera, 47 

 Germination, 130 

 Grand St. Bernard, 62 

 Grasses, 36, 40, 142 

 Growth of plant, 10, 12 



Hazel-tree, 142 



Health of plants, 97, 167, 169 



Hemlock, 58 



Hive-bee, 146-9 



Honeysuckle, 159 



Hop, 159 



Humble-bee, 144, 152 



Insect-help, 138, 142-50 

 Insectivorous plants, 163 

 Instinct in animals, 149 



Leaf -green. See Clilorophyll. 

 Leaves, 18, 39-42, 82-95, 100-2. See 

 Modified leaves. 



colouring of, 92-4 



make of, 41, 85, etc. 



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