INDEX. 
Acorn, wonders of, 88, 89. 
Acrogenous plants, 70. 
African Palm-tree, 129. 
Air-plants, 42. 
Algae, 70. 
Aloe, 37. 
blooms but once, 37. 
cultivated in tropical America, 
fibres of, used in making rope 
bridges, 39. 
paper made from, by the ancient 
Mexicans, 39. 
various uses of, 39. 
Alpine plants, 73. 
Amaryllis, Yellow, 55. 
Amazon, Palm-trees of the, 127-133. 
American Daisy, 48. 
Ankerwyke Yew, 109. 
Annuals, 83, 
Anther, 28. 
Aquarium, 60-63. 
plants best adapted to, 65. 
Aquatic plants render water pure, 
60 
Arctic Circle, flowers of, 72. 
Arctic regions, Willow of, 102. 
Aspen, 106. 
Barley, 16. 
Barren Pine, 78. 
how supplied with moisture, 79. 
Barton on the Passion-Flower, 41. 
Bashan, Oaks of, 93. 
Beech, 98, 99. 
Bible, origin of the term, 20. 
Biennials, 83. 
Bignonia, 43. 
Birch, 104. 
Birch-bark cances, 105. 
12* 
Black Oak, 93. 
Black Walnut, 99, 100. 
Bloom, how to prolong, 33. 
Blossoming trees, 110. 
Boddington Oak, 95. 
Box-wood, 87. 
Buckeye, 110. 
Bud contains the entire plimt in 
miniature, 84. 
Bulbous roots, 84. 
Bulrush of the Bible, 19. 
Butterfly Orchis, 43. 
Cabinet-ware woods, 87. 
California, large trees of, 118-116. 
Calla, 55. 
Calyx, 27. 
Canada Balsam, 118. 
Canes for chair-bottoms, 130. 
Canoe Birch, 104, 105. 
Carolina rice-fields, 19. 
Catalpa, 110. 
Catkins, 27. 
Cauline leaves, 35. 
Cedar of Lebanon, 120-122. 
secked of by prophet Ezekiel, 
120. 
Cedars of Lebanon, 121. 
number of, now remaining, 122, 
properties of the wood, 123. 
Century Plant, 37. 
Cereal grasses rapid in growth, 15. 
Cereus, Night-blooming, 30, 31. 
Chandos Oak, 95. 
Charter Oak, 93. 
Chestnut, 98. 
its resemblance to the Oak, 97, 
98. 
China Aster, 48. 
Circulating fluid “E1375 58. 
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