INDEX. 
139 
Light not essential to all flowers, 30. Palm, 124-135. 
Lily, the emblem of purity, 50. 
many varieties, 51. 
of the New Testament, 55. 
of the Old Testament, 54. 
Live Oak, 91, 92. 
Locust, 110. 
Lombardy Poplar, 103, 106, 
Lotus, 54. 
Loudon’s Arboretum, quoted, 94-97. 
Magdalen Oak, 96. 
Magnolia, 111. 
Maize, 17. 
Marine plants, 65. 
Marvel of Peru, 32. 
Meadow-grass, recuperative power 
of, 23. 
Merton Oak, 94. 
Michaelmas Daisy, 48. 
Milfoil, 66. 
Mimosa, 82. 
Morning-Glories, 44. 
Mosses, 70. 
Mould, 70. 
Mount Etna, famous chestnut-tree 
of, 98. 
Mummy wheat, 15. 
Myriophyllum, 66. 
Napoleon’s Willow, 102. 
Nature’s power of adaptation, 78, 
79. 
Nectary, 27. 
Night-blooming Cereus, 30, 31. 
Night-blooming flowers, 30. 
Oak, growth of, described, 89, 90. 
in Syria, confined mostly to ele- 
vated positions, 92. 
its resemblance to the chest- 
nut, 97, 98. 
varieties of, 88. 
Oaks, several celebrated English, 
described, 94-97. 
Oats, 17, 18. 
Old trees, 94, 96, 98, 99, 108, 109, 120, 
122. 
Orchids, 42, 48. 
Orders of the vegetable kingdom, 12. 
Ornamental trees of American 
forests, 110. 
Ovary, 27. 
Oxygenation of air by leaves, 60. 
Palestine, oaks >f, 92. 
almost exclusively tropical, 133. 
emblem of uprightness, 134. 
leaves of, 126. 
of Scripture, 135. 
utility of, 127. 
Hee eranehss emblems of victory, 
134. 
Palms, leaves of, formerly used in 
India as paper, 1381. 
of South America, 131, 132. 
Palmetto, 133. 
Pampas Grass, 22. 
Panicle, 29. 
figured, 32. 
Paper Birch, 104. 
Paper of the ancients, 20. 
Papyrus, 19-21. 
Pashifiba Palm, 132. 
Passion-Flower, 40, 41. 
Barton’s verses on, 41. 
Peduncle, 29. 
Perennials, 83. 
Perfumes highly esteemed by the 
ancient Jews, 81. 
Period of rest in plants, how indi- 
cated, 74. 
Petals, 27. 
Picture-writings of the Mexicans,39. 
Pines of the United States Pacific 
coast, 116. 
Pistils, 27. 
Pitcher Plant, 79. 
Plants adapted to air and water, 66. 
evolve oxygen in daytime, 59. 
of cold countries usually have 
white flowers, 73. 
power of motion in, 81-83. 
resemblance of their functions 
to those of animals, 58. 
respiration of, 58, 59. 
their season of rest, 74. 
Plato’s laws engraved on cypress- 
wood, 119. 
Pollen, 28. 
Pond Lily, 54. 
Poplar, 103, 106, 107. 
Lombardy, 103, 106. 
Pride of India, 110. 
Primrose, Evening, 31. 
Pulque, 40. 
Raceme, 29. 
figured, 30. 
Radical, 35. 
Reflected flowers, 28. 
