CONTENTS. 17 



BOTANY. 



INTRODUCTORY SECTION. Import of the Term Dis- 

 tinctions between the Animal and Vegetable World 

 Structure of Vegetables Differences among the Three 

 Classes of Vegetables Vegetable Life Biblical 

 Arrangement 227 



CHAPTER I. GRASS AND HERBS. 

 Herbaceous Productions 232 



SECTION I. Grain : 



Methods of Preparing Grain for Food Corn used as an 



Emblem of a Future State 234 



Wheat Barley Rye Millet 237 



SECTION II. Reeds: 



The Bulrush of Papyrus the Cane the Flag 239 



SECTION III. Pulse: 



Lentils Beans 242 



SECTION IV. Weeds : 



Suphim Cockle Fitches 243 



CHAPTER II. PLANTS AND SHRUBS. 



SECTION I. Aromatic Plants : 



Camphor Aloes the Myrtle the Lily Cummin- 

 Anise Hyssop the Juniper 246 



SECTION II. Cucumber Plants : 



The Cucumber the Melon the Mandrake 252 



SECTION III. Thorny Shrubs and Plants : 



The Thorn the Bramble Nettles 254 



SECTION IV. Onions and similar Plants : 



Onions Garlick Leeks 257 



SECTION V.Flax. . . .258 



