Index 



405 



Glucose, 102, 103 

 Glumes, empty, 162 



flowering, 164, 165 



outer, 162 



Golden-rod, seeds of 349 

 Gorse, 114, 323, 326 

 Grain, 117, 167, 168 

 Grain-fields, weeds of, 351 

 Grains, 118 



" Grains" of chlorophyll, 94 

 Grant Allen quoted, 86, 319, 



320 

 Grape tendrils, revolution of, 



243 . 



Grape vine, 242 

 Grass, 149, 156 

 Grass-blades, 123 

 Grass-blossoms visited by in- 

 sects, 173 



Grass-flowers, 161, 173 

 Grass, leaves of, 160 

 Grass-pollen, waste of, 170 

 Grasses, 118, 151, 152, 157, 165 



as sand-binders, 153, 154 



blossoms of, 139, 140, 165 



coast, 153 



modes of seed-distribution, 

 169 



mud-binding, 153 



nodes of, 158 



number of species of, r68 



sheaths of, 158 



spikelets of, 168 



stems of, 188 

 Gray, Prof., 83 



" Grete Herbale" quoted, 356 

 Great Britain saved by a 



thistle, 337 

 Green bark, 132 

 Groundsel, 39, no, 352 

 Growing-point, 120 

 Gums, 63 

 Gymnosperm, 297 

 Gymnosperms, 290, 296 

 Gymnosperms (prothalli of), 

 292 



Hackberry, 74 



Hairs of ferns, 261 



Hairs, various uses of, 42, 46, 



no, 320 

 Hans Andersen quoted, 378 



Hare's palace, 356 



Hartford fern, 262 



Haulm, 160 



Hawk moths, 202, 203 



Hawthorne, 323, 326 



Hawk-moths, 203 



Hazel, 44 



Hazel, copper, 97 



Hazel-nut, 69 



Hazel-nut tree, 380 



Heart-wood, 385 



Heather, 99 



Hedge-hog grass, 169 



Hemlock, 270 



Hemlock, seedlings of, 270 



Hemlock, staminal leaves of, 



288 



Hemlocks, 299 

 Hemp, 332 

 Heraldry, 336 

 Herbivorous animals, 96 

 Herbert, George, 65 

 Hickory, 71 

 Hickories, 75 

 Hobble-bush, 57 

 Holland, 155 

 Hollow stems, 38, 157 

 Holly, 74 



44 Holy thorns," 374 

 Honey, 42 



Honeysuckle, 201, 204, 227, 230 

 Honeysuckle, twining of, 239 

 Honeysuckles, 228 

 Hook-climbers, 235 

 Hooks at tips of vine-sprays, 



237 



Hop-vine, 239 

 Horse-chestnut, 78, 79, 80, 82, 



85, 86, 120 



Horse-chestnut bur, 83 

 Horse-chestnuts, 84 

 Horse-tails, 248, 251 

 Horse-tails, prothalli of, 252 

 Humming-bird, 34 

 Humming bird moths, 203 

 Huxley, 90 

 Hydrogen, 90, 100 



Ill-timed growth, 376, 377 

 Immortelles, 354 

 Imperfect flowers, 66 

 Indian corn, 117, 126, 174 



