INDEX SECOND. 



V. 



a celebrated Botanist, 1 2. 

 Vascular texture, 75. 

 '-' layer of the bark, S25. 



Vegetable, definition of the, 49- 

 i torpidity of, in winter, 65. 



gland, definition of the, 627. 



- " earth, components of, 215. 

 Vegetables, they possess vitality, 33. 



- resemble animals in many respects, 33. 

 are not sentient beings, 34. 

 Venus' fly-trap, its singular appendage, 685. 

 Veronica Chamcedrys, its pubescence is bifarious, 645. 

 Vessels, varieties of, in the vegetable, 79. 

 entire, their character, 80. 

 perforated, 81. 



annular, 82. 



spiral, 83. 



ringed membranous, 417. 



Vine, peculiarity in the origin of its branches, 389. 



i- structure of its rootlets, 409. 



Virginian creeper, its power of adhering to upright bodies, 656*. 



Vitality, functions of plants that depend on it, 53. 



W. 



Water a component of soils, 216. 



'. too much of it is injurious to plants, 2 1 6. 

 Wheat, structure of its stem, 300. 



y his opinion regarding fibrils, 129. 

 states the prickle to be vascular, 65 1 . 

 his opinion regarding tendrils, 654. 

 Wood, relative situation of it in stems, 329. 

 .. exists in a hard and a soft state, 330. 



concentric layers of the, 331. 

 origin of the annual zones of, 338. 



use of it to the plant, 354. 



... period at which it is completely indurated, 357. 



X. 



Xylophylla bears flowers in the serratures of its leaves, 54 1 . 



Y. 



Yucca differs from Palms in growth, 305. 



Z. 



Zea Mays, structure of its leaf, 557- 

 .. its cuticular meshes, 605. 



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