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INDEX. 



Bosc, the French naturalist, his reference 

 to the alimentary properties of the Arum, 

 163 ; his career sketched, 163. 



Boyle, Robert, on the contemplation of the 

 universe, 101, 102. 



Bradley, the astronomer, his discovery of 

 the nutation of the earth, 12. 



Browning, Mrs E. B., her poetry charac- 

 terised, 337 ; her " Aurora Leigh " 

 quoted, 337, 338. 



Bug, the harvest, description of, 349-352. 



Burton, of the "Anatomy of Melancholy," 

 quoted, 240. 



Buttercup, the, its bulbous roots, 166 ; its 

 stimulating properties, 167. 



Byron, Lord, the poet, quoted, 101. 



C^ESALPIN, the botanist, on the Solanum 

 nigrum, 86. 



Callisto, the legend of, 9. 



Calypso, the island of, referred to, 19. 



Calyx, the, of flowers, parts of, 211. 



Campbell, Thomas, the poet, quoted, 236, 

 237- 



Candolle, De, his opinions on the nature 

 of red snow, 41, 42. 



Cardinal points of the compass, how to 

 ascertain our position in reference to 

 the, 7, 8; process of determination of 

 the, 17-19. 



Carew, Thomas, the poet, quoted, too. 



Carnations, characterised by Jeremy Tay- 

 lor and Drayton, 371; described, 372; 

 varieties of, 373. 



Carnivora, the, distribution of, 358. 



Cassini, Jacques, his theory of the earth's 

 form, in, 112. 



Castle pink, the, described, 375, 376. 



Castelnau, the Count of, quoted, 363, 364. 



Cereals, the, range of, 323, 324. 



Cetacea, the, distribution of, 358 ; de- 

 scribed, 208-215 ; curious forms of, 220- 

 223. 



Chaldeans, the, their conception of the 

 earth's shape, 105. 



Chamois, the, described, 56, 57. 



Chaucer, the poet, his description of the 

 daisy quoted, 138, 140. 



Cheese mite, the, where found, 354; its 

 ugly form, 355, 356. 



Chomel, the botanist, on the medical pro- 

 perties of the daisy, 146, 147. 



Chlorophyll, experiments in, 368, 369. 

 Chrysomela salicinia, the, described, 72. 

 Clare, John, the Northamptonshire poet, 



on the dragon-fly, 175. 

 Clematis, the, described, 168; celebrated 



by Keats, 168. 

 Columbus, Christopher, his demonstration 



of the existence of the Antipodes, 108, 



109. 



Compass, the, points of, 7. 

 Constellations, table of the number of stars 



in the northern, southern, and zodiacal, 



27, 28. 

 Convallaria majalis. See LILY OF THE 



VALLEY. 



Convolvulus, the, described, 383, 384. 

 Copernicus, the astronomer, his theory of 



the earth's rotundity, no; antiquity of 



his so-called theory, 118, 119. 

 Cornwall, Barry, the poet, quoted, 229. 

 Corolla, the, of flowers, 214, 215, 223; 



varieties of, 225-229. 

 Crabbe, George, the poet, quotation from, 



288. 

 Cynodon dactylon, the, described, 91-93. 



DAISY, the, described by Chaucer, 138, 

 140; by Cowper, 139; by James Mont- 

 gomery and William Browne, 140; its,, 

 vegetation, 140, 141; described, 142-145; 

 referred to by the ancients, 145 ; and by 

 the botanists of the Middle Ages, 146; 

 characterised by Wepfer, Tournefort, 

 and Garidel, 147 ; its medical properties, 

 146, 147; George Withers' tribute to, 

 148; celebrated by Wordsworth, 149, 

 150; by Shakespeare and Milton, 151, 

 152. 



Darwin, Erasmus, the poet, on the pimper- 

 nel, 261. 



David's Chariot, position of, 8, 9. 



Day and night, varying length of, 198,199. 



Delphos, the "navel of the world," 107. 



Democritus, the philosopher, on the Milky 

 Way, 25. 



Dent de Jaman, the, described, 257. 



Desor, M., the Swiss naturalist, his dis- 

 covery of the snow-flea, 72, 73. 



Desoria saltans, the, described, 73 ; glaci- 

 alis, description of, 74. 



Dial, floral, referred to and exemplified, 

 217, 218. 



