INDEX. 



423 



Diodorus, the historian, quoted, 93, 94. 



Dioscorides, the author of "Materia 

 Medica," his reference to Mercury's 

 plant, 81 ; on the Agrostis, 95. 



Diurnal movement of the stars, origin of 

 its discovery, 16. 



Dobell, Sydney, the poet, quoted, 129, 

 131- 



Dogma, folly of, 292. 



Dog Mercury, the, its power of propaga- 

 tion, 77, 78 ; described by Mr Sowerby, 

 78 ; how distinguished from weeds, 79 ; 

 its dioecious character, 80 ; mentioned 

 by Pliny the naturalist, 80, 81 ; and by 

 Dioscorides, 81; its disappearance before 

 the power of snow, 81. 



Dog-star, the. See SIRIUS. 



Dog's-tooth grass, the, characteristics 

 of, features of, described, 91-93; its 

 emollient properties, 96. 



Draco, the constellation of, known to the 

 ancients, 22. 



Dragon-fly, the, described by the poets, 

 174, 175 ; its destructive properties, 175 ; 

 the female, 182, 183 ; its metamorphosis, 

 183-187. 



Drayton, Michael, the poet, his description 

 of a spring-time posy, 159-161 ; on car- 

 nations, 371. 



Drummond, William, the poet, quoted, 

 399, 400. 



Dutrochet, the philosopher, his theory of 

 the rise of sap, 136. 



EAGLE, the, its affection for the moun- 

 tains, 57 ; its flight described, 58-62 ; its 

 nest, 62 ; the various species of, 62, 63. 



Earth, the, shape of, as conceived by 

 Homer and Hesiod, 103, 104 ; by Se- 

 neca, 104 ; by the Chaldeans, Anaxi- 

 mander, Anaximenes, and Zenophanes, 

 105 ; by Plato, 105, 106 ; by Eudoxes 

 and Aristotle, 106 ; by the Greeks and 

 Hebrews, 107 ; a problem, 398, 399. 



Earwig, the, form of, described, 278-280. 



Edelwein, the, in the Alps, description of, 

 418. 



FLAMMARION, M., on coloured stars, 414, 



4i5- 

 Flos Adonis, the, legend connected with, 



169. 



Forficulae, the, group of, characteristics 

 of, 286. 



Forget-me-not, the, celebrated by Camp- 

 bell the poet, 236, 237 ; described by 

 Miss Pratt, 238 ; analysis of its form.- 

 238, 239; legends connected with, 239, 

 240. 



Friendship, the test of, 141. 



Frigid zones, the, position of, 45, 46 ; the 

 lizards of, described, 70, 71. 



GALILEO, his discoveries in gravitation, 

 no, in. 



Ganges, the banks of, described, 248. 



Garidel, the botanist, on the medical pro- 

 perties of the daisy, 147. 



Garden-lily, the, described, 248. 



Garden-nightshade, the, its extreme fer- 

 tility, 82 ; description of, 83 ; by Tour- 

 nefort, 84, 85, 89 ; its various forms, 85 ; 

 its medical properties, 85-87. 



Genesis, the book of, quoted, 191. 



Gentiana lutea, the, its medical proper- 

 ties, 254. 



Gentiana campestris, described, 256, 257. 



Gentianacese, the family of, its character- 

 istics described, 252-255 : a Lilliputian 

 specimen of, 255. 



Gentians, the, of the Alps, description of, 

 10. 



Gerard, the botanist, quoted, 418. 



Gesner, Conrad, the botanist, on the tulip, 

 154- 



Goethe, J. Wolfgang, the poet, quoted, 

 191. 



Gold-crowned wren, the, description of, 

 64 ; its partiality to the society of other 

 birds, 64, 65 ; its gymnastic accomplish- 

 ments, 65 ; its cosmopolitan character, 

 65, 66 ; its smallness of size, 66. 



Graetz's balls, origin of, stated, 55, 56. 



Graminea?, the, general characteristics of, 

 88-90 ; how described by the naturalists 

 of the Middle Ages, 95, 96. 



Gramen, the, Pliny the historian on, 94, 

 95- 



Grasshopper, the, described by Leigh 

 Hunt, 274. 



Great Bear, the, origin of the story of, 9, 

 10 ; Homer's reference to, 10. 



Grew, the botanist, his theory of the rise 

 of sap, 124 ; on the calyx of flowers, 211. 



