CONTENTS. 23 



Gravel Chalk Flint - 238 



Fertility of the Sea - 240 



Early State of the Globe .... - 241 



Volcanic Islands -243 



Action in deep Water ---.-.- 249 



Coal-fields 250 



Limestone and Marble . . . . . 252 



SECTION VIII. 



ORGANIZED BEINGS. 



Light a Sight Heat a Sensation 253 



Elements of Bodies 254 



Action of Heat on Compounds, with Instances ... 255 



Matter does not grow 257 



Progress of Rnin 258 



LIFE the Restorer 260 



Organization 262 



Organization proceeds from Life 263 



Fungi and Rots 264 



Gennes of Fungi ........ 265 



Climatal Distribution of Plants 267 



Northern Forests 270 



Vegetation of Tropical Countries 272 



Plants in the Sand 275 



EPIPHYTES 276 



Fall of the Leaf - - - 280 



Vegetable Life 281 



Planted Timber 283 



Dry Rot in Timber 285 



Effects of Cultivation on Wood ------ 288 



Wild and cultivated Woods 291 



Germination of Oaks 292 



Rot produced in the Nurseries - 294 



Effect of Light on Plants 295 



Bad Air 297 



Action on Trees 298 



Progress of Vegetation 303 



Epizooty 305 



Caledonian Forest 306 



Ancient Bog at Hynd Castle 308 



Effects of Cultivation on Forests 309 



Mere Observation not Knowledge .... 311 



Nature has little recorded History 

 Vegetables a good popular Study 

 Some Qualities of the " Bread-fruit Tribe" 

 Poison of Plants - 



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