CONTENTS. VOLUME II. 



LESSON VI. 



Classification of Plants Natural and Artificial Methods Artificial 

 System of Linnaeus The Natural Method of Jussieu. 



Cryptogamous Plants Lichens, Fungi, Agarics, Truffle, Algae, Mosses, 

 Ferns. 



Phanerogamous Plants Monocotyledons Grasses Wheat, Rye, 

 Barley, Malt, Oats, Rice, Maize, Sugar-cane, Sugar, Sugar-candy 

 Palms Narcissus Dicotyledons Apetalous Dicotyledons 

 Monopetalous Dicotyledons Potato, Tobacco, Belladonna, Olive, 

 Sage, Coffee Polypetalous Dicotyledons Hemlock Mallow, 

 Cotton, Flax, Orange, Tea, Vine, Wine, Poppy, Sensitive Plant, 

 Apple, Pear, Plum, Cherry, Apricot, Peach, Strawberry, &c. Di- 

 cli'nese Hop, Hemp, Elm, Bread-fruit, Oak, Chestnut, Ash, Pine 

 Of the Uses of Plants Examples of Ornamental Plants.. P. 98 145 



BOOK VIII. 



GEOLOGY ; THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE EARTH 5 S STRUCTURE* 



LESSON I. 



GEOLOGY DEFINED Form of the Earth Its Surface Internal Heat 

 Mineralogy defined Definition of the term Rock Formations 

 Strata The origin of Strata Vegetable Earth Alluvium 

 Division of the Formations Plutonic Formations Neptunian or 

 Stratified Rocks Order of Strata Temple of Jupiter Serapis 

 Subsidence and Elevation of Coasts P. 1 1 -20 



LESSON II. 



ORGANIC REMAINS Fossils how produced. 



FIRST GEOLOGICAL EPOCH Primitive Rocks Granite Gneiss 

 Mica-Schist Argillaceous Schist. 



SECOND GEOLOGICAL EPOCH Transition Formation Cambrian Sys- 

 tem Silurian System Trilobites and other Animal Remains 

 Devonian System Fossil Fishes Fossils Limits of the Transi- 

 tion Formation Strata changed in position by Geological Convul- 

 sion* P. 2 1 36 



LESSON III. 



THIRD GEOLOGICAL EPOCH Secondary Formation Carboniferous 

 Formation Old Red Sandstone Fossils Coal Formation Fos- 

 sils Extent of Coal Measures. 



FOURTH GEOLOGICAL EPOCH New Red Sandstone Fossils Tri- 



