CONTENTS. Vll 



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Turks. Uses of the Reed. Influence of the Choice of 

 Food upon the Civilization of a People. Rose of Jericho. 

 Cruciferae. Colours in Flowers. Night-scented Plants. 

 New Zealand Flax. Iris tenax. Linnsea. Belladonna 

 and Guernsey Lilies. Mrs. Tighe's Lines. Rose of Pses- 

 tum. Otto of Roses. Dog Rose. Fruit eaten by Dogs, 

 Foxes and Lizards. Apple of Sodom. Stock Seed. 

 Blood of St. Januarius - - 153 



CHAPTER XL 



ON LICHENS. 



Lichens. Oxalic Acid. Tripe de Roche. Iceland Moss. 

 Reindeer Moss. Cudbear. Perelle. Orchill. Litmus. 

 Cochineal. Carmine, &c. Tyrian Purple. Murex and 

 Buccinum. Account of the Dye. Fable of its Discovery. 

 Royal Colour. Hyacinthine Curls. Martagon Lily. 

 Mollusca. Formation of Shells. Sepia. Indian Ink. 

 Polypus and Kraken. Eight-armed Cuttle-fish. Nautilus. 

 Chama. Pinna and Pinnophylax - 170 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE FOOD OF VARIOUS NATIONS. 



Earth eaten by the Ottomacos, People of New Guinea, New 

 Caledonia, Peru, Java, &c. Steinbutter. Girdle of 

 Famine. Ermine Hunters. Gum Arabic. Tartar's 

 Curd. Fish-Bread of Babylonians and South Americans. 

 Food of Ants, Bees, Spiders, Locusts and Boas. Bugong 

 Moth. Goat Moth. Palm Worms. Chinese. Shark's 

 Fins. Biche de Mer. Snails. Escargatories. Sir K. 

 Digby. Israelites. Hybernation of the Snail. Saw- 

 Dust. Shell of the Snail - - - - 189 



