CONTENTS 



PA UK 



Of other uncultivated herbs, which may be classed with 



pot-herbs 103 



Of the differences in stem and leaf found in all herba- 

 ceous plants 107 



Of other differences seen in herbaceous plants in general, 



as compared with one another and with trees ... Ill 



Of the seasons at which herbs grow and flower .... 115 



Of the classes into which herbaceous plants may be 

 divided, as those having a spike and chicory-like 

 plants 119 



Of herbs which have fleshy or bulbous roots 125 



Of certain properties and habits peculiar to certain 



herbaceous plants 135 



BOOK VIII 



OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS: CEREALS, PULSES, AND 'SUMMER 

 CROPS ' 



Of the three classes and the times of sowing and of 



germination 143 



Of differences in the mode of germination and of subse- 

 quent development 149 



Of differences in development due to soil or climate . . 155 

 Of differences between the parts of cereals, pulses, and 



summer crops respectively 159 



Of the differences between cereals 165 



Of the differences between pulses 173 



Of sowing, manuring, and watering 177 



Of the degeneration of cereals into darnel 183 



Of the peculiar character of chick-pea 183 



Of special features of ' summer crops ' 185 



Of treatment of cereals peculiar to special localities . . 185 

 Of cereals which grow a second time from the same 



stock '. . . 187 



Of the effects of climate, soil, and manuring 189 



Of different qualities of seed . 191 



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