THE 



VEGETABLE KINGDOM; 



HAND-BOOK OF PLANTS AND FRUITS. 



BY 



L. D. CHAPIN. 



WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS, A COPIOUS 

 GLOSSARY, ETC. 





Comprising: 



PART I. 



VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY, 

 ANATuMY OF PLANTS, 

 ORGANS OF PLANTS, 

 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 

 PRINCIPLES AND KINDS OF PLANTS, 

 BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION, 

 VEGETABLE CHEMISTRY, 

 CHEMISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, 

 VEGETABLE GEOGRAPHY, 

 AMERICAN VEGETATION, 

 VEGETABLE REGIONS, 

 AGENCY OF LIGHT, HEAT, AIR, MOISTURE, 

 GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF SOILS, 

 HEALTH, FOOD, AND HABITS OF PLANTS, 

 VEGETABLE ALIMENTARY PRINCIPLES, 

 NUTRITIVE QUALITIES OF PLANTS, 

 USES OF VEGETABLE FOOD. 



PART II. 



CEREAL GRAINS, OR CORN PLANTS, 

 FOOD OF ANCIENT AND MODERN NA- 

 TIONS, 

 VEGETABLE INTOXICATING AND OTHER 



DRINKS, TEA, COFFEE, &c. 

 SUGAR, COTTON, HEMP, FLAX, TOBACCO, 

 COAL, SILK, HONEY, PAPER, POTASH, 

 THEIR NATURE, USES, STATISTICS, t 

 ESCULENT ROOTS, SPICES, <fcc. 

 AROMATIC PLANTS AND SEEDS, 

 LEGUMINOUS, ALLIACEOUS, CRUCIFER- 

 OUS, ACETARIOUS, ASPARAG1NOUS, 

 SEASONING, SALAD, POT, MISCELLA- 

 NEOUS, AND ALL EDIBLE GARDEN, 

 FIELD, AND WILD PLANTS; THEIR 

 VARIETIES, PROPERTIES, COMPOSI- 

 TION, USES, EFFECTS, CULTURE, Ac. 



NEW-YORK : 

 JEROME LOTT, 156, F U L T O N-S T R E E T 



PHILADELPHIA : THOMAS COWPERTHWAITfi. 



BOSTON : CROCKER AND BREWSTER. 



ALSO FOR SALE BY SAXTON & MILES, NEW-YORK. 



1843. 



