CONTENTS. 



ON THE USE OF THE MICROSCOPE. 



PAGE 

 Directions for Mounting Objects ... ... ... ... ... 6 



,, Mounting in Balsam... ... ... ... ... 7 



PART I. 



OBJECTS FROM THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



CHAPTER I. 



Shapes of Cells (Jell-contents Oil Cells Hairs of Plants- 

 Cuticle and Stomata Cuticle of Yucca, of Aloe, of Deutzia 

 Scabra, of Amaryllis, of Ind'an Corn, of Saccalobium, 

 of Elseagnus, of Tillandsia, of Onosma, of Opuntia ... .. 9 



Rawhides. Cuticle of Hyacinth Raphides from Rhubarb 

 Anagallis Spiral fibre Spiral Cells of Oucidium Spiral 

 Vessels of Collomia Spiral Cells of Balsam Spiral Cells of 

 Sphagnum -Scalar if orm Vessels ... ... ... ... 19 



Pollen Pollen of Mallow, of Hollyhock, of Passion -flower, of 

 CEnothera A few words more on the Pollen Pollen-tubes 

 -Stamens ... 23 



Seeds. Poppy Sweet-William Silene, or Stellaria Orchis 



Eccremocarpus or Calarnpelis ... ... ... ... ... 28 



CHAPTER II. 



SECTIONS OF WOOD. 



Ruscus Whanghae Cane Asparagus Section of Hazel, of Pine, 

 of Yew Cedar of Lebanon Vegetable Ivory Fossil Coni- 

 ferous Wood Pine Wood Section of Cocoa-nut, of Cob-nut, 

 of Snake-wood ... ... ... ... ... ... 29 



Moss. Slides of Dicranum, Funaria, Etc., Etc. Spore-cases of Fern 

 Elaters of Equisetum Elaters of Jungermannia Junger- 

 mannia Bidentata . ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 



Fungi. Slide of Puccinia, or Phragmidium Blight of Wheat 



(Smut) U redo Foetida, or Bunt U redo, or ^Ecidium ... 39 



