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INDEX 



Lady's Thumb, 185 

 Lanceolate, 114, 161 

 Latin names, 186 

 Leaf attachment, 157 



position, 158 



stalk, 157 

 Leaflet, 160 



margins, 160 



shapes, 161 

 Leaves, 157 



arrangement of, 158 



compound, 160 



divided, 159 



entire, 160 



lobed, 159 



simple, 159 

 Ligulate, 166 

 Linear, 113, 161 

 Linen tester, use of, 35 

 Little Sundrops, 149 

 Locality of plants, 43, 53 

 Lupine, Wild, 138 



Magazine "cuttings," 54 

 Magnifying glass, 35 

 Male condition of flowers, 176 

 Margin of leaf, 157 

 Meadow-sweet, 147 

 Mementoes of the months, 17 

 Methods of preserving plants, 



various, 120, 121 

 Midrib, 157 



Mildew in the press, 131, 134 

 Mint, 186 



Monocotyledons, 184 

 Moncecious, 174, 177 

 Moth balls, 46 

 Mounting fruits, 150 



papers, 39 



plants, 143-152 



Name-cards, 45 



Natural arrangement of plants, 



124, 131, 144, 148 

 Nature will not be cramped, 

 152 



never in a hurry, 88 



note-book, 36, 51-61 

 Newspapers, use of, 29, 38, 119 

 Nodes, 156 

 Note-book, 36, 52 

 Notes, abbreviations of, 83 



on plants, 53 

 Nut, 181 



Obcordate, 161 

 Obovate, 113, 161 

 Observation of plant develop- 

 ment, 56 



"Old Man's Beard," 136 

 Open air pressing, 130 

 Opposite leaves, 158 

 Orchids, 117, 169 

 Orders, plant, 186 

 Outfit, botanical, 26, 46 

 Ovary, 168 

 Ovate, 161 

 Ovule, 168 

 Ox-Eye Daisy, 112, 113, 130 



Paint-brush, use of, 38, 118, 



126, 132 

 Palmate, 160 

 Panicle, 163 

 Papilionaceous, 166 

 Pappus, 181, 182 

 Parsnip, Cow, 186 

 Peanut, Hog, 130 

 Pedicel, 163 

 Peduncle, 114, 163 

 Penknife, use of, 35, 71, 76 



