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INDEX 



Scissors, use of, 28, 94 

 Second-hand books, 34 

 Seed, 183 



covering, 183 



eggs, 168 



leaves, 184 



shooting, 183 



vessels, 180 



Seedlings of Jewelweed, 56 

 Self-fertilization, 169, 176 



prevention of, 174 

 Sepals, 165 

 Serrate, 160 

 Sessile, 113, 157 

 Sheathing leaves, 158 

 Shepherd's Purse, 150 

 Sign-post method of mounting, 



121 



Silicle, 180 

 Silique, 180 

 Simple leaves, 159 

 Single fruit, 179 

 Sketches of plants, 54, 70, 81 

 Skullcap, 186 

 Smartweed, 185 

 Soft fruits, pressure of, 137 

 Spathe, 162 

 Species, 185 

 Spike, 163 

 Spines, 178 

 Spotted Cowbane, 186 

 Spurred, 166 

 Stamens, 80, 166, 173 

 Staminate, 174 

 Stellate, 166 

 Stems, 156 

 Sticky glands, 178 

 Stigma, 168, 172, 173 



as "sweep's brush," 80 

 Stipules, 162 



Stone-fruits, 181 

 Storing press, use of, 139 

 Strapping the press, 119, 128 

 Strawberry, Wild, 147 

 Strips, adhesive, 41, 42 

 Study of technical terms, 68 

 Style, 168 



Sundrops, Little, 149 

 Surgeon's plaster, use of, 41, 



147, 150 

 Swamp Buttercup, 73 



Tablespoon, use of, 29 



Tall Buttercup, 69, 73 



Tap root, 155 



Tearthumb, 185 



Tegmen, 184 



Testa, 184 



Time allowed for drying plants, 



131 



Trifoliate, 160 

 Trowel, 28 

 Tuberous roots, 155 

 Tubular corolla, 165 

 Twining stems, 157 



Umbel, 163 



Unequal pressure, harm of, 129 



Unisexual, 177 



Urceolate, 165 



Variety, 185 



Various kinds of fruits, 180 

 methods of preserving 



plants, 120, 121 

 Varying colors of same fruit, 



136 



Vasculum, 27, 93 

 Vinegar, use of, 144 

 Violet, Dog's-tooth, 110 



