

TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



The following items in the Table of Contents are written 

 in such a manner that each one can be used interrogatively, 

 and thus form a series of questions, capable of application, 

 without farther trouble, as lessons in schools. 



I. 



Rule for avoiding poisonous plants Travellers rule, and why 

 unsafe Action of Arsenic on hogs and horses Other 

 modes known to botanists Properties of the Cruciform 

 family Marks of that family Hard names Marks of poor 

 scholars Test of good ones-rCorolla Stamens Pistils 

 Calyx Receptacle Sepals Nature of a Calyx Petals 

 Nature of the Corolla Filament Anther Stigma Style 

 Pollen Germ Uses of the Stamens and Pistils Flint's 

 comparison Male Flowers Female Fowers Media 

 Beauty of the Vegetable Kingdom contrasted with that o 

 the Animal Nectary Its Use Wind, Insects, and Man 

 disseminating the Pollen Use of Calyx Use of Corolla 

 Weather Prophets Scarlet Pimpernel Anecdote Four 

 o'Clock Dial of Flowers Mrs. Hemans. 



II. 



Roses, Poisons and Turnips growing together Food alone 

 does not make a difference of form and properties Soul 

 cannot make the heart beat Vital Powers Causes surmised 

 from effects Two kinds of powers in Nature Two Seeds 

 Builders-Up Pullers-Down Account of the Creation of 

 the vital powers of Plants in general Office of the leaves of 



