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slips Seed cradle Common origin of leaves Corolla sta- 

 mens, &c. Proof Garden flowers to be avoided by young 

 botanists Treatment of fruit trees Their short lives Cen- 

 tury Aloe Lilies Annual, Biennial and Perennial Plants 

 Large and long-lived trees produce small fruit Philosopher. 



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Adaptive power of nature Balsam capsules Dandelion bal- 

 loons Burdock hooks Erigeron, Mahogany, and Cocoa- 

 nut Vital powers of seeds Planting of woods by squirrels 

 Barrier to the dissemination of seeds Vallisneria Poem 

 Air flower Habits of indigenous plants of hot climates 

 Solandra Brosimum Size of leaves in temperate and torrid 

 regions Talipot Clothing of trees Divination of botanists 

 Heath of the Cape of Good Hope Thunberg Uses of poi- 

 sonous plants Their general situation Plain near Rome 

 Stramonium Manhattan Island Locality of useful and 

 dangerous plants Analogy of animals Cold climates 

 Aconite Remedies exist with the disease Willow Dis- 

 covery of Peruvian bark. 



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Methods of preserving the grass tribes Use of bitter herbs in 

 the fields Herbarium Keeping plants for analysis Pre- 

 serving plants Change of color when dried Thornton's 

 comparison Botanical Directory Its application Mira- 

 bilis Verbena Bouncing Bet Endogens Exogens For- 

 mation of endogenous stems Wood cutter Formation of 

 Exogenous stems Cabbage like tops Parellel vein leaves 

 Mode of discovering the age of trees Perfect wood Al- 

 burum Coloring matter Mahogany Ebony Forma- 

 tion of bark Gimblet Inscriptions Adanson Daniel 

 Boone 



