708 



INDEX. 



Aspect, . . .168 



Aspen, , . . 444 



Asterophyllites, . 6S3, 661 



Asters, 589— Varieties, . 689 



Astragalus Tragacantha and 



Venis, . . 557,658 



Atmosphere, its Effect on 



Flowers, . . 74 



Atriplices, . . .613 



Attar, or Oil of Roses, . 537 



Aurantiacea;, . 347, 633 



Auricula, 581 — When intro- 

 duced into England, ib. — Vast 

 variety, ib. — Tests of Quality, 

 Propagation, Seeds of, Method 

 of Culture, . . 582,583 



Avena Sativa (Oats), . 218 



Azalea, 606— Indica, . 389 



Badderlochs, a sea-tangle, 186,191 

 Biw, ... 95 



Baking, Process of Baking 



Wheat-flour, . 211,212 



Balanophorese, . . 203 



Balm, . 166,493,528 



Balsam, 149, 166, 690— its varie- 

 ties, how cultivated, . .590 

 Balsam of Gilead, . 560,561 



— of Judaioum, 561 — of 

 Mecca, ib.— of Tola, 150, 563 

 — of Copaiva, 564 — of Peru, 

 150, 564— Poplar, . 444 



Balsaminete, . . 629 



Banana, . . . 260 



— Fruit preserved, ib. 

 Bamboo, 169— Description of 



the, . . . 239 



Banyan Tree, 166, 477 — its im- 

 mense magnitude, . 478 

 Baobab Tree, Roots of, . 13 

 Barbadoes Cotton, . 408 

 Barbarea Pnecon, . . 300 

 — Vulgaris, . 300 

 Barbaryj manner of entertain- 

 ment m, . . 247 

 Barberry, . . 346 

 Bark of Lime . . 442 

 Barley, Arm of, 98 — Observa- 

 tions on, 125—Geographical 

 distribution of, 161, 214— 

 Spring Barley, ib. — Winter or 

 Square Barley, called also 

 Bear or Bigg, 215 — Long-ear- 

 ed Barley, ib. — Produce of 

 Barley, 216 — chiefly used in 

 this country for Brewing and 

 Distilling, ib. — Process of 

 Malting Barley, . 217 

 Barringtoniese, . . 643 

 Base, ... 70 

 Basil, . . .493 

 Beaded Vessels, their stnieture, 8 

 Bean, 313 — where cultivated, 

 ib. — Cultivation of, 314— 

 Kidney, . . .314 

 Bear or Bigg, (Winter or square 



Barley,) . . 215 



Bearberry or Arbutus, . 530 



Bechira, . . 653 



Beeeh, a native of Britain, 161, 

 433---its Structure and Varie- 

 ty, 433^Purple Beech, Com- 

 mon Beech, White Beech, 

 Bed Beech, 434 — Rearing of 

 the Beech, Beech Nuts, their 

 Oil, ... 435 



Beet, .301 — Nutritive qualities 

 of, ib.— White Beet, ib.— 

 Sugar manufactured from, 

 302— History of, . 302 



Bell Flower, 587 — its Varieties 



and Cultivation, . 688 



Belladona, . .661 



I'Bge 

 Benzoin or Benjamin Tree, 149, 5,59 



6-37 



. 346 



601 



. 112 



Ques- 



,used 



Berberidese; 



Berberis Vulgaris, 



Berberry, 



Bergmann, 



Berlin Academy's Prize 



tion, 

 Bermudas Cedar Wood, 

 Berry, 

 Berries, French or Avignon 



as a dye, 

 BerthoUetia Excelsa, 

 Beta Cicla, 

 Betula, 

 Betulineae, 

 Biennial Roots, 

 Big Laurel, 451 — remarkable 



for majesty of form. 

 Bigg or Bear, (Winter or square 



Barley,) 

 Bignoniacese, 

 Bilberry, . . 161,346 



Birch, 440 — Common Birch, 



Canoe Birch, Black Birch, ib. 



Weeping Birch, Alder, 441 — 



other Varieties, 

 Birth Wort, Snake Root, 636— 



the Long-Rooted Birth Wort, 

 Bizarre Carnation, 



— Tulip, 

 Black Ash, 



— Poplar, 

 Blaeberry, 

 Blastus, 

 Bligh, Lieutenant, commanded 



the Bounty, 

 Blight, 128— kinds of, 

 Blighia Sapida, 

 Blood, 



— Flower, 

 Bloom, 

 Blossoms, 

 Blue Ash, 



— Cardinal Flower, 



— Mould on Bread, &c., its 

 structure, 



Boabob, 



Boards, 



Bogs, 



Bohea, 



Bombace£e, . . . 



Bombyx Coevaleocephalus, 



Bonnet, 



Bonnet and Ilaller, 



Boraginese, 



Borassus Sechellensis, 



Borecole, 



Boring the Trunks of Trees, 



Botany, Derivation of the Name, 

 1 — its Several Divisions, ib. — 

 History of Botanical Science, 

 ib. — Solomon's Treatise on 

 Vegetables, 2 — Writings of 

 the Greeks, ib. — the Grecian 

 Bhizotoma) devoted them- 

 selves to Medical Botany, ib. — 

 also the Pharmacopola;, ib. — 

 Aristotle First Founder of Bo- 

 tanical Science, ib. — Romans 

 direct attention to Botany, ib. 

 a number of Plants named by 

 Virgil, ib . — Dioscorides and 

 Pliny, ib. — Arabians studied 

 Medicinal Plants, 3 — Europe 

 received its first knowledge 

 from them, ib. — Germans eul- 

 tivatethe Sciencc,ib. — Gcsner 

 attempts a Classification of 

 Plants, ib. — Botanical Science 

 extended by the Microscope, 

 ib. — Grew's Anatomy of 

 Plants, ib. — Various Obser- 

 vers, ib. — Kiiy establishes the 



Us 



476 

 95 



519 

 387 

 301 

 662 

 649 

 14 



451 



215 

 619 



441 



, ib. 

 583 

 670 

 437 

 444 

 346 

 105 



372 

 129 

 367 

 672 

 578 

 148 

 12 

 437 

 587 



6 



. 368 



679 



. 161 



389, 390 



. 630 



326 



. Ill 



83 



. 618 



241 



. 296 



35 



Page 

 Sexes of Plants, ib — Linnseus 

 introduces Order into the Sci- 

 ence, ib. — it is extended by 

 Jussieu, Decandolle, and 

 others, ib. — Systems of Bota- 

 nical Classification, . 171 

 Botany, Fossil, . 652 

 — Bay Resin, . 148 

 Bothrodendron Punctatum, 669 

 Bounty, the, fitted out, 372 — 

 the Voyage of, 372, 373— Mu- 

 tiny on Board, . .373 

 Box, 455 — Uses to which appli- 

 ed, .. . 545 

 Boyle, . . .111 

 Bracliyphylluni, . 653 

 Bradley, . . .8.5 

 Bramble, 337— Localities of, 337 



— Arctic, . ib. 



— Dark Crimson, . ib. 

 Branched Stem, . 20 

 Branches, their M.anner of In- 

 crease and Peculiarities, 25, 26 



Brassica Oleracea Ca])itata, 295 , 

 — Rubra, ib.— Sabauda, ib. 

 296— Sabellica, ib.— Botrytis, 

 ib. 298— Rapa, . 292, 299 



Brazillctto, . . 498 



Brazilwood, . . 497 



Bread. Account of the difier- 

 ent kinds of Bread used in 

 England in ancient and mo- 

 dern times, . 219, 220 

 Bread Fniit Tree, 170, 371— 

 Productiveness of, 372 — Tim- 

 ber of, ib. — History of, 372 

 Brewing. Account of the Pro- 

 cess of Malting and Brewing 

 Barley, . . 217,218 

 Britain, Vegetation of, 170,171 

 British Oak, Common, 421 — its 



Wood, . . .422 



Brocoli, 296, 298— Varieties of, 298 

 Bromelia, 365 — Various species, 366 



— Pinguin, . ib. 



— Karata, . . ib. 



— Ananas, . ib. 

 Bromeliaccae, . . 202 

 Brown, . , 86 

 Brumiacea?, . . 640 

 Brussels Sprouts, . 296 

 Brydone's Description of the 



Etna Chestnut, . . 384 



Bubonion, Gum of the Galba- 



num, . . . 665 



Buck Bean, or Water Trefoil, 525 

 Bucklandia, . . 654 



Buckthorn, . . . 540 



Buck-wheat, 319 — Cultivation 

 of, 320 — Used for Various 

 Purposes, . . . 320 



Buds, their Nature and Varie- 

 ties, 36^at certain times 

 called i'^/cs, ib.— cither Naked 

 or Scaly, ib. — Buds variously 

 , named, ib. — Turio, or Subter- 

 ranean Bud, ib. — jBulb, ib. — 

 its Tubercle, ib.— Coated or 

 Tunicatcd Bulbs, 37 — Simple 

 or Multi])le, ib. — Bulbils, ib. 

 — Uses of Buds and Bulbs, 37 

 Bugloss or Alkanet, . 513 



Bulb, 36 — its Tubercle, ib. — 

 Cojited or Tunicatcd, .37 — 

 Simple or Multiple, lb. — Uses 

 of. ... 37 



Bulbils, their Variety, . ib. 



Bulbous Roots, . ' . 15 



Bulbom rooted Iris, . 676 



Bunium bubocastannm, . 285 



Burchcl tte Tr.iveller, Anecdote 



of, . . . 330 



Burscraccffi, . . . 647 



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