INDEX. 



718 



Page 

 Horticultural Society, . C69 



Hot Beds, . . C74 



Haber, . . .110 



Humboldt, . .109 



Hume, liis argument for the in- 

 fancy of the world from the 

 transplantation of fruit trees, 334 

 Hamulus Lapulus, . 398 



Hyacinth, 567 — a native of tho 

 Levant, whence its name de- 

 rived, when introduced into 

 Europe, its varieties, ,567, 568 

 — its value, criterions of qua- 

 lity, how propagated, and di- 

 rections for its eultiure, 568, 

 569 — diseases of this flower, 

 ib. — Hyacinths, a beautiful 

 ornament in glasses, and how 

 managed, . * 570 



Hydrangea, 166, 592 — method 



of cultivating, . 592, 593 



Hydrocharidcac, . 203 



Hydrogen Gas on Plants, 1 15 



HygrobieiE, . . 642 



Hypericineac, . . 632 



Hypoxyleae, a group of fungi, 192 

 Hyson, . . . 393 



Hyssop, . . • 527 



Iceland Moss, a Lichen used as 



food, . . . 197 



lUieieaj, . . . 627 



Impregnation of Flowers, 59, 

 et seq. — Artiiicial Impregna- 

 tion, 86 — Impregnation by 

 insects, . . .88 



Incision necessary to the health 



of trees, . . .35 



Indian Com, (American,) a va- 

 riety of maize, account of its 

 cultivation and uses, 225 — 228 

 Indian Cotton, . . 408 



Indian Cress or Nasturtium, 491 

 Indian Hemp, 420 — its cultiva- 

 tion and uses, . . 420 

 Indian Rubber Tree, description 



of, (see Caoutchouc^ bQ5 



Indigo, 170 — different species of 

 the Indigo Plant, 4S8— culti- 

 vation of the plant, and manu- 

 facture of Indigo, 499, 506 

 Inflorescence, 72 — Spiked, Tliyr- 

 sus. Paniculate, Corymbose, 

 Cymose, Umbellate, ib. — 

 Whorled, Spadix, Catkin, 

 Amentaceous, 73 — Seasons of 

 flowers, ib. — diunial and noc- 

 turnal flowers, ib. — sensibility 

 of flowers to change of at- 

 mosphere, 74 — duration of 

 flowers, . . .74 

 Ingenhoutz, . . 115 

 Inner Medula, . 22, 23 

 Inoculation, . . 28 

 Insertion, Epigynous, 89 — ^Hy- 

 pogynous, ib. — Perigynous,ib. 

 Insertions of the Pith, 24 

 Inula or Elecampane, . 633 

 Iodine obtained from sea- weeds, 1 86 

 Ipecacaan, . . 544 

 Iridero, . . .202 

 Iris, 575 — its varieties, method 



of cultivation, . 575, 576 



Irrigation, admirable system of, 



practised in Italy, . 163 



Iron Wood, 435 — its extreme 



hardness, . . 435 



Irritability of Leaves, 41— Cases 



of Irritability, . .128 



Island Clim.ate, . 159 



Italian Maple, . . 440 



— Oak, . . 427 



Ira. . . .166 



rscre 

 Jaca, . . . 371 



Jack, . . . ib. 



Jagery, 248-Jagcry Cement, 249 

 .Jalap, . . . 5.*'9 



.falappa Mirabilis, . . 83 



Janilee, . . . 370 



.Japan Lily, . . . 577 



.laponiea, . . 604 



J.irrow Colliery, . . 661 



.Jasraineaj, . . 617 



Jasmine, 600 — its varieties, 600 



Jatropha Manikot,283 — species 



of, . . . 284 



Jerusalem Artichoke, . 283 



Jewish Culture, . 666 



Juca, how eaten, . . 371 



Juglandea;, . . 647 



Juglans, 652 — species of, 666 — 

 Alba, 383— Cfinerea, ib.— Ni- 

 gra, ib. — Regia, . 382 

 Juiube, . . .371 

 Julus, ... 287 

 Jumrosade, • . 370 

 Juncea;, . . 202 

 Junei, or Rushes, account of va- 

 rious kinds of, . . 234 

 Juniper, . . 476 

 Juniperites, . . 653 

 Jussieu extends the Science of 

 Botany, 3 — his system of Bo- 

 tanical Classification, 173, 181 

 — 184 — adopted with modifi- 

 cations in the arrangement of 

 the present work, . 184 

 Jute, 420— its uses, . 420 

 Juvia, . . . 387 



Kale or Colewort, . 297 



Kalmia, . . .82 



Kauri Pines, height of, . 34, 35 

 Kelp, extensive beds of, on the 

 shores of Terra del Fuego, 185 

 — obtained from sea-weeds, 

 187 — account of its manufac- 

 ture, ib. — used in agriculture, 1 88 

 Kerkedan, . . 316 



KermesOak, . . 428 



Kernel, 1 01 — composition of, 1 02 

 Kidney-bean, 108, 166, 314 



Knight, . . .85 



Knotty Roots, . . 15 



Koebreuter, . . 84 



Labdanum, , . 147 



Labiatie, . . 491,618 



Laburnum, , . 446 



Lac, . . .148 



Lactuca Sativa, 307— Virosa, 307 

 Lambert Pine, . . 470 



Lambert's Vervain, . 591 



Laminariffi, 190 — Bucinalis, 185 

 — Bulbosa, ib. — Digitata, 1 90 

 — Esculcnta, . . 191 



Lancewood, . . 447 



Lanseh, . . . 370 



Larch, 470 — Black Larch, 471 



Lathyrus, 317— Odoratus, ib. 



— Sativus, . . 317 



Laurel, 164, 336, 453— Portu- 

 guese Laurel, . 336 

 Laurestinus, . . 604 

 LaurinetB, . . 613 

 Laurus Persea, . . 374 

 Lavender, . . 493 

 Lavoisier, . . ,109 

 Layers, propagating by, 32 

 Leafless stem, . . . 20 

 Leaves of Plants, 12, 37 — their 

 nature and structure, ib. 38 — 

 sessile 38— petiole, ib. — disk, 

 ib. — upper surface and lower 

 surface, ib. — nerves,ib. — mid- 

 rib, ib. — venules, ib. — articu- 



lated ib. — caducous, ib. — 

 Kcmi-amplcxicaul, ib. — am- 

 plexicaul, ib. — sheathing, 39 

 — neck, ib. — seminal loaves, 

 ib.— radical, ib. — eaulinc, ib. 

 floral, ib. — verticillate, ib. — 

 frond, ib. — tripartite and qua- 

 dripartite, ib.. — oboval, acute, 

 hastate, sagittal, pinn,atifid, 

 laeiniate, retnse, emarginate, 

 cordate, tripoliate, lanceolate, 

 linear, orbicular, trilobate, ib. 

 — entire, dentate, serrate, don 

 bly serrate, spinous ciliated^b. 

 — compound Leaves, ib. — de- 

 compound and doubly com- 

 pound, ib. — supra decom- 

 pound, ib. — constitution of 

 Ijoaves, 40 — Stomata, ib. — 

 Leaves named aerial roots, ib. 

 — transpiration, ib. — absorp- 

 tion of Leaves, 40, 41 — chem- 

 ical action of Leaves. 41 — irri- 

 tability of Leaves, ib.^sleep 

 of Plants, 42 — Hedysarum 

 Gyrans, motion of its Leaves, 

 ib. — Fly-trap, motion of its 

 Leaves, ib.— observations re- 

 garding the motions of Leaves, 

 43 — fall of the Leaves, 43, 44 

 — Evergreens, ib. — size of 

 Leaves, 44 — various uses to 

 man, ib. — primordial Leaves, 

 104 — seminal Leaves, . 104 

 Lebanon, Cedar of, 3.5,471,472 



Lecythidea^, . . 643 



Leek, ... 268 



Legume, . . .96 



Leguminosa;, . . 310,646 



Lcmna Gibi^a, or Duck-weed, 4, 5 

 Lemon, its cultivation in Eu- 

 rope, 164 — a native of India, 

 353 — introduced into Europe 

 by the Caliphs, . 353 



Lentibularia;, . . 615 



Lenticular Glands, . 21 



Lentil, . . .316 



Lentisk, its cultivation, 562 



Lepidodendron, 656 — Elegans, 

 658 — Obovatum, ib. — Selagi- 

 noides, ib. — Stembergii, 657 



Lepidophyllum, . 656, 659 



Lepidostrobus, . . ib. 



Lepidum Sativum, . . 299 



Leptospermese, . . 643 



Lessonia Fuscescens, . 185 



Lettuce, 307, 548 — narcotic ex- 

 tract from, . . 307 

 Leuwenhoeek examines minute 



Plants, . . .3,83 



Liber, or Bark, . . 20,22 



Lichens, 5 — their reproduction, 

 and propage of, 80 — descrip- 

 tion of, . . 196-198,681 

 Light, on motion, 123 — on 

 leaves, ib. — on pKants, ib. — 

 on blossoms, . .124 

 Lignum Vitse, . . 1 67 

 Lilac, . . .602 

 Lilaccffi, . . 617 

 Lily, 576 — derivation of tho 

 name, varieties, how propa- 

 gated, . . 576,577 

 Lily, Egyptian water, . 270 

 Lime, (in Bot.iny), 118, 353, 441 

 — wood valuable, bark an 

 article of commerce, honey 

 made from its flowers, 442 — 

 American Lime, . . 442 

 Lime, (in Chemistrj'), 673 — 

 phosphate of, 674 — existeneo 

 of, 673— hydrate of, 674— 

 action of, . . 674 

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