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INDEX. 



Pago 

 Lime, advant.iges of, ib. — 

 impure Lime, ib. — carbonate 

 of, . . . 676 



Lime-tree, small-leaved, grows 



wild ia Britain, . ,161 



Linacefe, , . 6'29 



Linen Fabrics, their origin, 401 



Linniens publishes his botanical 

 works, and introduees order 

 into the science, 3 — his s j'stem 

 of botanical classification, 

 173, 175-180— its imperfec- 

 tions, ... 181 

 Lint, 401 — description of, when 



introduced into Britaui, 40 1 



Liutseed Cake, . . 672 



Liquorice, . . 319 



Utohi, . . .370 



Live Oak, . . 429 



Loasece, . . . 642 



Lobeliacese, . . 623 



I.iobelias, o87 — varieties, how 



raised, . . . 587 



Loblolly Bay, . . 452 



Locust Tree of Scripture, 386, 446 

 Logwood, , . .168 



Logwood Tree, , , 494—497 



Lombardy Poplar, 44-4 — exuda- 

 tion from,rendered celebrated 

 by Ovid, . . .54 



Lonehopteris, . . 655 



Longan, . . . 370 



Long-leaved Pine, 465— Cone of, 465 

 Longiflora, . . 83 



Lonicereee, . . . 625 



Loquat, . . . 328 



Lorantheae, . . 625 



Lotus, 1 66, — where found, 697 



Love Apple, . . 380 



Luecrn, . . . 318 



Lumbering Pines, 467, et eeq. 



Lupine, 316, 589 — varieties of, 589 

 Lupinus, . . ,316 



Lycoperdaeese, a group of fungi, 1 9 1 

 Lycopoditcs, 655 — Williamsonis, 663 

 Lycopodiums, intermediate 

 Plants between mosses and 

 ferns, . . . 199 



Lymphatics, , . 10 



Lysimachiae, . . 615 



Macrocy-stes, the longest of 



known sea-weeds, . 186 



Madder, .508 — cultivation of the 

 Plant, 509— manufacture of 

 Madder, and its uses, £10,511 

 Magnesia, . 119,155,674 



Magnolia, 451 — Small Magnolia, 



45'2 — Magnolia Grandiflora, 167 

 Magnoliacese, . . 627 



Mahogany, 168 — Birch, 441 — 

 Tree, 448— its v.arieties, 448, 

 449 — first discovery of its 

 value, . . . 448 



Maize, or Indian Com, 1 70, 225 

 Malay Apple, . . 370 



Mallow Family, . 170 



Malpighi investigates minute 



vegetable structures, . 3, 86 



Malpigliiaccffi, . . 633 



Malt, account of the process of 



malting Barley, . .217 



Malt Dust, - . . 672 



Maltc Brun, description of 



Melons, . . .377 



Malus Mediea, . . .353 



Malvaceae, . . . 629 



Mammee, 374 — Americana, ib. 



— Sapota, 375 — Vegetable, 107 

 Mandrake, . . . 552 



Mangifera Indica, . 868 



Mango, 368— where found, ib. 

 , —Varieties of, . 368 



Mangrove, . . 478 



Manures, effects of, 120— pro- 

 portions of, ib. — necessity of, 

 121— yield carbon, 121, 670 — 

 kinds of, 671 — Animal, 672 — 

 for hot-beds, . . 675 



Maple, a native of Britain, 161 

 — its varieties, 437 — Great 

 Maple, or Sycamore, ib. — 

 Common Maple, ib.— Norway 

 Maple, 438— Sugar Maple, 

 167, 438— Red Flowering 

 Maple, 439— Striped Barked 

 Maple, 440— Italian Maple, 440 

 Maranta Arundinaeea, . 264 



Marattiefe, . . .200 



MaregraviaceEe, . 632 



Marjoram, 493-— Winter Marjo- 

 ram, ib. — Sweet Marjoram, 

 ib. — Pot Marjoram, . 493 



Man'el of Peru, 82, 596- its sin- 

 gular properties, cultivation 

 of, . . . SP6 



Marygold, . . .689 



Mastic, 1 47 — its nature, the use 

 made of it by tlie women of 

 Seio, &c., 562 — how obtained, 562 

 MatuUa, . . 241 



Mauritia Palm, . .261 



May Wort, . . 527 



Mecca, Balsam of, . . 66 1 



Medieago Arborea, 318 — Fal- 

 cata, 319 — Lupulina, ib. — 

 Sativa, . . 318 



Medicinal Plants, . . 520 



MedickTree, . . 318 



Medlar, . . 162,328 



Medullary prolongations of the 



Pith, ... 24 



Medullary Rays, 24— Tube, . 23 

 Meliaeeae, . . 634 



Melilot, . . .318 



Melilotus, . . ib. 



Melon, 376 — account of, by Nie- 

 buhr, 377 — Liquor from, ib. — 

 varieties of, ib, — Cantaloupe, 

 ib. — African Melon, ib. — Sa- 

 loniea Melon, ib. — Portugal 

 Melon, ib. — Tliistle Melon, 

 363— locality of, . 364 



Melon, Water, . 376, 379 



Menispermeac, . . 628 



Mercury, English, . . 303 



Mespilus Gcrmanica, . 328 



Mezereon, . . . ' 531 



Microscope extends Botanical 



knowledge, . . 3 



Micropyle, . , .102 



Midrib of a leaf, . 38 



Mignonette, 691 — description 

 of, its varieties, how cultivat- 

 ed, . . £91,. 592 

 Milastomacego, . . 644 

 Mildew, . . . 130 

 Millet, Italian, 228— Millet pan- 

 nicled, 229 — Yellow-seeded 

 Millet, . . . 230 

 Millfoil, or Y.arrow, . 556 

 Miiliary Glands, their structure, 1 1 

 Milton quoted, . .381 

 Mimosa, . 166, 310, 646 

 Mimulus, stigroa of, . 82 

 Mint, 492— Peppermint, ib. — 

 Spearmint, ib. — Pennyroyal 

 mint, . . 492 

 Misletoe, 431 — description of, 

 how used by the Druids, ib. 

 — formerly esteemed in medi- 

 cine, . . , 432 

 Mixed Vessels, tlieir structure, 



and opinions regarding, 9 



Moisture, , . .158 



I Monimife, . ■ 648 



Page 

 Monkey's Bread, . . 368 



Monkshood or Wolf's Bane, 555 

 Monocotyledonous Plants, 12, 

 1 03, 20 1 —stems, 24— their pe- 

 culiarity, . . 24 

 Morel, a fungus, description of 



the, ... 193 



Morland, . . .84 



Morus Nigra, . . 843 



Mosses, 5— their fructification, 



76, 77— description of, 198, 681 

 Mountain Ash, 445 — description 



of and culture, . 445,446 



Moxa, . . . 527 



Mucedinese, a group of fungi, 192 

 Mucilage, . . . 101 



Mulberry, 164, 165, 343 — early 

 cultivated in Europe, ib. — 

 Trees in England, ib. — man- 

 ner of propagating, . 344 

 Musa Paradisiaca, 260 — Sapi- 



entum, . . .260 



Musaceae, . . 203 



Muscites, . . . 65G 



Mushrooms, a group of fungi, 

 191 — description of the edible 

 mushroom, 1 94 — Mushroom 

 Spawn, . . .194 



Musocarpum, . . 6.54 



Mustard, . . .299 



Myoporineje, . . 618 



Myrieeae, . . iS-i9 



Myristiceae, . . 13 



Myroxylon Peruiferum, its bal- 

 sam, qualities and uses of the 

 latter, . . . 564 



Myrrh, . . 149, 165 



Myrsineae, . . . 621 



Myrtaeeas, . 643 



Myrtese, . . . ib. 



Myrtle, 600 — its varieties and 

 culture, . . . 600 



Nseggerathia, 



Nagadea;, 



Napiform Roots, 



Narcisseaj, 



Narcissus, 575 — traditions con- 

 nected with the name, ib. — 

 varieties, tests of quality, how 

 propagated, directions for cul- 

 ture. 



Narcotic Plants, 646 — Narcotic 

 principle. 



Nasturtium or Indian Cress, 

 168, 491— Officinale, 



Neck of Leaf, 



Nectaries, the term ill defined. 



Nectarine, 



Needham, 



Negro Peach, 



Ncmatus Ribesii, 



Nepenthes distillatoria, cup of, 

 its singular structure. 



Nerves of Leaves, 



Nettle, 419— its striicture, cloth 

 manufactured from the fibres, 



NeuroiJteris, 



New Forest, the acorns of tlie 

 Oaks feed vast herds of swine. 



New Zealand Flax, 420— de- 

 scription of, ib.— Mr Salis- 

 bury's experiments on its cul- 

 tivation, 



Nicaragua Wood, 



Nicotiana Panieulata, 84 — Rus- 

 tica, ib. — Tobacum, 



Nightshade, Deadly, 551 — Gar- 

 den Nightshade, 552 — Woody 

 Nightshade, 



Nilsonia, 



Nitrogen, experiments with, 1 15 

 — effects of on Plants, 



654 



201 



IS 



202 



575 



142 



299 

 39 

 74 



329 

 84 



368 



346 



46 

 38 



420 

 656 



422 



421 

 498 



399 



562 

 663 



115 



