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INDEX. 



Page 

 Pepperj 1 70 — Pimento, or 

 Jamaica Pepper Tree, 486 — 

 Black Pepper Plant, 488— 

 Long Pepper Plant, 489 — 

 Guinea Pepper Plant, 490 — 

 Cherry Pepper, ib. — Bell Pep- 

 per, 491— Cayanne Pepper, 491 

 Peppermint, . . 492 



Percival, Dr., . . 113 



Perennial Roots, . . 14 



Pericarp, 12 — Pericarp and 

 seed, 90 — limits of,91^cavity 

 of, ib.— cells of, ib.— Multilo- 

 cular,92 — Axillus of,ib. — base 

 of, ib. — summit of, ib. — axis of, 

 ib.— dehiscence of,ib.— ruptile, 

 ib. — holes of, ib. — teeth of, 93 

 — valves of,ib. — bivalve, ib. — 

 trivalve, ib. — quiidrivalve, ib. 

 — quinquevalve, ib. — multi- 

 valve, ib.— wings of, ib. — 

 Richard's views, 94 — form 

 and structure, . , 9.5 



Perry, .... 327 

 Persian Fritillary, . . .576 



Persian Iris, . . 57.5 



Perspiration, Perceptible, 63, 54 

 Peruvian Bark, different spe- 

 cies of, 520 — Common, or Of- 

 ficinal Bark, ib. — Pale Bark, 

 622 — yellow Bark, ib. — red 

 Bark, . . . 622 



Petiole of a leaf, . . 38 



Phanerogamic Plants, their 



structure, . . 12 



Pharmacopolae, Greek cultiva- 

 tors of Botanical science, 2 

 Phaseolites, . . 652 

 Phascolus, 314— vulgaris, ib. — 



multiflorus, ib. — caracalla, 315 

 Phoenicites, . . 654 



Phoenix dactylifera, 253— far- 



inifera, . . 257 



Phyllites, . . .664 



PhyUotheea, . . 6,53 



Pia, .... 285 

 Picotee Carnation, . 683 



Pilcherds, . . . 672 



Pimento, or Jamaica Pepper- 

 Tree, . . .486 

 Pines, wood of, 24 — Pine Tribe, 

 455 — varieties of Pine, 

 Pino forests of England, 456, 

 4.57— Wild, or Scotch Pine, 

 457 — red Pine, 465 — yellow 

 Pine, ib. — long-leaved Pine, 

 ib. — pitch Pine, white Pine, 

 466 — Pine trade, 467, et seq. 

 Pine forests on fire, . 469 

 Pine Apple, 170, 365— where a 

 native of, 365 — large specimen 

 of, 366 — large size of in China, 

 &e., . . . 366 

 Pine, Weymouth, . 167 

 Piney Tree, 481— vegetable tal- 

 low produced from it, . 481 

 Pinites, . . . 653 

 Pink, 585 — qualities of a fine 

 flower, ib.— propagation and 

 cultivation, . 585, 686 

 Pinus, 653— Pinus Canariensis 664 

 Piping, . . .678 

 Pippins, ... 322 

 Pisum Sativum, . . 31 1 

 Pistacia Nut, 387— Officinalis, 



387— Tcrabintlms, . 388 



Pistil, 12, 70— base, summit. 



ovary, style, stigma, . 71,72 

 Pisumj 311 — Amerieanum, 313 



Maritimum, . . 313 



Pitch Pine, . . 466 



Pitcher Plant, . .481 



Pith, ... 23 



Page 

 Pithy Stem, . . 2o 



Pittosporeas, . . 628 



Placenta, or Trophosperm, 12, 91 

 Plantaginse, . , 614 



Plantain, or Banana, 170,260 



Plants, Qrew's Anatomy of, 3, 

 83 — Leuwenhoeck's observa- 

 tions, 3 — Ray establishes th» 

 sexes of plants, ib. — nature 

 and uses of plants, 4 — where- 

 in they differ from animals, 

 ib. — plants of mouldiness, 5 

 — structure of plants, 6 — 

 vessels of plants, 9, 10 — pores, 

 stomata, gaps, glands, 10,1 1, — 

 organs and functions of plants, 

 12- — roots, stems, leaves, 

 flowers, 12 — roots of, 13 — 

 their structure and varieties, 

 13, 14 — sleep of, 42 — Herma- 

 phrodism in, 81 — female or- 

 gans of, 8'2 — aquatic flower 

 buds,ib. — Brongniart on, 80 — 

 hot-house Plants, 88 — fecun- 

 dity of Plants, 98,— efi'ects of 

 heat on, 105, — water, on ib. — 

 light on, 1U6 — air on, ib.— di- 

 cotyledonous, 108 — mono- 

 cotyledonous, ib. — ingredi- 

 ents of PLants, 111— fed by 

 pases, 1 1 3 — atmosphere on, 

 lb. — absorption of, 114 — ex- 

 periments on, 1 16 — flower- 

 ing time, 125 — irritability of, 

 127 — Plants generate heat, 

 ib. — distribution of, 1 56 — ori- 



§in of, ib. — extension of, ib. — 

 ispersion of, ib. — arctic cir- 

 cle Plants, 168 — Swedish 

 Plants, ib. — Norway, ib. — 

 Lapland Plants, ib. — Plants 

 used for clothing, &c. 401 — 

 fossil Plants, 651 — practical 

 culture of Plants, 666— ashes 

 of, 673 — drying and preserv- 

 ing of, 678 — choice speci- 

 mens of, 679 — packing of, 681 

 — jars for, . . 681 



Pleurogynum, . . 89 



Pliny advances Botanical 



science, ... 2 



Plum, 333 — varieties of, ib. — 

 manner of propagating, 334 — 

 wild Plums, 375 — Suppodilla, 375 

 Plumbaginoe, . . 615 



Poacites, . , 654 



Podocarpus, . . . 653 



Podogynum, . . 89 



Poe, . . . .265 



Poeony, 578 — ^whence its name, 

 its varieties, propagation and 

 cultivation, . ib., 579 



Pohak, ... 251 



Poisonous Trees, . . 480 



Poitiers, anecdote of battle of, 474 

 Polemoniaceae, . . 619 



Pollen, 12, 67—70, 82— Adan- 

 8on*s opinion of, 83 — grains of, 

 86 — conveyed by bees, . 87 

 Polyanthus, 580 — its tests, and 

 how propagated and culti- 

 vated, . . .618 

 Polygala vulgaris, . . 92 

 Polygalca;, . . 636 

 Polygoneae, 613 — Polygonum 

 Fagopyrum, 319 — Tartari- 

 cum, . . . 320 

 Polypodiacea;, . . 200 

 Poniacese, . . . 645 

 Pome, ... 95 

 Pomegranate, 164, 354 — when 

 introduced into this country, 

 ib. — historical notices of, 365 



— an ornament in architec- 

 ture, &c., . . 355 

 Pontederiaoea;, . . 202 

 Poplar, 443— its species, tremb- 

 ling Poplar, or Aspen, Lom- 

 bardy Poplar, timber of, ib. 

 — BsJsam Poplar, . 444 

 PoPPf) White, cultivation of 



the, . . , 547 



Populus, . . . 662 



Pores of Vegetables, 10 — Hed- 

 wig and Mirbel's observa- 

 tions, ib. — some extremely 

 minute, . . . 10 



Portulaccffi, . . : 639 



Potass, . . . 164 



Potatoe, 14, 168— history of, 

 271, &c.— localities of, 071, 

 272 — when introduced into 

 England, 272 — story of the, 

 ib. — general introduction of, 

 promoted by the Royal Soci- 

 ety, 273 — how noticed by 

 various authors, 273, 274— 

 anecdote of the, 274 — intro- 

 duction of into Ireland and 

 Scotland, ib. — introdnccd into 

 Scotland by whom, 275 — cul- 

 tivation of in the Continent, 

 276 — do. in India, ib. — ^varie- 

 ties of the, 277 — best soils for 

 the, ib. — Scotch Highlands 

 favourable for the, 278— pro- 

 pagation of the, ib. — managing 

 sets, ib. — setting whole, 279 

 ^sprouts, ib. — disease in the 

 Potatoe, 280, 281— Chemical 

 composition of the, 282— 

 sweet, ib. — introduced into 

 this country by whom, 283 



Potentilla Anserina, . 290 



Press, ... 679 



Prickles, . . ,45 



Prickly Pear, . . 363 



Priestly, Dr., . 113,115 



Primrose, . . 680 



Primulaceae, . , 615 



Privet, 600 — its varieties, their 



uses, . . 600,601 



Prop.agations by Cuttings, 677 



Prostrate Stem, . . 20 



Proteacea^, . . 612 



Providence, the vessel fitted 

 out, 373-— reaches Otaheite, 

 ib. — voyage of, . . 374 



Pruning, . . 675 



Pninus, 332 — gum yielded by, 

 335— Armcniaca,332 — Arium, 

 335 — Domestica, 333 — Cera- 

 Bus, 334 — Lauro-cerasus, 336 

 — Lusitania, ib. — l^adus, 335 

 — Pscudo-cerasus, ib. — Spi- 

 nosa, . . .336 



Psidium, 367 — Cattleyanura, 

 ib. — Pomiferum, ib. — Pyri- 

 ferum, . . 367 



Pterophyllum, . . 653 



Puff'-balls, a species of fungi, 1 96 

 Pukes, ... 310 



Punctuated essels, their struc- 

 ture, ... 8 

 Punica Granatum, . 354 

 Purple Beech, . . 434 

 Pyr.amidal Boll Flower, 587 

 Pvrus Communis, 32.5 — Cvdonia, 

 ■327— Domestica, 328— Mains, 321 



Quadripartite leaf, . 39 



Quassia, 523 — Simaruba or 

 Winged-leaved Quassia, 524 



Queen .Mary's Yew at Crook- 

 stone, . . . 474 



Quercitron Oak Bark, . 616 



