INDEX. 



717 



Paffe 

 Quickbeam, . . 445 



Quince, IG'2, 327 — introduced to 

 Europe from Crete, 327 — 

 inaoh cultivated in France, 

 ib. — varieties of, 328 — liow 

 used, . . . 328 



Quinine, . . . 142 



Quinquina Extract, . 140 



Radical Leaf, . . 39 



Radicle Peduncle, . 19 



Radicular, . . .103 



Radish, 166, 300— Horse Radish, 300 

 Rafflesia Amoldii, . 170,596 



Knisins imported into England, 



341 — method of drying, 341 



Raki, . . 245,871 



Ranuncnlacea>, . . 626 



Ranunculus, 572 — when intro- 

 duced into Britain, qualities 

 of a perfect flower, how pro- 

 pagated, suitable soil, ib. — 

 general directions for its cul- 

 ture, . . . 673 

 Ranunculus Aquatilis, , 82 

 Rape, 299— Rape Cake, . 672 

 Raphanus Sativus, . . 300 

 Raphe, . . . 102 

 Raspberry, 336 — flavour of, fleet- 

 ing, ib. — mode of propagating, 

 ib. — soil for, 337 — -American 

 Raspberry, . . 337 

 Ray establishes the sexes of 



Plants, . . 3 



Red Ash, . . .437 



— Bay, . . 454 



— Beech, . . .434 



— Flowering Maple, . 439 



— Oak, . . . 429 



— Pine, . . 465 



— Saunders Wood, . 508 

 Reindeer Moss, . . 198 

 Reproduction, organs of, . 55 

 Rcsedaeeae, . . 637 

 Resemblance of Animals and 



Vegetables, . . 4 



Resins, 146— Resin and Turpen- 

 tine procured from Pines, 563 

 Restiacea;, . . 202 



Rheum, 308— Hybridum, 309— 

 Palmatum, 308 — Rhaponti- 

 eum, . . . 309 



Wiizoraa, 19 — its structure, 19 



Khizotonite amongst the Greeks 

 devote tliemselves to Medical 

 Botany, . . 2 



Rhododendron, 60.5 — varieties, 

 propagation, and cultiva- 

 tion, . . 605,606 

 RImbarb, 166, 308— Hybrid 

 Rhubarb, 309— Monk Rhu- 

 barb, ib. — different species of 

 tlie plant, 542 — Chinese and 

 'I'urkey Rhubarb, . 543 

 Ivhus Tyjihina, medullary layers 



of, . . . . 32 



Ribes, .344— Nigra, ib.— Rubra, 344 

 Ribesia;, ... 641 



Rice, 1G8, 170,221— its cultiva- 

 tion U) Italy, 162 — one of the 

 chief productions of Egypt, 

 221 — method of cultivating 

 and maiiufacturing it, 221, 

 223, 224 — introduction into 

 America, 221, 222 — Common 

 Rice, 222 — Mountain liiee, 

 ib. — Clammy Rico, 223 — 

 the Chinese method of raising 

 Rice. . . . 224 



Rocambole, . . . 269 



Rollo, . . . 109 



Romans directed their atten- 

 tion to Botany, . . 2 



Page 

 Roots of Plants, 12-14— fibrous, 

 potatoe, tuberous, 14 — bul- 

 bous, fleshy, simple, oblique, 

 15 — horizontal, furciform, na- 

 piform, conical, ib. — rounded, 

 testiculate, palmate, digitate, 

 ib. — knotty, granulated, arti- 

 culated, contorted, capillary, 

 comose, ib. — character ana 

 variety of roots, their uses, 

 and observations and experi- 

 ments on their nature and 

 structure, 16-18 — difference 

 between Roots and Stems, 

 25 — Roots of Dicotyledo- 

 nous trees, ib. — Root trans- 

 portation, i 57 — Rosaceae, 

 320 — medicinal properties 

 of, 321 — various extracts 

 from, . . . 321 



Rosacea!, . . 320,644 



Rose, 164, 598 — uses of the, in 

 medicine, 536, 537 — its varie- 

 ties, how propagated, how 

 new varieties may be pro- 

 duced, 598, 599 — to produce 

 beautiful flowers, ib. — dis- 

 eases of the flower, 600 — all 

 roses not odorous, . 600 



Rose Apple, . . 370 



Rose Tulip, . . ,571 



Roseai, . , , 645 



Rosemary, . , , 493 



Rosin, . . . 147 



Rough Parsnip, . . 564 



Rounded RootSj . 15 



Rowan Tree, . . 445 



Royal Bay, . . 454 



Royal Society advanced the 



science of Botany, . 3 



Rubiacea), . . 624 



Rubus, 336 — Articus, 337 — cha- 

 mcemonis, ib. — Corylifolius, 

 ib. — IdcEus, 336 — Oceiden- 

 talis, . . . 337 



Rue, . . . 527 



Rumex Aoetosa, 309 — Scutatus, 310 

 Rushes, account of several kuids 



of, . . . 234 



Rutaeese, . . . 628 



Ruteb, . . . 256 



Rye, its cultivation and use, 212 



— poisonous quality of homed 



or diseased Rye, . ,213 



Sacred Bean, 597 — how esti- 

 mated, 597 — how propagated, 598 

 Safilower, the, Sll^eultivation 

 of the Plant, ib — its uses as a 

 dye, . . . 512 



Saffron, Meadow, or Colchioum, 546 

 Saffron Crocus, . , 575 



Sagapenum, . . . 149 



Sage, . . . 492 



Sago, 170, 261 — manufactory 



of, . . 241,261 



Sago Palm, . . .241 



Sagus Farinifera, . 261 



Saint-foiu, 317 — advantage of 



sowing, . . .317 



Salop, 269 — method of manufac- 

 turing, ib. — nourishment in, 270 

 Salicaria;, . . 644 



Saiicine^, . . . 649 



Salix, . . . 652 



Salt fatal to most vegetables, 

 165 — Common, 674 — solution 

 of, . . . . 681 



Salts, Du Hamel and Keith on, 

 1 1 7 — found in Plants, ib. — 

 utility of, . . 118 



Salvator Kosa, . . 385 



Samara, ... 05 



Sap Vessels, 10 — ascent of Saji, 

 45— course of, 47 — Amici s 

 ex periments and observatioDS, 

 48 — Grew's and those of 

 otliers, 48, ct seq. — 0utro- 

 chet'a experiments, 49, oO, 51 

 —Transpiration in the leaves, 

 51 — Hales* experiments, 5'J — 

 results of these and other ex- 

 periments, 53 — Expiration, 

 its nature explained and illus- 

 trated, ib. — Jixcretion, ib. — 

 perceptible perspiration, 53, 

 54 — from the Lombardy Pop- 

 lar, 54 — descending Sap, its 

 nature and peculiarities, ib. — 

 general remarlts, . 55j 152 



Sapan-wood, . , 498 



Sapindaceae, . . 634 



Sapoteae, . . . 621 



Sappodilla Plum, . 375 



Sarcocarp, or Mesoearp, , 91 

 Sarmentaceous Stem, . 20 



Sarsapurilla, . . 535 



Sasiopetaleae, . . 630 



Sassafras, . . . 535 



Sauerkraut, 297 — preparation of, 297 

 Saugur island, . . 242 



Saururese, . . . 202 



Saussure, . . 109,115 



Savin, Common, . . 477 



Savoy, . . . 295 



Saw-wort, Common', . 619 



SaxifragesD, . . 639 



Scallop budding, . . 677 



Scaly Stem, . , 20 



Scanimony, . , 1 49, 539 



Scandix Cerefolium, . 291 



Scape, , . .19 



Schizopteris, . . 655 



Seorzonera, 306 — medicjil pro- 

 perties of, ib. — Hispania, 306 

 Scotch Fir, , . , 457 

 Scotch Pine, , . ib. 

 Scrophulariae, . .616 

 Scrophularinae, . . ib. 

 Scurvy Grass, . 300, 532 

 Sea on CUmate, . 159 

 Sea-catgut, . . 184,185 

 Sea Holly, . . 291 

 Sea Kale, . . .299 

 Sea Pea, . . 313 

 Sea-tangle, 185 — used for 



food, . 186, 190,19] 



Sea-weed, or Algjc, 1 84~ac- 

 count of those used as food, 

 in medicine, and the arts, 

 186 — the different localities 

 of, . . . 189,672 



Seeds, podospcrm of, 92 — Seed 

 and pericarp, distinction, 93 

 — conveyance of Seeds, 98 — 

 dispersion, 99 — deposition, ib. 

 fitness, ib. — Seeds on streams, 

 rivers, &c.,ib.^form of Seeds, 

 101 — compressed Seeds, ib. — ■ 

 depressed, ib. — erect, ib. — 

 reversed, ib. — base, ib. — oil 

 of, ib.— nutriments of, ib. — 

 character of, ib. — formation 

 of, ib. — oxygen on, 108 — • 

 changes of, ib. — experiments 

 on, lu9— Seed transportation, 

 1 57 — sowing of, . . 675 



Selaginites, . . 656 



Semiamplcxicaut Leaves, , 38 

 Semiligneous Stem, . 19 



