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INDEX. 



Page 

 Seminal l^eavcs, . . 39 



— Principles, . 84 

 Scnebier, . . .110 

 Senna, .UO — the common blad- 

 der Senna, . . 541 



Sensibility of flowers to change 



of atmosphere, . . 74 



Sensitive Plant, 127— different 

 species, extreme sensibility, 

 caase of, how to rear the 

 Plant, . . 604,605 



Sessile Glands, . . 11 



Sexual System, S6,et seq. — ob- 

 jections to, . 63, et seq. 

 Sliaddock, a native of China, 354 

 Sliallot, . . . 2t)8 

 Sheatliing of Leaves, . 39 

 Slirubs and Heaths, ornamental 

 Rose, 598— Myrtle, GOO— Jas- 

 mine, ib. — Privet, ib. — Ber- 

 berry, 601 — Clematis, or Vir- 

 gin's Bower, ib. — Passion 

 Flower, ib. — Honeysiiekle, or 

 Woodbine, G0"2 — Lilac, ib. — 

 Camellia, 603 — Japonioa, 604 

 — Laurestinus, ib. — Sensitive 

 Plant, ib. — Rhododendron, 

 605— Heaths, . . 606 

 Siekler, a German naturalist, 



labours of, . . 331 



Sigillaria, 656, 6"9 — Altemans, 

 660 — Catenulata, ib. — Oeu- 

 lata, ib. — Pachyderma, ib. — 

 Reniformis, . . 660 



Siliaccffi, ... 202 



Silica, . . .119 



Silique, or Pod, . . 96 



Silk Cotton Tree, 409— where 



cultivated, varieties, , 409 



Silver Weed, . 290 



Simaruba, or Winged-leaved 



Quassia, . . . 524 



Simarubese, , . 628 



Simple lioots, . . 15 



— Stem, . . 20 

 Sinapis Alba, 299— Nigra, 299 

 Sitaria Italiea, (Italian Millet,) 228 

 Slum Sisarum, . . 289 

 Sium nodiilorum, . . 300 

 Size of Trees, . . 34 

 Skirret, 289 — change of taste 



for, . . .289 



Sleep of Plants, . . 42 



Slipper Worts, . . 593 



Slips propagating by, . 33 



Slit Vessels, or False Spirals, 



their structure, . . 8 



Sloe, . . . 336 



Small Magnolia, . . 452 



Smilacites, . . 654 



Smith, ... 86 



Smith, Sir J. E., . 128 



Smooth Elm, . . 432 



Smut, . . . 130 



Snail Flower, . . 315 



Snake's Head, . . ' 575 



Snake Root, Birth Wort, . S;i6 

 Snakewood, . . 479 



Soda, . . .154 



Soft Stem, . . 20 



Soil formed by the continaal 

 decay of vegetables, 6, 158, 

 670 — composition of, 1 1 1 — 

 water on Soils, 120 — Silica on, 

 ib. — sand on, ib. — analysis of, 

 ib. — draining, ib. — exhaus-' 

 tion, ib. — repose on, 121 — re- 

 storation of, ib. — primary 

 .Soils, 670 — artificial, ib. — 

 parts of, ib. — qualities of, ib. 

 — fertility of, ib. — absorption 

 oi, . . .670 



Solanes, . . 617 



Pago 

 Sulanum Tuberosum, 271 — Bel- 

 ladonna, 271— l^ulcamara, ib. 

 Hyosciamus, ib. — Lycopersi- 

 cum, 380 — Melongena, 380, 

 381— jEthiopicum, 380— So- 

 domeum,381 — fables concern- 

 ing, ib. — accounts of, by 

 Henry Teonge and Pocoek, 381 

 Solid Stem, . . 20 



Solomon, his treatise on vege- 

 tables, . . .2 

 Soot, . . . 674 

 Sorghum Vulgare, (pannicled 



millet,) . . . 229 



Sorrel, ... 309 



Sour Sop, . . . 375 



Southern Wood, . . 526 



Sowing Time, Heathen, . 126 



Sparmannia Africana, . 82 



Spallanzani, . ,. .83 



Spartium Junceum, . ib. 



Spadix, . . .73 



Spearmmt, . . 492 



Spines, . . .45 



Sphenopteris, . . 655 



Sphenophyllum, . . 653 



Sphoeria iiidula, . . 314 



Spice Trees and Plants, . 482 



Spike, . . . .72 



Spinach, 303— localities of — ^ib. 

 varieties of, ib. — wild Spin- 

 ach, ib. — New Zealand Spin- 

 ach, ... 304 

 Spinaeia oleracea, . . ii03 

 Spira;aceffi, . . 645 

 Spiral stem, . . .20 

 Spiral Vessels, their structure, 

 8— Grew and Malpighi's opi- 

 nions regarding them, ib. — 

 Du Hamel's idea of their 

 foi-m, ib. — Dr Thomson's illus- 

 tration, ib. — other opinions, 

 ib. 9 — Spiral Vessels of gar- 

 den lettuce, 9 — Artichoke, 

 &c., ib. — DecandoUe's opi- 

 nion, . . . .9 

 Splendid Cardinal Flower, 587 

 SpondiacetE, . . 647 

 Spondias oytherea, . . 374 

 ' Spongioles, 1 6 — as seen by the 

 microscope, . . 16 

 Spotted- Barked Cotton, . 409 

 Sprcgnel, . . 87 

 Spruces, 409 — White, Black, 



Red, ... 469 



Squash, . . . 379 



Squill, . . . ,^44 



Stable Dung, . . 674 



Stamens, 12 — Anther, Pollen, 



Filament, . . 67-63 



Stapelias, 596— its cultivation, 596 

 Star Apple, . . 375 



Stem, 12, 19— of fungi, 19— of 

 flowering vegetables, ib. — her- 

 baceous, semiligneous, woody, 

 solid, 20 — fistulous, pithy, 

 soft, sarmentaccous, smiplc, 

 brand led, ib. — dichotomous, 

 trichotomous, vertical, pros- 

 trate, creeping, tortuous, ib. 

 — spiral, leaf-bearing, leafless, 

 scaly, ib. — internal form of 

 stems, ib. — liber, epidermis, 

 cuticle, ib. 22 — outer and in- 

 ner medulla, ib. 23 — cam- 

 bium, 22 — wood medullary 

 tube, pith, 23 — medullary 

 rays, 24 — monocotylcdonous 

 stems, ib. — variety of woods, 

 ib. 25 — roots and stems, their 

 <lifference, ib. — growth of the 

 stem, 26-35 — its different de- 

 velopments, 26- growth in 



I'lige 

 height, 29 — stem of mono- 

 cotyledonous trees, 30 — cen- 

 tral system of stems, ib. — 

 cortical system, ib. — inci- 

 sion, boring, girdling, . 85 

 Sterculiacete, . . 630 

 Sterabergia, . . 654 

 Stigma, 7 1 , 72— utricles of the, 86 

 Stigmaria, 652 — ficoides, . 661 

 Stipe, its structure and charac- 

 ter, ... 19 

 Stipules, their structure, 44 — 

 their varieties, ib. 45 — eon- 

 nate,axillar, foliaceous, mem- 

 branous, or spincscent, ib.— 

 theh uses, ib. — tendrils, theii 

 structure and variety, ib. — 

 elaspers, and suckers, ib. — 

 spines and prickles, ib. — their 

 nature and peculiarities, ib. — 

 cup of the nepenthes distilla- 

 toria, its singidar structure, 45 

 St John's Bread, . 386 

 — Wort, . . 518 

 Stock, 19 — its structure, . Ifl 

 Stock Gilly Flower, 589— nu- • 

 merous species how culti- 

 vated, . . 589,5.10 

 Stoniata, . . 10,21 

 Storax, or Stj-rax Tree, 1 50, 559 

 Strammonium, or Thorn Apple, 553 

 Strawberry, 338 — historical no- 

 tieesof, ib. — varieties of,339 — 

 Alpine, ib. — manner of, culti- 

 vation, ib. — soil requisite 

 for, . . . .339 

 Strawberry Pear, , 364 

 — Tree, . . 606 

 Striped Barked Maple, . 440 

 Strobile, or Cone, . . 97 

 Stryehnina, . . 142 

 Style, . . . .71 

 Stylidiese, . . . 623 

 Styraceae, . . .621 

 Styrax, . . . 150,.'>59 

 Succory, . . . 308 

 Suckers, ... 45 

 Suffocation, . . . 132 

 Superfetation. exami)les of, 85 

 Suri, 246 — Suri pots, 247 — 



m.inufacture of Suri, . 248 



Sugar, 137 — account of the 

 manufacture of, 2."^8, 239 — 

 Sugar of the ancients, . 249 

 Sugar cane, 24, 1 70— description 

 of, 235 — History of its culti- 

 vation, and the manufacture 

 of sugar, . . 235-2.39 



Sugar Maple, . . 438 



Sumach, 519 — Sumach, Vene- 

 tian, . . .517 

 Sumachinea;, . . 647 

 Summit, . . .70 

 Sun- Flower, . 168,673 

 Sunn, 420 — See Indian Hemf. 

 Sutures Longitudinal, . 93 

 Sweet-Flag, . . 529 



— Pea, . . .317 



— Sop, . . 375 



— Violet, . . 586 

 Swayne, Rev. G. plantation of 



filberts, . . .386 



Sycamore, a native of Britain, 



161,437 

 SycheeTea, . . . 392 



Synantherefie, . . 623 



Synorhizous, . . . 103 



Tabemffimontana, 

 Tacambac, 

 'I'aeia pinnatilida, 

 Tjrniopteris, 

 Taliera palm. 



9-1 

 147 

 286 

 6,5A 

 269 



