VI CONTENTS. 



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Receptacle in the strawberry . . .53 



The Blossom 



Disputes as to what is really the blossom . . . 54 



Opinions of Richard and of De Candolle . . ib. 



General description of the blossom , . . 55 



Regular blossoms of one petal . . .56 



Irregular blossoms of one petal . . 57 



Regular blossoms of several petals . .58 



Irregular blossoms of several petals . . . ib. 



Illogical account of the nectary by Linnaeus . .59 



The Stamens 



The male organs of reproduction . . . ib. 



Their importance in systems . . .60 



The Disc 



Its situation . . . . . ib. 



The Pistils 



The female organs of reproduction . 6l 



Their importance in systems . . .62 



FABRIC OF PLANTS . . . 63 

 Comparison with animals .... ib. 



Texture of plants . . . ib. 



TISSUE OF CELLS '. . . . . ib. 



Formed like froth by the expansion of gas . 64 



Varieties of their form . . ib. 



Intercellular Canals . . . 66 



Figured from Link . . . . . ib. 



Their existence denied by Rudolphi and Mirbel . . ib. 



TISSUE OF FIBRES . . . . .67 



Similar to animal bones . . . . ib. 



Its infinite divisibility according to Du Hamel . ib. 



The Straight Vessels . . . . 67 



According to Grew . . . . ib. 



According to Leeuwenhoeck, Hill, and Mirbel . . 68 

 Pores of Tissue ..... 



According to Hook, Kieser, De Candolle, Mirbel, Amici, 



Dutrochet, and A. Richard . . 69 



Silver Grain . . . . 70 



Formed by compression . . . .71 



TISSUE OF VESSELS . . . ib. 



Opinions of Kieser and Link . . . ib. 



The Spiral Vessels . . . . . ib. 



Opinions of Malpighi, Grew, aud Du Hamel . . 72 



Opinions of Hill, Reichel, and Hedwig . . . ib. 

 Opinions of Mirbel, De Candolle,Treviranus,andBernhardi 73 



Transformation of vessels . . . ib. 



THE FLUIDS OF PLANTS . . . .75 



The sap frequently confounded with other fluids . . ib. 



The pulp or prepared sap . . . . ib, 



Peculiar fluids .... fft. 



