CONTENTS. 



Page 

 PLAN OF THE WORK 



Botany multiplies human pleasures . xiii 



The Author's first and most recent botanical rambles ib. 



Minute study does not narrow the mind . xiv 



Want of plainness in introductory books . xv 



All confined to some system . . . ib. 



List of Philosophical Botanists . . xvi 



List of Systematic Botanists omitted . . ib. 



Notice of the Second Edition . . ib. 



THE WORD PLANT 



In what plants differ from animals . . .1 



Wire-drawn distinctions useless . . . . 2 



External parts of a plant . . . .3 



MEMBERS OF PLANTS 



The term Appendage objectionable . . . 4 



Order of description . . . ib. 



ROOTS 



Their office . . . . . ib. 



Dutch fruit trees in pots ... . .5 



Roots in palms . . . ib. 



Depth of roots . . . . ib. 



Parts of a root . . . ib. 



Body of a root . . . . ib. 



Legends of the mandrake and devil's bit . . . 6 



Effect of stones on roots . - . . . ib. 



Use of the tubers in potatoes . . ib. 



Crown or life-knot of a root . . .7 



Varieties in annuals and perennials . ib. 



Radicles or branches of a root . . . ib. 



Rootlets or fibres of a root . . . . 8 



Their use proved by experiment . . ib. 



Effects of soil on roots . . . ib. 



Experiments on the lengthening of roots . ib . 



Propagation by cuttings and layers . . .9 



Roots shun the light . . . ib. 



Experiment on a misseltoe . . 10 



Experiments on French beans . . ib. 



No roots of a green colour . . ib. 



TUBERS AND CORMS . . . .11 



Potatoes and the corm of crocus not roots . . ib. 



