CONTENTS AND ANALYSIS. 



CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. Page 13. 



1, BOTANY defined. 2, Its departments. Organography. 3, Vegetable Physiol- 

 ogy. 4, Glossology. 5, Systematic Botany. 6, Relation to man ultimate aim. 

 V^lts merits and claims. *8, Natural world its divisions, a, mutual relations. 

 9, Mineral defined. 10, Plant defined. 11, Animal defined, a, the three king- 

 doms blend in one. 12, Vegetation universal, a, effects of light upon it and 

 heat, , elevation above the sea Peak of Teneriffe, e, soil, d, moisture, , 

 extremes of heat illustrations, /, extremes of cold illustrations, g, light 

 illustrations. 13, Variety of the vegetable kingdom. 14, Causes which affect it, 

 a, plants adapted to localities. 15, Cultivation, 16, Cabbage, c., for illustration. 

 17, Species dependent ou cultivation, a, conclusion. 



CHAPTER H. PLAN OF VEGETATION. ELEMENTARY 

 ORGANS. -18. 



18, Embryo. 19, Axis, ascending descending. 20, Bud, its development, 

 &c. 21, Axillary buds, universal. 22, Bud a distinct individual, a, illustra- 

 tion. 23, Branches, a, plant compound, b, reproductive. 24, Flower, origin 

 of, 25, its nature and end, a, illustration. 26, Decay, a, a leaf the elemen- 

 tary organ. 27, Leaf consists of, a, elementary tissues. 28, Chemical basis of the 

 tissues organic bases, a, illustration. 29, Cellular tissue parenchyma, a, 

 pith of elder, , c, cellular tissue how colored, d, size of cells, , they become 

 solid, /, Raphides. 30, Woody tissue its design, a, illustration. 31, Glandu- 

 lar fibre fossil coal. 32, Vasiform tissue, a, articulated continuous, b, illus- 

 tration. 33, Vascular tissue, a, spiral vessels, 6, spiral thread, c, its size, 

 d, situation of spiral vessels, e, what they contain, /, ducts, g, closed annu- 

 lar reticulated the office of these ducts. 34, Laticiferous tissue, a, size, &c. 

 35, Epidermis where it is not found. 36, Structure, a, illustration. 37, Stomata. 

 38, Form. 39, Position, a, size. 40, Surface. 41 , Hairs simple branched, 

 a, position downy pubescent hirsute rough tomentose arachnoid se- 

 riceous velvety ciliate. 42, Stings. 43, Prickles. 44, Glands .- sessile im- 

 bedded, o, glandular hairs. 45, Receptacles of secretion. < + 



CHAPTER HI. PRIMARY DIVISIONS OF THE VEGETABLE 

 KINGDOM. 26. 



46, Phaenogamia Cryptogamia, 47, their distinctions of tissue, 48, of cotyle- 

 dons. 49, Further distinctions. 50, A species, a, illustration number of species 

 known. 51, Varieties, a, where they occur. 52, A genus, a, illustration, 6 t 

 summary. 



CHAPTER IV. OF THE FLOWER. 

 1. OF ITS PARTS AND THEIR ARRANGEMENT. 28. 



53, Parts of the flower enumerated, a, essential organs perfect flower, 3, im 

 perfect flower sterile fertile neutral. 54, Perianth consists of calyx co- 

 rolla achlamydeous flowers. 55, Calyx defined sepals. 56, Corolla defined 

 petals. 57, Stamens definition of office andrcecium. 58, Pistils office 

 of gynoecium. 59, Receptacle order of the organs upon it. 60, Specimens. 

 61, A complete and regular flower, a, theoretical number of the parts, 6, their 



