INDEX. 
PAGE 
ARBUTUS unedo— 
flowers 387 
fruit. . 887 
leaves 386, 388 
uses . . 387-8 
venation . 388 
wood - 887-8 
Aridness of our cities and 
towns . : 262 
Artichoke alles of Oak . 303 
Ascending course of sap 100 
Ash, The Mountain . 394-7 
Ash ‘keys,’ used for medicine 318 
pickling 318 
” 29 
ASH, Tu 318-8 
bark . 817 
autumnal foliage .316-7 
culture . 314 
description 314-8 
flowers 315 
fruit. 315, 318 
habitats . 313-4, 318 
leaves 314-17 
uses . 318 
venation . . 816 
wood .317-8 
ASPEN, Tue . 461-2 
autumnal foliage 462 
culture . 462 
description .461-2 
flowers . 462 
leaves . 461-2 
motion. . . 461 
Assimilation of food by plants, 39, 
49, 51 
Atmosphere aids plant growth, 40, 
50 
Augmentation of leaf surfaces 86 
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Autumn ([/lustration by Bir- 
ket Foster) 102 
mellow glory of 103 
Autumnal colouring . . 48 
foliage, beauty of 103 
leaves, dying splen- 
dour of. 103 
tints j 103 
Avenue Louise at Brussels 266 
Awakening of flowers, shrubs, 
and Trees (Illus. by T. H. 
Hill) . : ; 2 73h. 
Awakening Tree life 99-100 
Axis, Definition of ‘ - 26 
B. 
BARBERRY, Toe  .. 439-41 
age . 439 
autumnal foliage 441 
culture 441 
description . 4989-41 
flowers 440 
fruit . 440-1 
leaves 439-41 
sensitiveness of sta- 
mens 440 
thorns 440 
uses . : . 441 
venation . ‘ 439-40 
wood ; . 441 
Bare branches and buditng 
foliage ‘ 99 
Bare forms of Peas : . 48 
Bark, Formation of P . 85 
Bartholomew Hospital garden 276 
‘Battle of the Forest’ . 202, 205-9 
Bast tissue. 5 3 . 70 
