CONTENTS. 



cariAP. 



I. History of botanical science, 



II. The nature and uses of plants, 



III. The structure of plants, 

 IV The organs and functions of plants, . 



V. The roots of plants, 



VI. The stem, .... 



VII. Growth of the stem, 



VIII. Of buds, .... 



IX. The leaves, .... 



X. The stipules, .... 



XI. Nutrition of vegetables and ascent of the sap, 



XII. The organs of reproduction, and history of their discovery, 



XIII. Organs of fructification, ..... 



XIV. Cryptogamic fructification, 



XV. Of fecundation, .... 



XVI. The fruit and its envelopes, 



XVII. Of the seed and germination, . 



XVIII. The food of vegetables, 



XIX. Of vegetable vitality, . , 



XX. Diseases of vegetables, 



XXI. Vegetable products, . . . 



XXII. Greographical distribution of plants, 

 ■ XXIII. Systems of botanical classification, 



XXIV. FiKST Division op Plants — ^Including the algae, fungi, lichens, and ferns, 



XXV. Second Division — ^Monocotyledonous plants, 



XXVI. The graminese, wheat, barley, oats, rye, rice, maize, the grasses, &c., 



XXVII. The sugar-cane, bamboo, Indian cane, .... 



XXVIII. The family of palms, the cocoa-nut, date, banana, wax palm, &c., . 



XXIX. The yam, arrow root, and alliaceous plants, 



XXX. Third Division — Dicotyledonous plants, the potato, cassava, &c. 



XXXI. UmbeUiferae, including the carrot, parsnip, &c. 



XXXII. The cruciferse, including the turnip, mustard, cabbage, radish, cress, 

 XXXm. Leguminous plants, the pea, bean, kidney-bean, vetch, lentil, lucem, clover, 



XXXIV. Rosaoeae, the apple, pear, quince, plum, peach, cherry, strawberry, raspberry, 



XXXV. The grape, mulberry, currant, gooseberry, barberry, blaeberry, 



XXXVI. The orange, lemon, lime, citron, shaddock, pomegranate, fig, olive, 



XXXVII. Tropical fruits, tamarind, melon-thistle, Indian fig, mango, bread-fruit, &e., 



XXXVIII. The melon, cucumber, gourds, love-apple, egg plant, 



XXXIX. The walnut, chestnut, hazelnut, acorn, cashew nut, 



XL. Tea, cofffee, cocoa, hops, tobacco, , 



XLI, Plants used for clothing, cordage, &c., flax, hemp, cotton. New Zealand flax, 



XLII. Timber trees, the oak, elm, ash, &c., ..... 



XLIII. Mahogany, lignumvitse, teak, magnolia, tulip tree, &c., 



XLIV. The coniferee or pine tribe, the pine, fir, larch, cypress, yew, &c., 



XLV, The banyan tree, boabob, dragon's blood, tallow tree, pitcher plant, 



XLVI. Spice trees and plants, cinnamon, camphor clove, pepper, ginger, mint, 



mary, <kc. ....... 







