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INDEX. 



Aspect, . 168 



Aepen, . . . 444 



Asterophyllites, . 653,661 



Asters, 589— Varieties, . 689 



Astragalus Tragacantha and 



Veriis, . . 657,558 



Atmosphere, its Effect on 



Flowers, . 74 



Atripliees, . . .613 



Attar, or Oil of Roses, . 537 



AurantiaccEe, . 347, 633 



Auricula, 681 — When intro- 

 duced into Enp;land, ib. — "Vast 

 variety, ib. — Tests of Quality, 

 Propagation, Seeds of. Method 

 of Culture, . . 582,683 



Avena Sativa (Oats), . 218 



Azalea, 606— Indica, . 389 



Badderlochs, a sea-tangle, 186, 



Bag, 



Baking, Process of Baking 

 Wheat-flour, . 211, 



Balanophorese, 



Balm, . 165,493, 



Balsam, 1 49, 1 66, 590— its varie- 

 ties, how cultivated. 



Balsam of Gilead, . 560, 



— of Judaicum, 561 — of 

 Mecca, ib.— of Tolu, 150,563 

 — of Copaiva, 664— of Peru, 



150, 564— Poplar, 



Balsamineae, 

 Banana, 



— Fruit preserved, 

 Bamboo, 1 69— Description of 



the. 



Banyan Tree, 166, 477— its im- 

 mense magnitude. 



Baobab Tree, Roots of, 



Barbadoes Cotton, 



Barbarea Prtecon, 



— Vulgaris, 



Barbary, manner of entertain- 

 ment m. 



Barberry, 



Bark of Lime 



Barley, Arm of, 98 — Observa- 

 tions on, 1 26-— Geographical 

 distribution of, 161, 214 — 

 Spring Barley, ib. — Winter or 

 Square Barley, called also 

 Bear or Bigg, 215 — Long- ear- 

 ed Barley, ib. — Produce of 

 Barley, 216 — chiefly used in 

 this country for Brewing and 

 Distilling, ib. — Process of 

 Malting Barley, 



Barringtoniese, 



Base, 



Basil, 



Beaded Vessels, their structure. 



Bean, 313— where cultivated, 

 ib. — Cultivation of, 314 — 

 Kidney, 



Bear or Bigg, (Winter or square 

 Barley,) 



Bearberry or Arbutus, 



Bechira, 



Beech, a native of Britain, 161, 

 433 — its Structure and A^arie- 

 ty, 433— Purple Beech, Com- 

 mon Beech, White Beech, 

 Red Beech, 434 — Rearing of 

 the Beech, Beech Nuts, their 

 Oil, 



Beet, 301 — Nutritive qualities 

 of, ib.— White Beet, ib.— 

 Sugar manufactured from, 

 .S02— History of. 



Bell Flower, 687 — its Varieties 

 and Cultivation, 



BcUadona, 



191 

 95 



212 

 203 

 528 



.WO 

 561 



444 

 629 

 260 

 ib. 



239 



478 

 13 

 408 

 300 

 300 



247 

 346 

 442 



217 



643 



70 



493 



8 



314 



216 

 530 

 653 



435 



302 



688 

 551 



Page 

 Benzoin or Benjamin Tree, 149, 569 

 BerberidcEe, , . 627 



Berberis Vulgaris, , . 346 



Berberry, . . 601 



Bergmann, . . . 112 



Berlin Academy's Prize Ques- 

 tion, . . llg 

 Bermudas Cedar Wood, . 476 

 Berry, ... 95 

 Berries, French or .A.vignon, used 



as a dye, . . 519 



BerthoUetia Excelsa, . 387 



Beta Cicla, . . 301 



Betula, . . 662 



Betulinea;, . . 649 



Biennial Roots, . .14 



Big Laurel, 451 — remarkable 



for majesty of form, . 461 



Bigg or Bear, (Winter or square 



Barley,) . . .215 



BignoniacciE, . . 619 



Bilberry, . . 161,346 



Bireli, 440 — Common Birch, 

 Canoe Birch, Black Birch, ib. 

 Weeping Birch, Alder, 441 — 

 other Varieties, . 441 



Birth Wort, Snake Root, 636— 



the Long-Rooted Birth Wort, ib. 



Bizarre Carnation, . 583 



— Tulip, . • 570 



Black Ash, . . 437 



— Poplar, . 444 

 Blaeberry, . . 346 

 Blastus, . . .106 

 Bligh, Lieutenant, commanded 



the Bounty, . . 372 



Blight, 128— kinds of, . 129 



Blighia Sapida, . . 367 



Blood, . . .672 



— Flower, . . 678 

 Bloom, . . .148 

 Blossoms, . . 12 

 Blue Ash, . . 4.37 



— Cardinal Flower, . 687 



— Mould on Bread, &c., its 

 structure, . . 5 



Boabob, . . 368 



Boards, . . 679 



Bogs, . . 161 



Bohea, . . . 389, 390 



BombaccEe, . . . 630 



Bombyx CcBvaleocephalus, 325 



Bonnet, . . ,111 



Bonnet and Haller, . 83 



Boraginete, . .618 



Borassus Seehellensis, . 241 



Borecole, . . .296 



Boring the Trunks of Trees, 35 



Botany, Derivation of the Name, 

 1 — its Several Divisions, ib. — 

 History of Botanical Science, 

 ib. — Solomon's Treatise on 

 Vegetables, 2 — Writings of 

 the Greeks, ib . — the Grecian 

 Rhizotomas devoted them- 

 selves to Medical Botany, ib. — 

 also the Pharmacopolse, ib . — ' 

 Aristotle First Founder of Bo- 

 tanical Science, ib. — Romans 

 direct attention to Botany, ib. 

 a number of Plants named by 

 Virgil, ib. — Dioscorides and 

 Pliny, ib. — Arabians studied 

 Medicinal Plants, 3 — Europe 

 received its first knowledge 

 from them, ib. — Germans cul- 

 tivate the Science,ib. — Gcsner 

 attempts a Classification of 

 Plants, ib. — Botanical Science 

 extended by the Microscope, 

 ib. — Grew's Anatomy of 

 Plants, ib. — Various Obser- 

 vers, ib. — Kay establishes the 



Pa ire 

 Sexes of Plants, ib. — Linna'us 

 introduces Order into the Sci- 

 ence, ib. — it is extended by 

 Jussieu, DecandoUe, and 

 others, ib. — Systems of Bota- 

 nical Classification, . 171 

 Botany, Fossil, . . 652 



— Bay Resin, . 148 

 Bothrodendron Punctatnm, 659 

 Bounty, the, fitted out, 372 — 



the Voyage of, 372, 373— Mu- 

 tiny on Board, . . 373 

 Box, 455 — Uses to which appli- 

 ed, . . . 545 

 Boyle, . . .111 

 Brachyphyllum, . 653 

 Bradley, . . ,86 

 Bramble, 337— Localities of, 337 



— Arctic, . ib. 

 — ' Dark Crimson, . ib. 



Branched Stem, . 20 



Branches, their Manner of In- 

 crease and Peculiarities, 2.5, 26 

 Brassica Oleracea Capitata, 295 

 — Rubra, ib. — Sabauda, ib. 

 296 — Sabellica, ib. — Botrytis, 

 ib. 298— Rapa, . 292, 299 



Brazilletto, . . 498 



Brazilwood, . . 497 



Bread. Account of the differ- 

 ent kinds of Bread used in 

 England in ancient and mo- 

 dern times, . 219,220 

 Bread Frait Tree, 170, 371 — 

 Productiveness of, 372 — Tim- 

 ber of, ib. — History of, 372 

 Brewing. Account of the Pro- 

 cess of Malting and Brewing 

 Barley, . . 217,218 

 Britain, Vegetation of, ] 70, 171 

 British Oa!^ Common, 421 — its 



Wood, . . .422 



Brocoli, 296, 298— Varieties of, 2ii« 

 Bromelia, 365 — Various species, 366 



— Pinguin, . ib. 



— Karata, . . ib. 



— Ananas, . ib, 

 Bronieliacea3, . 202 

 Brown, . . 86 

 BrumiaceEe, - . 640 

 Brussels Sprouts, . 296 

 Brydone's Description of the 



Etna Chestnut, . . 384 



Bubonion, Gum of the Galba- 



nuin, . . . 565 



Buck Bean, or Water Trefoil, 626 

 Bucklandia, , . 654 



Buckthorn, . . .540 



Buck-wheat, 319 — Cultivation 

 of, 320 — Used for Various 

 Purposes, . . . 320 



Buds, their Nature and Varie- 

 ties, 36 — at certain times 

 called JEt/es,ih. — cither Naked 

 or Scaly, ib. — Biids variously 

 named, ib. — Turio, or Subter- 

 ranean Bud, ib. — Bulb, ib. — 

 its Tubercle, ib. — Coated or 

 Tunicated Bulbs, 37 — Simple 

 or Multiple, ib. — Bulbils, ib. 

 — Uses of Buds and Bulbs, 37 

 Bugloss or Alkanet, . 513 



Bulb, 36— its Tubercle, ib.— 

 Coated or Tunicated, 37 — 

 Simple or Multiple, ib.^Uses 

 of, ... 37 



Bulbils, their Variety, . ib. 



Bulbous Rods, . ' . IS 



Bulbous rooted Iris, . 576 



Bunium bubocastanum, . 285 



Burchel the Traveller, Anecdote 



of, . . . 330 



Burscracc.T, . . .617 



