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INDEX. 



Fag-e 

 Lime, advantages of, ib. — 

 impure Lime, ib. — carbonate 

 of, . . . 676 



Lime-tree, small-leaved, grows 



wild in Britain, . ,161 



Linaceas, . . 629 



Linen Fabrici, their origin, 40 1 



Linnasus publislies his botanical 

 works, and introduces order 

 into the science, 3 — his system 

 of botanical classification, 

 173, 175-180— its imperfec- 

 tions, . . . 181 

 Lint, 401 — description of, when 



introduced into Britain, 401 



Lintseed Cake, . 672 



Liquorice, . 319 



Litohi, • 370 



Live Oak, . . 429 



Loasece, . . . 642 



Lobeliaceee, . . 623 



Lobelias, 587 — varieties, how 



raised, . . . 587 



Loblolly Bay, . . 452 



Locust Tree of Scripture, 386, 446 

 Logwood, . . .168 



Logwood Tree, . . 494-497 



Lombardy Poplar, 444 — exuda- 

 tion from,rendered celebrated 

 by Ovid, . . 54 



Lonchopteris, . . 655 



Longan, . . 370 



Long-leaved Pine, 465 — Cone of, 465 

 Longiflora, . . 83 



Lonicerea?, . . . 625 



Loquat, . . . 328 



Lorantheae, . 625 



Lotus, 166, — where found, 597 



Love Apple, . . 380 



Lucern, . . . 318 



Lumbering Pinps, 467, et seq. 



Lupine, 316, 589 — varieties of, 589 

 Lupinus, . . .316 



Lyooperdacea^, a group of fungi, 191 

 Lycopodites, Go5 — Williamsonis, 663 

 Lycopodiums, intermediate 

 Plants between mosses and 

 ferns, . . . 199 



Lymphatics, . . 10 



LysimachisB, . . 615 



Macrocystes, the longest of 



known sea- weeds, . 186 



Madder, 508 — cultivation of the 

 Plant, 509 — manufacture of 

 Madder, and its uses, 510,511 

 Magnesia, . 119,155,674 



Magnolia, 451 — Small Magnolia, 



452 — Magnoha Grandiflora, 1 67 

 Magnoliaceae, . . 627 



Mahogany, 1 68 — Birch, 441 — 

 Tree, 448 — its varieties, 448, 

 449 — first discovery of its 

 value, . . . 448 



Maize, or Indian Com, 170, 225 



Malay Apple, . . 370 



Mallow Family, . _ 170 



Malpighl investigates minute 



vegetable structures, . 3, 86 



Malpighiaeeas, . . 633 



Malt, account of the process of 



malting Barley, . .217 



MnltDust, . . 672 



Malte Brun, description of 



Melons, . . .377 



Malus Medica, . . 353 



Malvaoea;, . . . 629 



Mammee, 374— Americana, ib. 



— Sapota, 375 — Vegetable, 1 07 



Mandrake, . . . 552 



Mangifera Indica, . 368 



JVIango, 368— where found, ib. 



—Varieties of, . 368 



75 



440 

 264 

 .200 

 632 



493 



Vnup 



Mangrove, . 478 



Manures, elfects of, 120 — pro- 

 portions of, ib. — necessity of, 

 121— yield carbon, 121, 670— 

 kinds of, 671 — Animal, 672 — 

 for hot-beds, 



Maple, a native of Britain, 161 

 — its varieties, 437 — Great 

 Maple, or Sycamore, ib.— 

 Common Maple, ib. — Noru'ay 

 Maple, 438— Sugar- Maple, 

 167, 438— Red Flowering 

 Maple, 439— Striped Barked 

 Maple, 440 — Italian Maple, 



Maranta Arundinacea, 



Marattiese, 



Marcgraviacese, 



Marjoram, 49.3 — Winter Marjo- 

 ram, ib. — Sweet Marjoram, 

 ib. — Pot Marjoram, 



Marvel of Peru, 82, 596— its sin- 

 gular properties, cultivation 

 of, . . . 596 



Marygold, . . .589 



Mastic, 147 — its nature, the use 

 made of it by the women of 

 Seio, c&c, 562 — how obtained, 562 



Matulla, . . 241 



Mauritia Palm, . .261 



May Wort, . 627 



Mecca, Balsam of, . .561 



Medicago Arborea, 31 

 cata, 319 — Lupulina. 

 Sativa, 



Medicinal Plants, 



Medick Tree, 



Medlar, 



Medullary prolongations of the 

 Pith, . 



Medullary Rays, 24— Tube, . 



Meliacese, 



Melilot, 



Melilotus, 



Melon, 376 — account of, by Nie- 

 buhr, 377 — Liquor from, ib. — 

 varieties of, ib. — Cantaloupe, 

 ib. — African Melon, ib.. — Sa- 

 lonica Melon, ib. — Portugal 

 Melon, ib.— Thistle Melon, 

 363— locality of. 



Melon, Water, 



Menispermese, 



Mercury, English, 



Mespilus Germanica, 



Mezereon, 



Microscope extends Botanical 

 knowledge, 



Micropyle, 



Midrib of a leaf, 



Mignonette, 591 — description 

 of, its varieties, how cultivat- 

 ed, . . 591, 



Milastomaceo;, 



Mildew, . 



Millet, Italian, 228— Millet pan- 

 nicled, 229 — Yellow-seeded 

 Millet, 



Millfoil, or Yarrow, 



Milliary Glands, their structure, 



Milton quoted, 



Mimosa, . 166,310,646 



Mimulus, stigma of, . 82 



Mint, 492 — Peppermint, ib. — 

 Spearmint, ib. — Pennyroyal 

 mint, 



Misletoe, 431 — description of, 

 how used by the Druids, ib. 

 — formerly esteemed in medi- 

 cine. 



Mixed Vessels, their structure, 

 and opinions regarding. 



Moisture, 



Moniniia;, 



8— Fal- 

 ib.— 



318 



. 520 



318 



162, 328 



24 



23 



634 



318 



ib. 



364 

 376, 379 

 628 

 303 

 328 

 531 



3 



102 

 38 



2,S0 



556 



11 



;8l 



492 



432 



Monkey's Brc^d, 



Monkshood or Wolf's Bane, 



Monoeotyk-donous Plants, 1 2, 

 1 03, 20 1 —stems, 24— their pe- 

 culiarity, 



Morel, a fung-us, description of 

 the, 



Morland, 



Morus Nigra, 



Mosses, 5 — their fructification 

 76, 77 — description of, 1 



PVIountain Ash, 445 — description 

 of and culture, . 445, 



Moxa, 



Mucedincce, a group of fungi. 



Mucilage, 



Mulberry, 164, 165, 343— early 

 cultivated in Kurope, ib. — 

 Trees in England, ib. — man- 

 ner of propagating, 



Musa Paradisiaca, 260 — Sapi- 

 entum, 



MusaceEE, 



Muscites, 



Mushrooms, a group of fungi, 

 1 9 1 — description of the edible 

 mushroom, 194 — Mushroom 

 Spawn, 



Musocaqjum, 



Mustard, 



Myoporine£e, 



Myricese, 



Myristieese, 



Myroxylon Peruiferum, its bal- 

 sam, qualities and uses of the 

 latter. 



Myrrh, . . 149, 



MyrsineEe, 



MyrtaeeEe, 



Myrtese, 



Myrtle, 600 — its varieties and 

 culture, 



Neeggerathia, 



NagadeaB, 



Napiform Roots, 



Narcissese, 



Narcissus, 575 — traditions con- 

 nected with the name, ib. — 

 varieties, tests of quality, how 

 propagated, directions for cul- 

 ture. 



Narcotic Plants, 546 — Narcotic 

 principle, 



Nasturtium or Indian Cress, 

 168, 491— Officinale, 



Neck of Leaf, 



Nectaries, the term ill defined. 



Nectarine, 



Needham, 



Negro Peach, 



Nematus Ribesii, 



Nepenthes distillatoria, cup of, 

 its singular structure. 



Nerves of Leaves, 



Nettle, 419 — its structure, cloth 

 manufactured from the fibres, 



NeuropteriSj 



New Forest, the acorns of the 

 Oaks feed vast herds of swine, 



New Zealand Flax, 420— de- 

 scription of, ib. — Mr Salis- 

 bury's experiments on its cul- 

 tivation, 



Nicaragua Wood, 



Nicotiana Paniculata, 8-1 — Rus- 

 tica, ib. — Tobacum, 



Nightshade, Deadly, 551 — Gar- 

 den Nightshade, 662 — Woody 

 Nightshade, 



Nilsonia, 



Nitrogen, experiments with, 11 5 

 — effects of on Plants, 



•age 

 36(1! 

 5,54 



24 



193 

 84 

 U3 



98, 681 



446 

 527 

 192 

 101 



344 



260 

 203 

 656 



194 

 054 

 299 

 618 

 6J9 

 13 



664 

 165 

 621 

 643 

 ib. 



600 



654 



201 



15 



202 



675 

 142 



299 

 39 

 74 



329 

 84 



368 



346 



45 

 38 



420 

 655 



422 



421 

 498 



3991 



552 

 653 



