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INDEX. 



Pag-e 

 Pepper, 170 ■ — Pimento, or 

 Jamaica Pepper Tree, 486 — 

 Black Pepper Plant, 488— 

 Long Pepper Plant, 489 — 

 Guinea Pepper Plant, 490 — 

 Cherry Pepper, ib. — Bell Pep- 

 per, 491 — Cayanne Pepper, 491 

 Peppermint, . . 492 



Percival, Dr., . . 113 



Perennial Roots, . . 14 



Pericarp, 12 — Pericarp and 

 seed, 90 — limits of, 91 — cavity 

 of, ib. — cells of, ib. — Multilo- 

 cular,92 — Axillus of,ib. — ^base 

 ofjib. — summit of, ib. — axis of, 

 ib,— deliiscenee of,ib.— ruptile, 

 ib. — holes of, ib. — teeth of, 93 

 ' — ^valves of,ib.— bivalve, ib. — 

 , trivalve, ib. — quadrivalve, ib. 

 I — quinquevalve, ib. — multi- 

 valve, ib. — wings of, ib. — 

 Richard's views, 94 — form 

 and structure, . . 95 



Perry, . . " . 327 



Persian Pritillary, . . 576 



Persian Iris, . . 575 



Perspiration, Perceptible, 53, 54 

 Peruvian Bark, different' spe- 

 cies of, 520 — Common, or Of- 

 ficinal Bark, ib. — Pale Bark, 

 522 — yellow Bark, ib. — red 

 Bark, . . , 522 



Petiole of a leaf, . , 38 



Phanerogamic Plants, tlieir 



structure, . . 12 



Pharmacopolfe, Greek cultiva- 

 tors of Botanical science, 2 

 Phaseolites, . . 652 

 Phaseolus, 314— vulgaris, ib. — 



multiflorus, ib. — caracalla, 315 

 Phoenicites, . . 65-i: 



Phoenix dactylifera, 253 — f:ir- 



inifera, . . 257 



Phyllites, . . .654 



PhyllotUeca, . , 653 



Pia, . . 285 



Picotee Carnation, . 583 



Pilcherds, . . . 672 



Pimento, or Jamaica Pciiper- 



Tree, . . .486 



Pines, wood of, 24 — Pine Tribe, 

 455 — varieties of Pine, 

 Pine forests of England, 456, 

 457— AVild, or Scotch Pine, 

 457 — red Pine, 465— yellow 

 Pine, ib. — long-leavcd Pine, 

 ib. — pitch Pine, white Pine, 

 466 — Pine trade, 467, et soq. 

 Pine forests on fire, . 469 



Pine Apple, 170, 365— where a 

 native of, 365 — large specimen 

 of, 366 — large size of in China, 

 &G., . . .366 



Pine, WejTiiouth, . 167 



Piney 'J'ree, 481 — vegetable tal- 

 low produced from it, . 481 

 Pinites, ... 653 

 Pink, 585 — qualities of a fine 

 flower, ib.— propagation and 

 cultivation, . 585, 586 

 Pinus, 653 — Pinus Canariensis 664 

 Piping, . . .678 

 Pippins, . . . 322 

 Pisum Sativum, . .311 

 Pistacia Nut, 387~Officinalia, 



387— Terabinthus, . 388 



Pistil, 12, 70— base, summit, 



ovary, style, stigma, . 71, 72 

 Pisum, 311 — Americanum, 313 



Maritimum, . .313 



Pitch Pine, . . 466 



Pitcher Plant, . . 481 



Pith, . . 23 



Page 

 Pithy Stem, . . 20 



Pittosporeee, . . 628 



Placenta, or Trophospemi, 12, 91 

 Plantaginse, . . 614 



Plantam, or Banana, 1 70, 260 



Plants, Grrew's Anatomy of, 3, 

 83 — Leuwenhoeck's observa- 

 tions, 3 — Ray establishes the 

 sexes of plants, ib. — nattiro 

 and uses of plants, 4 — where- 

 in they differ from animals, 

 ib. — plants of mouldiness, 5 

 — structui-e of plants, 6 — 

 vessels of plants, 9, 1 — pores, 

 stomata, gaps, glands, 1 0,1 1 , — 

 organs and functions of plants, 

 12--roots, stems, leaves, 

 flowers, 1 2 — roots of, 13 — 

 their structure and varieties, 

 13, 14 — sleep of, 42 — Herma- 

 phrodism in, 81 — female or- 

 gans of, 82 — aquatic flower 

 buds,ib. — Brongniart on, 86 — 

 hot-house Plants, 88 — fecun- 

 dity of Plants, 93,— effects of 

 heat on, 1 05, — water, on ib . — 

 light on, 106 — air on, ib. — di- 

 cotyledonous, 108 — mono- 

 cotyledonous, ib. — ingredi- 

 ents of Plants, 111 — fed by 

 gases, 1 1 3 — atmosphere on, 

 ib." — absorption of, 114 — ex- 

 periments on, 115 — flower- 

 ing time, 125 — irritability of, 

 1 27 — Plants generate heat, 

 ib. — distribution of, 156-^ori- 

 gin of, ib. — extension of, ib. — 

 dispersion of, ib. — arctic cir- 

 cle Plants, 158 — Swedish 

 Plants, ib. — Norway, ib. — 

 Lapland Plants, ib. — Plants 

 used for clothing, &c. 401 — 

 fossil Plants, 651 — practical 

 culture of Plants, 666 — ashes 

 of, 673 — drying and preserv- 

 ing of, 678 — choice speci- 

 mens of, 679 — packing of, 681 

 — jars for, . . 681 



Pleurogynum, . , 89 



Pliny advances Botanical 



science, ... 2 



Plum, 333 — varieties of, ib. — 

 manner of propagating, 334 — 

 wild Plums, 375 — Sappodilla, 375 

 Plumbaginse, . . 615 



Poacites, . . 654 



Podocarpus, . . . 653 



Podogynum, . . 89 



Poe, . . . .265 



Poeony, 578 — whence its name, 

 its varieties, propagation and 

 cultivation, . ib., 579 



Pohak, . . . 251 



Poisonous Trees, . . 480 



Poitiers, anecdote of battle of, 474 

 Polemoniacese, . .619 



Pollen, 12, 67—70, 82— Adan- 

 son's opinion of, 83 — grains of, 

 86 — conveyed by bees, . 87 

 Polyanthus, 580 — its tests, and 

 how propagated and culti- 

 vated, . . . 518 

 Polygala vulgaris, . . 92 

 Polygaleae, . . 635 

 Polygonese, 613 — Polygonum 

 Fagopyrum, 319 — Tartai-i- 

 cum, . . . 320 

 Polypodiaceee, , . 2U0 

 Pomacese, . . . 6i5 

 Pome, ... 95 

 Pomegranate, 164, 354 — when 

 introduced into this country, 

 ib. — historical noticci of, 355 



rnpe 

 — an oniament in architec- 

 ture, &;c., . . 3o.5i 

 Pontederiaceae, . . 20:2 

 Poplar, 443 — its species, tremb- 

 Img Poplar, or Aspen, Lom- 

 bardy Poplar, timber of, ib. 

 —Balsam Poplar, . 444 

 Poppy, "White, cultivation of 



the, . . , 547 



Populus, . . . 652! 



Pores of Vegetables, 10 — Hed- 

 wig and MirbePs observa- 

 tions, ib. — some extremely 

 minute, . . . 10 



Portulacese, . . . 639 



Potass, . . . 154 



Potatoe, 1 4, 1 68 — history of, 

 271, &c.— localities of, 271, 

 272 — when introduced into 

 England, 272— story of the, 

 ib. — general introduction of, 

 promoted by the Royal Soci- 

 ety, 273 — how noticed by 

 various authors, 273, 274 — 

 anecdote of the, 274— intro- 

 duction of into Ireland and 

 Scotland, ib. — introduced into 

 Scotland by whom, 275 — cul- 

 tivation of in the Continent, 

 276 — do. in India, ib. — ^varie- 

 ties of the, 277 — best soils for 

 the, ib,— Scotch Highlands 

 favourable for the, 278 — pro- 

 pagation of tlie,ib. — managing 

 sets, ib. — setting whole, 279 

 — sprouts, ib. — disease in the 

 Potatoe, 280, 281— Chemical 

 composition of the, 282 — 

 sweet, ib. — introduced into 

 this country by whom, 283 



Potentilla Anserina, . 290 



Press, , . . 679 



Prickles, . . 45 



Prickly Pear, . . 3G3 



Priestly, Dr., 113,115 



Primrose, . . 580 



Primulacese, . . 615 



Privet, 600 — its varieties, their 



uses, . . 600, 601 



Propagations by Cuttings, 677 



Prostrate Stem, . . 20 



ProteaceEc, . . 612 



Providence, the vessel fitted 

 out, 373-— reaches Otaheite, 

 ib . — voyage of, . . 374 



Pruning, . . 675 



Prunus, 332 — gum yielded by, 

 335— Armeniaca,332 — Arium, 

 335 — Domestica, 333 — Cera- 

 sus, 334 — Laurocerasus, 336 

 — Lusitania, ib. — Padus, 335 

 — Pseudo-cerasus, ib . — Spi- 

 nosa, . . . 336i 



Psidium, 367 — Cattleyanum, 

 ib. — Pomiferum, ib. — Pyri- 

 ferum, , . 367 



Pterophyllum, . 653 



Puff-balls, a species of fungi, 1 96 

 Pulses, . . . 3ia 



Punctuated essels, their struc- 

 ture, ... 8 

 Punica Granatum, . 354 

 Purple Beech, . . 43J 

 Pyramidal Bell Flower, 58^ 

 Pyrus Communis, 325 — Cydonia, 

 327— Domestica, 328— Mains, 321 



Quadripartite leaf, . 39 



Quassia, 523 — Simaniba or 

 Winged-leaved Quassia, 52^ 



Queen Mary's Yew at Crook- 

 stone, . . .47' 



Quercitron Oak Bark, . 5i( 



