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INDEX. 



Seminal Leaves, . '69 



— Principles, 84 

 Scnebierj . . .110 

 Senna, 540 — the common blad- 

 der Senna, . . 541 



Sensibility of flowers to change 



of atmosphere, . . 74 



Sensitive Flant, 127 — different 

 species, extreme sensibility, 

 cause of, how to rear the 

 Plant, . . 604,605 



Sessile Glands, . ,11 



Sexual System, 56, et seq. — ob- 

 jections to, . 6;?, ct seq. 

 Shaddock, a native of China, 354 

 Shallot, . . .268 

 Sheathing of Leaves, . 39 

 Shrubs and Heaths, ornamental 

 Rose, 598— Myrtle, 600— Jas- 

 mine, ib. — Privet, ib. — Ber- 

 berry, 601 — Clematis, or Vir- 

 gin's Bower, ib. — Passion 

 Flower, ib. — Honeysuckle, or 

 Woodbine, 602 — Lilac, ib. — 

 Camellia, 603 — Japonica, 604 

 — Laurestinus, ib. — Sensitive 

 Plant, ib . — Rhododendron, 

 605— Heaths, . . 606 

 Sickler, a German naturalist, 



labours of, . . 331 



Sigillaria, 656, 659 — Alternans, 

 660 — Catenulata, ib — Ocu- 

 lata, ib. — Pachyderma, ib.— 

 Reniformis, . . 660 



Siliacea, . . 202 



Silica, . . 119 



Silique, or Pod, . 96 



Silk Cotton Tree, 409— where 



cultivated, varieties, . 409 



Silver Weed, . . 290 



Simaruba, or Winged-leaved 



Quassia, , . . 5?4 



Simarubote, . 628 



Simple Roots, . . 15 



— Stem, . . 20 

 Siiiapis Alba, 299— Nigra, 2ri9 

 Sitaria Italica, (Italian Millet,) 228 

 Slum Sisarum, . . 289 

 Sium nodiflorum, . . .300 

 Size of Trees, . . 34 

 Skirret, 289 — change of taste 



for, . 289 



Sleep of Plants, . . 42 



supper Worts, . . 593 



Slips .propagating by, . 33 



Slit Vessels, or False Spirals, 



their structure, . . 8 



Sloe, . . . 336 



Small Magnolia, . . 452 



Smilaeites, . 654 



Smitli, . . 86 



Smith, Sir J. E., . 128 



Smooth Elm, . 432 



Smut, . . 130 



Snail Flower, . .315 



Snake's Head, . . 575 



Snake Root, Birth Wort, . 5:\G 

 Snakewood, . . 479 



Soda, . . . 154 



Soft Stem, . . 20 



Soil formed by the continual 

 decay of vcjictables, 6, 15)i, 

 670 — composition of, 1 ) 1 — 

 water on Soils, 120 — Silica on, 

 ib. — sand on, ib. — analysis of, 

 ib. — draining, ib, — exhaus- 

 tion, ib. — repose on, 121 — ^re- 

 storation of, ib. — primary 

 Soils, 670 — artificial, ib. — 

 parts of, ib. — qualities of, ib. 

 — fertility of, ib, — absorption 

 ot; . . 670 



Bolanecc, . . 017 



Page 

 Solanum Tuberosum, 271 — Bel- 

 ladonna, 271 — Dulcamara, ib. 

 Hyosciamus, ib. — Lycopersi- 

 cum, 380 — Melongena, 380, 

 381~^thiopicum, 380— So- 

 domeum,381 — fables concern- 

 ing, ib. — accounts of, by 

 Henry Teonge and Pocock, 381 

 Solid Stem, . . 20 



Solomon, his treatise on vege- 

 tables, . . .2 

 Soot, . . . 674 

 Sorghum Vulgare, (pannicled 



millet,) . . .229 



Sorrel, ... 309 



Sour Sop, . . .375 



Southern Wood, . 526 



Sowing Time, Heathen, . 126 

 Sparmannia Africana, S2 



Spallanzani, . 83 



Spartium Junceura, ib. 



Spadix, . . .73 



Spearmint, . . 492 



Spines, . . 45 



Sphenopteris, 655 



Sphenophyllum, . 653 



Sphoeria nidula, . 314 



Spice Trees and Plants, 482 



Spike, . . . ,72 



Spinach, 303 — localities of — ib. 

 varieties of, ib. — wild Spin- 

 ach, ib. — New Zealand Spin- 

 ach, . . . 304 

 Spinacia oleracea, . 303 

 Spirseacece, . . 645 

 Spiral .stem, . . .20 

 Spiral Vessels, their structure, 

 8— -Grew and Malpighi's opi- 

 nions regarding them, ib. — 

 Du Hamel's idea of their 

 form, ib. — Dr Thomson's illus- 

 tration, ib. — other opinions, 

 ib. 9 — Spiral Vessels of gar- 

 den lettuce, 9 — Artichoke, 

 &c., ib. — DecandoUe's opi- 

 nion, . . . .9 

 Splendid Cardinal Flower, 587 

 SpondiacciE, . . 647 

 Spondias cythcrea, . . 374 

 Spongiolcs, 16 — as seen by the 



microscope, . . 16 



Spotted- Barked Cotton, . 409 

 Spregnel, . . 87 



Spruces, 469— White, Black, 



Red, . . 469 



Squash, . . . 379 



Squill, . . .->-14 



Stable Dung, . . 674 



Stamens, 12 — Anther, Pollen, 



Filament, . . 07-68 



Stapelias, 596— its cultivation, 5U6 

 Star Apple, . . 375 



Stem, 12, 19— of fungi, 19— of 

 flowering vegetables, ib, — her- 

 baceous, semiligneous, woody, 

 solid, 20 — fistulous, pithy, 

 soft, sarmentaceous, simple, 

 branched, ib. — dichotomous, 

 trichotomous, vertical, pros- 

 trate, creeping, tortuous, ib. 

 — spiral, leaf-bearing, leafless, 

 scaly, ib. — internal form of 

 stems, ib. — liber, epidermis, 

 cuticle, ib. 22 — outer and in- 

 ner medulla, ib. 23 — cam- 

 bium, 22 — wood iiicdullary 

 tube, pith, 23 — medullary 

 rays, 24 — monocotyledonous 

 stems, ib. — variety of woods, 

 ib. 25 — roots and stems, their 

 difference, ib. — growth of the 

 stem, 26-35 — its different de- 

 velopments, 26 — growth in 



height, 29 — stem of mono- 

 cotyledonous trees, 30 — cen- 

 tral system of stems, ib. — 

 cortical system, ib, — inci- 

 sion, boring, girdling, . J!5 

 Sterculiacese, . . 630 

 Sternbergia, . . 654 

 Stigma, 7 1 , 72 — utricles of the, 86 

 Stigm aria, 652 — ficoides, . 661 

 Stipe, its structure and charac- 

 ter, ... 19 

 Stipules, their structure, 44 — 

 their varieties, ib. 45— con- 

 nate,axillar,foliaceous, mem- 

 branous, or spinescent, ib, — 

 their uses, ib. — tendrils, theii 

 structure and variety, ib. — 

 claspers, and suckers, ib. — 

 spines and prickles, ib. — their 

 nature and peculiarities, ib. — 

 cup of the nepenthes distilla- 

 toria, its singular structure, 45 

 St John's Bread, . 386 

 — Wort, . .513 

 Stock, 1 9 — its structure, . 1 9 

 Stock Gilly Flower, 689— nu- 

 merous species how culti- 

 vated, . . 5ii9, 590 

 Stomata, . . 10,21 

 Storax, or Styrax Tree, 1 50, 559 

 Strammonium, or Thorn Apple, 553 

 Strawberry, 338 — historical no- 

 tices of, ib. — varieties of,339 — 

 Alpine, ib. — manner of, culti- 

 vation, ib. — soil requisite 

 for, . . . .339 

 Strawberry Pear, . 364 

 — Tree, . . 606 

 Striped Barked Maple, . 440 

 Strobile, or Cone, . . 97 

 Strychnina, . 142 

 Style, ... 71 

 Stylidieae, . 6-'3 

 Styraceas, . 621 

 Styrax, , . 150,559 

 Succory, . . 308 

 Suckers, . . 45 

 Sufi'ocation, . . .132 

 Superfetation, examples of, 85 

 Suri, 246 — Suri pots, 247 — 



manufacture of Suri, . 248 



Sugar, 137 — account of the 

 manufacture of, 238, 239 — 

 Sugar of the ancients, . 249 

 Sugar cane, 24, 170 — description 

 of, 235 — History of its culti- 

 vation, and the manufacture 

 of sugar, . . 235-239 



Sugar Maple, . . 4;'.8 



Sumach, 519 — Sumach, Vene- 

 tian, . . .517 

 Sumachineae, . 647 

 Summit, . . 70 

 Sun-Flower, . 168,673 

 Sunn, 420 — See Indian Hem}). 

 Sutures Longitudinal, . 93 

 Sweet-Flag, . . 529 



— Pea, , . 317 



— Sop, . . 375 



— Violet, . . 586 

 Swayne, Rev. G. plantation of 



filberts, . . .386 



Sycamore, m native of Brit.ain, 



161,437 

 Sychee Tea, . . . 39-2 



Synantherea^, . 62.1 



Synorhizous, . . . lOlj 



TabernEcmontana, 

 Tacambac, 

 Tacia pinnatifida, 

 Tsenioptcris, 

 Taliera palm. 



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