Index 
Germination of fern-spores, 249, 
250 
Gingko, 270 
spermatozoids of, 296 
Girdled cone bearers, 282, 283 
Girdled maples, 283 
Girdled oaks, 283 
Gladiolus, 35 
Glastonbury white thorn, 377 
Glucose, 102, 103 
Glumes, empty, 162 
flowering, 164, 165 
outer, 162 
Golden-rod, seeds of, 349 
Gorse, I14, 323, 326 
Grain, 118, 167, 168 
Grain-fields, weeds of, 351 
Grains, 118 
‘‘ Grains ” of chlorophyll, 94 
Grant Allen quoted, 86, 319, 
320, 359 
Grape tendrils, revolution of, 
243 
Grape-vine, 242 
Grass, 149, 156 
Grass-blades, 123 
Grass-blossoms visited by in- 
sects, 173 
Grass-flowers, 161, 173 
Grass, leaves of, 160 
Grass- pollen, waste of, 170 
Grasses, 118, I5I, 152. 157, 165 
as sand-binders, 153. 154 
blossoms of, 139, 140, 165, 166 
coast, 153 
modes of seed-distribution of, 
169 
mud-binding, 153 
nodes of, 158 
number of species of, 168 
sheaths of, 158 
spikelets of, 168 
stems of, 188 
Gray, Prof., 83 
‘*Grete Herbale’’ quoted, 356 
Great Britain saved by a thistle, 
337 
Green bark, 132 
Groundsel, 39, I10, 352 
Growing-point, 120 
Gums, 63 es 
; 405 
Gymnosperm, 297 
Gymnosperms, 290, 296 
Gymnosperms (prothalli of), 292 
Hackberry, 74 
Hairs of ferns, 261 
Hairs, various uses of, 42, 46, 
I10, 320 
Hans Andersen quoted, 380 
Hare’s palace, 356 
Hartford fern, 262 
Haulm, 160 
Hawk moths, 202, 203 
Hawthorn, 323, 326 
Hawk-moths, 203 
Hazel, 26 
Hazel, copper, 97 
Hazel-nut, 69 
Hazel-nut tree, 382 
Heart-wood, 387 
Heather, 99 
Hedgehog grass, 169 
Hemlock, 270 
Hemlock, seedlings of, 270 
Hemlock, staminal leaves of, 
288 
Hemlocks, 299 
Hemp, 332 
Heraldry, 334 
Herbivorous animals, 96 
Herbert, George, 65 
Hickory, 71 
Hickories, 75 
Hobble-bush, 57 
Holland, 155 
Hollow stems, 38, 157 
‘* Holy thorns,” 376 
Honey, 42 
Honeysuckle, 201, 204, 227 
Honeysuckle, twining of, 239 
Honeysuckles, 228 
Hook-climbers, 235 
Hooks at tips of vine-sprays, 237 
Hop-vine, 239 
Horse-chestnut, 78, 79, 80, 82, 
85, 86 
Horse-chestnut bur, 83 
Horse-chestnuts, 84, 120 
Horse-tails, 248, 251 
Horse-tails, prothalli of, 252 
Humming-bird, 34 
