INDEX. 



xi 







Lugger . . . . 



. 363 



Lunate leaves 



.. 298 



Lupins • 



. 316 



Madagascar 



. 147 



Mad apples 

 Magellan's Straits 



. 324 



57 



Magpie moth 



. 331 



Magpie, the 



. 242 



Mammalia 



. 165 



Mandarin orange 



. 323 



Maps . . . 



47 



Marbled white butterfly . 



. 331 



Marigolds .... 



. 316 



Marine steam engine 



. 162 



Marshes .... 



26 



Marsupialia 



. 177 



Meadow brown butterfly 



. 331 



Meadow saffron 



. 301 



Medick .... 



. 325 



Mediterranean Sea, the 



. 159 



Medlars .... 



. 324 



Medullary rays 



. 199 



Medusae .... 



8 



Melons .... 



. 323 



Merchantmen 



. 363 



Meridians 



46 



Mexicans 



53 



Midribbed leaves . 



298 



Mignonette 



. 318 



Mirage .... 



29 



Mistletoe, the 



. 234 



Mollusca .... 



. 352 



Molluscs .... 



8 



Monandria, &c. 



Monogynia . . . 



. 293 



. 293 



Monopetalous flowers 



Moon's distance from the earth 



. 290 



2 



Moon's size 



2 



Moon, the earth's satellite 



2 



Moon-trefoil 



. 325 



Morasses .... 



26 



Morse vetch 



. 325 



Mosses .... 



196, 238 



Moths .... 



. 328 



Mountain chains . 



9 



Mountain groups 



9 



Mouse, the field . . 



. 253 



Mouse, the harvest 



. 255 



Mouse, the sea 

 Mountains . . 



. 358 



9 



Mountains attract clouds 



10 



Mountains, heights of 



10 



Mount Roa 



65 



Mount St. Bernard dogs 



9 



Murdock, the first gas burner 



74 



Mussels .... 



. 351 



Naphtha gas 



78 



Narcissus .... 



. 303 



Narrow-leaved pepper wort 



. 324 



Natural system of botany 



294 



Nautilus .... 



7 



Negroes .... 



. 145 



Nettles, sea 



. 354 



New Granada 



55 



Newts .... 



. 365 



Niagara Falls described . 



24 



Nightingale, the . 



135,244 



Night-jar, the 



. 248 



Nodi .... 



. 299 



Notched leaves . . 



. 298 



Nut-hatch, the 



. 262 



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Oak apples .... 209 



Oak-egger moth .... 332 

 Oak, the ..... 206 

 Oats . . . . .279 



Ocean, see " Sea " ... 5 



Offing ..... 21 

 Oil gas ..... 77 

 Opium ..... 307 

 Orange . . . . .321 

 Orange-tip butterfly . . . 33o 

 Orang-outang . . . .168 

 Orchids . . . . .314 



Orders of plants .... 293 

 Ostriches . . . . .125 

 Otaheitian canoes . . • , .65 

 Otaheitians . . . .64 



Oval- leaved hedysarum . . . 325 

 Ovary ..... 292 

 Owls . . . . .124 



Owl, the . . . . 242 



Ox tribes . . . . .191 



Pseonies ..... 307 

 Painted lady butterfly . . .330 

 Palm trees .... 200 



Pampas . . . . .12 

 Pampas grass . . . .55 

 Panicle ..... 294 

 Panthers . . . . .173 

 Papilionaceous flowers . . . 296 

 Paradise, Birds of . . . .121 

 Parallelograms . ... .46 

 Parallels . . . . . 45, 46 

 Parrot tribes, the .... 127 

 Passes ..... 9 

 Passion-flowers .... 309 

 Patagonia . . . . .57 

 Peach ..... 322 

 Peacock butterfly .... 329 

 Peacock's tail, pavonia . . . 343 

 Pea-flower . . . . .292 

 Pears . . . . .324 

 Pedicel . . . . .294 

 Pelicans . . • . .130 

 Pendulous flowers .... 296 

 Peninsulas . . . . . 22, 48 

 Pepper plants . . . .324 

 Perianth . . . . .292 

 Pericarp ..... 322 

 Periwinkles .... 352 



Petals . . . . .290 

 Petrel, the stormy . . ». 129 



Philippine Islands . . . .61 

 Picotees ..... 305 

 Pigeons . . . . .123 

 Pine . . . . • 326 



Pine apple ..... 322 

 Pine trees ..... 227 

 Pinnace ..... 363 

 Pistils ..... 292 

 Piston, principle of the . . .100 

 Pitcher plants . . . . 296 

 Pitcher-shaped flowers . . . 297 

 Pith of plants . . . .199 

 Plains ..... 12 

 Plough, th« .... 273 



Plover, the long-legged . . .128 

 Plume moth . . . .331 

 Plumose flowers .... 297 

 Plums . . . . .323 

 Plumulae . . . 296 



Plumule . . . . .327 

 Plurilocular . • • . 323 



