«ONtENTS. 



BOTANY. 



Introduction to Botany 27$ 



Classes and Orders , 280 



Description of the component parts of Flowers 287 



Instructions for packing Seeds 290 



Of the uses to which the various Vegetable productions 



of other countries are applicable , 291 



Instructions for packing Plants, Bulbs, &;c 293 



Instructions for drying Plants , 295 



Method of preserving Fungi, &:c. in Spirits 296 



Instructions for prerenting the attacks of Insects 297 



Particulars to be attended to in drawing or describing 



Plants . 29$ 



Botanical Memorandum 301 



MINERALOGY. 



Introduction to Mineralogy 302 



Enumeration of Earthy Minerals 303 



— — — Alkaline Minerals ... 305 



_ _ Metals SOT 



— — — . Combustible Minerals 318 



Instructions for procuring and preserving Mineral sub- 

 stances t 322 



MISCELLANEOUS 32« 



ERRATA. 



Piije 46, line IS, for name, read mane. 



95, 



ID 



— PiroEGN, read PrLCEOv. 



203, 



17 



— Buperiis, read Btiprestis. 



210, 



i4 



— Cocoiis, read Coccus. 



211, 



20 



— PhalcuvtBy read PhaUrice. 



218, 



- — 28 



— Foitr/ieiiln, read Foixnca. 



228, 





— LiptdoptevouSj read Lepidopterous. 





8 



— I.ipedoptera, rcaa Lepidoptt ra. 



£29, 



10 



— Lipedoptera, read I>epiduptera. 







— Lipeilopterous, read Lepidopterous. 



233, 





— Dii.Ju, Ditto. 



