ALPHABETICAL INDEX 
Acotvledonous plants, 37, 38, 118, 154, 
162. 
Adanson, 292. 
Adansonia, 225. 
Adder’s tongue, 202. 
Agamous plants, 243. 
Agaricus, 250. 
Age, its effects on plants, 274. 
Aggregate flowers, 187. 
Aigrette, or Egret, 119. 
Air, 265 
Albumen, 117- 
Aloes, 202. 
Amaranthi, 165. 
Amaranthus, 239. 
Ament, 83, 102. 
Amentacete, 173. 
American laurel, 210. 
Amygdalus, 214. 
Analysis of the pink, 21. 
“ of the lily, 23. 
“ of the rose, 24. 
“ of the poppy, 25. 
“ of the daisy, 169. 
“ of one of the grasses, 1S6. 
Anemone, 219. 
Annual roots, 51. 
Anther, 20, 96. 
Apocynum, 237. 
Aquatic plants, 56. 
Arabs, 281. 
Aristolochiae, 165. 
Aristotle, 278. 
Aroides, 163. 
Arrowhead, 241, 258. 
Arrow root, 178. 
Artemisia, 231. 
Artificial classes, 20,29, 33, 152, 158, 177. 
“ Orders, 20, 31, 33, 152,158, 177. 
Artificial System, 19, 20, 34, 94, 152, 158, 
292. 
Asparagi, 164. 
Asplenium, 244. 
Aster, 231. 
B. 
Barberry, 201. 
Bauhin, 287. 
Barb, 134. 
Bicorncs, 209. 
Biennial roots 51. 
Black berry, 215. 
Blessed thistle, 232. 
Blood root, 254. 
Blue eyed grass, 223. 
Botanical names, directions for pronouncin 
them, 41. 
“ their use, 176. 
Botanical gardens first cultivated, 285. 
Botany, definition of, 19. 
“ objects of which it treats, 19. 
“ its departments, 19. 
Bread-fruit tree, 23S. 
Bract, 80. 
Brake, 244. 
Branching roots, 152. 
Buckwheat, 205. 
Buds, 44, 62. 
Bulb-bearing stem, 61. 
Bulbous root, 54. 
C. 
Cactus, 213. 
Calla, 220, 256. 
Calycandria, 213. 
Calyptra, 84. 
Calyx, 20, 82, 83. 
Cambium, 133. 
Camellia japonica, 225 
Campanulaceae, 167. 
Camphor, 206. 
Capsulares, 106. 
Capsule, 106, 113. 
Carcerulares, 106. 
Carex, 239. 
Cassia, 208. 
Catalpa, 182. 
Cat tail, 239. 
Caulis, 57. 
Cellular tissue, 74, 128, 135. 
“ integument, 135. 
Characters used in classification, 159. 
Charter oak, 274. 
Chemical composition of plants, 142, 147. 
“ “ of the sap, 116. 
Chick winter green, 202. 
Chick weed, 261. 
Chrysanthemum, 232. 
