INDEX

Acacia, 108, 110, 111, 140, 179, 286

Acanthus, 369

Aconite, 231

Acorn, 256

Adansonia, 48

Adaptations (desert), 134

Afterglow, 132

Age of trees, 48

Agriculture (primitive), 149

Akocanthera, 229

Alder, 71

Alfred, 150

Algæ, 200, 202

" and Brittle Stars, 340

Alluvial flats, 210

Almond, 367

Alpine flowers, 103

" garden, 106

Ancient forests, 53

Angraecum, 79

Animals and poisons, 237

Animals and fruits, 241

Ants, 284-6

" and Centaury, 288

Antiaris, 230

Ant rice, 284

Aphanizomenon, 201

Aphis, 293

Apple, 248

Apple-blossom weevil, 294

Apple-sucker, 295

Arctic plants, 102, 104, 360

Arctic times, 104

Aristolochia, 78

Arrow poisons, 227, 229

Araucaria, 56

Arum, 78

Asclepiads, 78

Ash, 66

Asphodel, 368

Asses, 179

Associations, 26

Autumn crocus, 94

Aztecs, 126

Baboons, 247

Babylonian botanists, 37

Bacteria, 21, 85, 86, 95, 282, 328, 358

Balm of Gilead, 114

Banana, 248, 249

Barberry, 78, 183

Barley, 90, 272

Bartsia, 365

Bats, 246

Bean, 277

Bears, 247

Becquerel rays, 21

Bees, 74, 77

Bees and poppy, 303

Beetroot, 278, 280

Berries and winter, 245

Betel nut, 371

Bhang, 306

Bible plants, 366

Big Bad Lands, 133

Big trees, 58, 67

Birch, 60

Birch bark, 51

Birds, 85, 281

" and fruits, 245, 246, 256, 257

" and insects, 297

Bird's nest orchid, 329

Bishopsweed, 91

Bladderwort, 345

Blooming of weeds, 100

Bluebeard salvia, 74

Boers, 223

Boulger, 59

Box, 60

Bracken, 288

Bramble, 93, 183, 184, 248, 314

Brazil, 309

Breadfruit, 249

Breaking of meres, 201

Bridges of creepers, 319

Brigalow scrub, 112

Brier, 184

Britain (prehistoric), 144

British agriculture, 16

Britons, 150

Bromelia, 342

Broom, 256

Broomrape, 335

Brown, Dr. Horace, 18

Buds, 294

Buffonia, 365

Bulbs, 138

Burning bush, 115

Bushmen, 226

Buttercups, 233, 296

Butterflies, 192

Butterwort, 348

Cabbage, 23, 277

Cacti, 134, 179

Calabar bean, 232

Caledonian forest, 66

Calthrops, 185

Camargue, 161

Canadian forests, 62

Cannibals, 327

Canoes, 51

Cañons, 176

Carbon atom, 22

Carbonic acid gas, 16, 21

Carboniferous period, 55, 56

Carline thistle, 184

Cassier, 118

Castor oil, 245, 372

Catapult fruits, 263

Catchfly, 347

Cattle, 52

Cattle poisoning, 238

Caustic creeper, 235

Cedar, 59

Charlock, 275

Cherry, 97

Chickweed, 100, 346

Chicory, 125

Chinese botanists, 37

Chocolate, 125

Cinnamon, 35

Clematis, 265

Climate (effect of), 108

Climbing plants, 313

Clover, 86

Cloves, 30

Club-mosses, 55

Coal period, 55-70

Coca, 125

Cocoa, 125

Cocoanut, 259

Cockchafer, 292

Cockspur thorn, 183

Codlin moth, 295

Coffee, 123

Coffee disease, 124

Colocynth, 137

Colonizing of lavas, 171

" of shale, 173

Colorado desert, 139

Colour of birds, 81

" butterflies, 81

" flowers, 72-4

" fruits, 240

Coltsfoot, 18, 86

Congo, 309

Cooke, Dr., 201

Coralroot orchid, 329

Cotton, 265

" grass, 355

" tree, 59

Country life, 155

Cow tree, 312

Cretaceous period, 70

Crocus, 19

Crows and acorns, 256

Cucumber, 86

Cultivated plants, 269, 273

Curare, 228

Currents and seeds, 255, 259

Cypress, 59

Daffodil, 368

Dahlia, 265

Daisy, 218

Dandelion, 19, 93, 264

Danewort, 370

Darling pea, 237

Darnel, 234, 367

Date palm, 141, 251

Datura, 232

Deer, 178

Deodar, 60

Depopulation of country, 154, 155

Depth of water (plants), 205

Desert, 132

Desmids, 206

Desmoncus, 316

Destruction of plants, 61-5

Diatoms, 206

Dioscorides, 37

Dischidia, 342

Distribution of seeds, 254

Dixon, Dr., 25

Doctors, 28

Dodder, 338

Dorynicum, 263

Dragon tree, 49

Dropwort, 234

Drosera, 349

Drosophyllum, 347

Dundonald, Earl of, 151

Dwarf plants, 102

Egyptian botany, 37

Elder, 369

Electrical phenomena, 197-9

Elephant grass, 178

Esparto grass, 136

Eucalyptus, 47

Euphorbia, 110

Evening flowers, 74

Exploded pollen, 71

Fairy rings, 86

Fermentation, 242

Ferns, 172

Fig, 79, 251

Fig wasp, 79

Fires, 50, 148

Fish, 165, 206

Fish poison, 227

Flag, 203

Flies, 74, 80

Floating islands, 204

Floral clock, 76

Florida hyacinth, 209

Flowers, 68

Fly catcher, 348

Fly mushroom, 31

Fog, 203

Forestry, 43, 55

Forests, 63, 64, 220, 358, 361

Foxglove, 19, 79

Frankincense, 113

Fruits, 240

Fuegians, 51

Fungi, 80, 330

" and caterpillar, 341

" and eel-worms, 289

Galbanum, 114

Garlic, 373

Giant sawfly, 44

Ginkgo, 57

Girdleroots, 325

Goats, 52, 109, 179, 181, 184

Gooseberry, 182, 247

Goosegrass, 259

Gorse, 100, 181, 182

Gory dew, 202

Grass, 177, 185, 215, 218

Grasslands, 213, 330, 332

Grazing animals, 111, 177

Green of plants, 72

Greenfly, 293

Guanaco, 222

Gums, 111

Gutta-percha, 311

Hairs of plants, 136, 346

Hair (remedies), 30, 235

Hatasu, 113

Hawthorn, 182, 183

Hedgehog, 135

Heer, 55

Height of trees, 47

Hellebore, 231

Hemp, 305

Henna, 371

Henry, Dr., 52, 53

Holly, 186, 189, 190

Honey-dew, 293

Hop, 316

Hornwort, 208

Hot springs, 200

Humming-birds, 75

Hyacinth, 278

Hybridizing, 249, 273

Hydrophobia cures, 29

Hygroscopic grasses, 266

Ibn Sena, 37

Ice and seeds, 257

Ice plant, 136

Ice sheet, 147

Imbauba, 287

Incense, 113

Indiarubber, 307, 311

Indigo, 35

Insects, 69, 73, 168

Ipecacuanha, 34

Iris, 203

Ironwood, 58

Ivy, 79, 323

Jarrah, 60

Johnson, Dr., 151

Kangaroo, 75

Karoo, 138

Kite, 265

Kola, 127

Laburnum, 235

Lake dwellings, 52

Landes, 45

Land-forming plants, 161, 162

Larch, 181

Latex, 307

Lathrea, 336

Lava, 171

Lavender, 371

Lawns, 218

Leaf-cutting ants, 286

Leaf-miners, 297

Leaf-mould plants, 329

Leaves and light, 20

Lecanora, 167

Lecidea, 167

Leek, 372

Lewis, 54

Lianes, 314, 318

Lichens, 133, 166-71, 261

Life of flowers, 76

Lilienfeldt, 89

Lily order, 234

Lions and fruits, 258

Liverworts and animalcula, 341

Locoweed, 235

Locust tree, 367

Logwood, 35

Loranthus, 334

Madder, 371

Maidenhair tree, 57

Mallee scrub, 112

Mammoth trees, 47

Man, 247, 281, 300

" and flowers, 81

" and forests, 67

Manchineel, 228

Mandrake, 370

Mangroves, 156

Manna, 115, 261

Marshes, 211

Meadows, 213

Medicines, 27, 28

Mimulus, 70

Mistletoe, 245, 332

Mites, 299

Moats, 298

Mohammed, 119

Moly, 368

Monkey-puzzles, 56

Monotropa, 329

Moors, 353

Mosquitoes, 159

Mosses, 170, 353

Movement in plants, 14

Mud and seeds, 258

Mud rivers, 357

Mustard, 30

Myrrh, 114

Myrtle, 116, 368

Names of plants, 363

Narcissus, 368

Nepenthes, 344

Nettle, 71, 191

Nicotine, 130

Nile desert, 139

Nipa, 260

Nitrates, 84

Nomadic agriculture, 57

Number of plants, 38

Oak, 24

Oak forest, 53

Oat, 270

Obi, 232

Oil shales, 207

Olive, 48, 116, 251

Onions, 373

Opening of flowers, 76

Opium, 301

Opopanax, 114

Orange, 116, 243

Orchards, 252

Orchids, 78, 81, 330

Oxalis, 196

Painters and poets (botanists), 39

Palms, 69, 180

Pampas, 221

Paper (wood), 61, 62

Papyrus, 211

Parasitic insects, 294

" plants, 338

Pear, 188

" midge, 296

Peat, 170, 353

Peat-mosses, 353, 361

Pepper, 36

Perfumes, 73, 115, 119, 241

Petals, 98

Pfeffer, 88

Phragmites, 209

Phylloxera, 291

Pine forests, 40, 71, 148

Pine seeds, 41

Pineapple, 251, 277

Pink snow, 72

Pistacio, 69

Pitcher plant, 344

Plantain, 219

Plantations, 154

Plover, 298

Poisons, 226

Polar regions, 197

Pollen, 70

Polluted rivers, 208

Pomades, 119

Pondweeds, 205

Poppy, 263, 302

Potato, 279

Prairie, 220

Pressure inside plants, 25

Prickly pear, 243

Primula, 193

Protoplasm, 195

Quinine, 33

Rabbits, 50, 178, 182, 239

Radium rays, 21

Rafflesia, 337

Railway plants, 174

Rain of blood, 252

Rainwater (absorbed), 298

Raspberry, 92

Rattan, 47

Rat's-tail plantain, 93

Reeds, 163, 204, 209

Resin, 44, 45

Restharrow, 189

Retama, 137

Rhubarb, 36

Rimbach, 92

Roadside plants, 214

Robin-run-the-hedge, 313

Rock plants, 166, 169, 175

Rooks, 292

Roots, 86, 88, 89, 90, 137, 157, 180

Rose, 127, 182, 314

Rowan, 369

Rubber, 301, 310

Rushes, 203

Rye, 46, 272

Safflower, 34

Sago palm, 58

Saltwort, 161

Salvia, 78

Sandbox tree, 266

Sap, 23, 24

Sarracenia, 342

Satchell, 64

Savages and plants, 27

Scale insect, 288

Scenery and plants, 166

Schimper, 99

Scotch fir, 54, 71, 86, 360

Screes, 172

Scrub, 107

Scythian lamb, 32

Scythians, 224

Sea-grass, 162

Sea meadows, 162

Seaweeds, 163, 164, 171, 172

Season of flowers, 77

Sedges, 260

Selaginella, 56

Selection (principle of), 248, 277

Semaphore plant, 196

Senecio, 174

Sensitive plant, 14, 194

Sequoia, 47, 58

Shale, 173

Sheep-killing grasses, 267

Shelley, 79

Sherwood Forest, 53

Silvia Caledonica, 53

Silver fir, 58

Silurian times, 70

Smell (of flowers), 80

Smith, Dr., 54

Snow, 103

Soil, 82, 84

Solanaceæ, 234

Soldanella, 103

Solomon's seal, 94

Southernwood, 371

Speedwell, 319

Sphagnum, 357

Spice trade, 34

Spikenard, 367

Spines, 179, 186, 188, 190

Sprengel, 69

Spring, 98, 101

Squiers, 198

Squirrel, 178, 257

Stapelia, 80

Starch, 18

Starwort, 319

Steppes, 223

Sticky fruits, 255, 258

Sticky hairs, 347

Stimulus (effect of a), 14

Stomata, 23

Stones, 166

Storms, 46, 164

Strength of roots, 96

" seeds, 244

" trees, 46

Strophanthus, 229

Strychnos, 228

Subsoil, 147

Succulents, 134

Sugar (fruits), 241

Sugar-cane, 279

Sunbirds, 75

Sundew, 349

Sunlight, 19, 20

Sunshine, 17

Tanghinia, 231

Tartars, 224

Taru Desert, 110

Tea, 120

Teak, 60

Telegraph plant, 196

Temperature (flowers), 73, 103

Tendrils, 320, 321

Tennyson, 153

Theophrastus, 37, 69, 161, 184

Thistles, 91

Thorns, 179, 190

Timber, 58, 66

Tobacco, 127

Toothwort, 335

Tragacanth, 185

Trap, 146

Traveller's tree, 24

Tumble weeds, 262

Turnip, 277

Twining stems, 317

United States (forests), 62

Underground life, 94

Upas tree, 230

Utricularia, 345

Vaucheria, 163

Vegetable demons, 177

Venus' fly-trap, 351

Vestal virgins, 51

Vetch, 19

Victoria regia, 205

Vine, 248, 272, 291, 323

Virginian creeper, 323

Wait-a-bit thorn, 180

Wall plants, 166

Warning colours, 238

Water-carried pollen, 162, 200

" circulation of,16

" level, 217

" lily, 204

Weeds, 215, 274

Wheat, 271

Whin, 100, 181

White flowers, 74

Wild garlic, 92

Wild tamarind, 235

Willows, 165, 208

Wind (effect), 71

" and seeds, 255, 260, 264

Winged fruits, 266

Wood, 58, 59, 62, 146

Wood pigeon, 246

Woodsorrel, 19

Work of sunshine, 18

Worms, 85, 359

Xanthium, 259

X-rays, 21

Yam, 180

Yeast fungus, 243

Yew, 66, 67, 239

Yucca, 79

Zostera, 162

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