A history of the vegetable kingdom : embracing comprehensive descriptions of the plants most interesting from their uses to man and the lower animals ... / by William Rhind.

  • Rhind, William, active 1818-1867.
Date:
1868
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Credit: A history of the vegetable kingdom : embracing comprehensive descriptions of the plants most interesting from their uses to man and the lower animals ... / by William Rhind. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dutrochet’s investigations on the nature of cellular tissue, 6; on root fibres, 16; on the downward tendency of roots, 17, 18; on the pith, 24; on the growth of plants in diameter, 31, 32; explana- tion of the sensitive movements of leaves, 43; of the ascent of the sap, 49; of the irritability of the mimosa, 604, 605. Dwarf Meadow Grass, Poa annua, 232. Dwarf Native Cherry, Exocarpus liumi- fusus, 711. Dwarf Palm, Chamasrops humilis, 259. Dyeing, Trees and shrubs used in, 492. Dyers’ Broom, Genista tinctoria, 519. Dyers’ Oak, Quercus iufectoria, 430. Dyers’ Weed, Reseda luteola, 514. E. Early Bice, 222. Earth, Ground, or Pea Nut, Aracliis liy- pogsea, 695. Earth-nut, Buninm flexuosum, 2S5. Earths in Plants, 11S, 154; how they are absorbed, 118, 119. East India Opium, 548. Ebenacese, the family, 621. Echiuocactus helophorus, 694; E. my- riostigma, 694; E. oxygonus, 694; E. Stainesii, 694; E. visnaga, 694. Ecliinostachys, a genus of fossils, 654. Egg, Vegetable, according to the ovarist, 83. Egg-plant, Solanum, 3S0; varieties, 3S0, 381. Egypt, Products of, 166; Barley in, 214; clotli-weaving, 401; cotton, 406; indigo manufacture, 502; rice, 221; wheat culture, 207. Egyptian Melon, 377. Egyptian Privet, Lawsonia inermis, 520. Egyptian Thom, Acacia vera, 556. Egyptian Water Lily, Nymphea lotus, 270. Egyptian Wheat, Triticum compositum, 209. Ekeagnem, the family, 612. Elans guineensis, the Oil-palm, 240, 262, 692. Ela>ocarpese, a section of the Tiliacese, 631. Elder, Sambucus nigra, 346; healing properties of, 346. Elecampane, Inula lielenium, 533; a medicine, 534. Electricity a stimulus of vegetable life, 127; its effect on endosmose, &c., 50. Elemi-tree, Amyris elemi, 561; its resin- ous juice, 147, 561. Elettaria cardamomum, the true Carda- mom-tree, 489. Ellis on West Indian Coffee, 395. Elm, Ulmus, 432; in Spain, 161; in Lap- land, 321; American, common, Dutch, smooth, and wych elms, 432; size and age, 432; easily transplanted, 433; fossil, 666. Embryo, Pre-existence of, in the ovary, 83; or pollen, 84; or neither, S4; in the seed, 103; its four parts, 104; its im- portance in J ussieu's classification, 182. Embryonate plants, 183. Empetrum nigrum, Crow-berry, 347. Endive, Cichorium endiva, 30S; wild en- dive, C. intybus, 308. Endocarp, part of the pericarp of fruit, 90, 91, 93. Endogenites, a genus of fossils, 654. Endorhizous Plants, 103. Endosmose and Exosmose, 49. Endosperm, a jiart of the kernel, 103; varieties, 103; its origin and uses, 107. Enfield, Large Cedar-tree at, 472. Englefield’s lake pigment from Madder, 511. English Iris, Iris xiphioides, 576. English Mercury, or Wild Spinach, Che- nopodium Bonus-Henricus, 303. Engrafting, Theory of, 32. Enneandria, 176, 179. Entire Leaves, 39. Epacridea;, a section of the Ericinete, 612. Epacris grandiflora, Great-flowered Aus- tralian Heath, 711. Ephemeral Flowers, 74. Epicarp, part of the pericarp of fruit, 90, 93. Epidermis, or outer skin of plants, 20; is it a distinct membrane? 20, 21; its pores and glands, 21; of leaves, 40. Epigeal Cotyledons, 104, 107. Epigenisists, Theory of the, 84. Epigynous Disk of flowers, 89; insertion, S9, 1S3. Epipodium, a variety of flower disk, 89. Episperm, part of the seed, 102; use of the, 107. Equiseta, the family, 200. Equisetacese, fossil, 655. Equisetum, Horse-tail, 200; structure, 11; organs of fructification, 75; fossil, 655. Ergot of Rye, a disease, 213; a medicine, 214. Erica, Heath, 606; E. ciliaris, E. cinerea, 607; E. Massoni, E. petiolata, E. re- torta, 608; E. tetralix, E. vagans, 607. Ericinese, the family, 622. Eriobotrya japonica, Loquat, 328. Eriodendron bombax, Wool-tree, 696. Ervum, Lentil, 315. Eryngium maritimum, Sea Holly, 291. Erythraea centaurium, Centaury, 525. Erythroxyleae, the family, 634. Escobar, Maria d’, carried Wheat to Peru, 205. Esparto Grass, Macrochloa tenacissima, 696. Esquimaux, their ignorance of wood, &c., 158. Etiolation, a disease in plants, 132. Etna, Mount, Chestnut-tree of, 384. Eucalyptus obliqua, White Gum-tree, 709; E. pulverulentus, String-bark, 710. Eugenia jambos, Rose Apple, 370; E. Malaccensis, Malay Apple, 370. Euonymus Europseus, E. latifolius, 92; E. verrucosus, 21, 92. Euphorbiaceae, the family, 617; fossil, 652. Euphorbia cyparissius, 129, 153; E. offi- cinanrm, 149. Euphorbium, a gum resin, 149. Europe, knowledge of Botany intro- duced, 3; products of, 160-164. Eutassa excelsa, Norfolk Island Pine, 697. Evelyn on Potato culture, 273; on trans- planting large trees, 425; his Holly hedge, 454. Evergreen Oak, Quercus ilex, 428. Evergreens, 43, 134. Everlasting Flowers, Heliclirysum da- tum and H. brateatum, 710. Excitability of organized vegetable bodies, 122, ct seq. Excretion of plants, 53. Exocarpus liumifusus, Dwarf Native Cherry, 711. Exorhizous plants, 103. Exosmose and endosmose, 49. Exostoses or excrescences on the roots of some plants, 14. Expiration of plants, 53. Extract, Vegetable, its chemical proper- ties, 140; varieties, 140. Ezekiel’s description of the Cedar of Lebanon, 472. F. Fagara octandra yields tacamahac, 147. Fagus, the Beech, 434; F. castanea, 383; F. ferruginea, 434; F. sylvatica, 153, 434; F. sylvestris, 434. Fairbum’s observation of the fall of the leaf, 135, 136. Fairlop Oak, 424. Fairy Rings of Fungi, 193. Falk, Governor, his Cinnamon planta- tions in Ceylon, 483. Fall of the leaves, 4b, 134. Fallowing, its effect on the fertility of land, 121. False partitions in fruit, 91, 92. Farina, or Starch, where obtained, 138, 139. Fasciculate flowers, 72; roots, 15 Favularia tesselata, 662. Fecundation of plants, 81; mechanism of, 81, 82; theory of the ovarist, 83; of animalcules, of the epigenisist, 84; more recent theories, 86; various phenomena of, 87; artificial, 88. Fecundity of plants, 98. Felicites, a genus of fossils, 655. Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, 291. Fenugreek flowers in medicine, 534. Fermentation of vegetables, 156. Fern Root, Filix, Aspidium Filix-mas, 705. Ferns, 200; fructification of, 74; South American Tree-ferns, 169; fossil, 663. Fertile soil analyzed, 120. Ferula asafoetida, 149; F. Persica, 149. Festuca pratensis, Meadow Fescue Grass, 231. Fetid Hellebore, Helleborusfetidus, 546. Fibres, 696. Fibrine in vegetables, 140. Fibrous roots, 14. Ficoideae, the family, 639. Ficus carica, 355; F. Indica, 150, 477; F. religiosa, 477. Field-book for preserving specimens, 679. Fig, Ficus carica, 355; peculiar impreg- nation, 59, 356; history, 356; double crop, 356, 358; in England, 357. Fig, Cochineal,Cactus cochinillifera, 365. Fig, Indian, Cactus opuntia, 364. Filament, the support of the anther, 67, 6S; their varieties, 68. Filbert, Corylus avellana, 385; origin of the name, 3S5; impregnation of fil- berts, 386. 4 Z