Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary and Physiological: With an Appendix, Containing Descriptions of the Plants of the United States and Exotics, &c. for the Use of Seminaries and Private Students

F.G. Huntington & Company, 1837 - Botany - 424 pages

OF THE LECTURES AND APPENDIX	13

Method of analyzing Plants Analysis of the Pink Lily Rose and Poppy 1	19

Method of analyzing Plants by a series of comparisons General remarks	27

PART II	33

Of the Stem Different kinds of Stems	44

Of Leaves Form of Leaves Compound Leaves Leaves with respect	54

Calyx	65

Corolla and Nectary	74

Class XV Monadelphia	175

Class XVI Diadelphia	178

Class XVII Syngenesia	181

Class XVIII Gynandria	187

Class XIX Monoecia Class XX Diœcia	189

Class XXI Cryptogamia	194

PART IV	201

Autumnal Flowers Evergreens Ancient Superstitions respecting Plants Various Phenomena of Plants	205

Inflorescence Receptacle	81

The Seed Synopsis of the External organs of Plants	91

Physiological Views Solid and Fluid parts of Vegetables	107

Chemical Composition of Plants Proximate Principles Chemical Ana	114

CLASSIFICATION Page LECTURE XXI Method of Tournefort System of Linnæus Natural Methods Meth od of Jussieu Comparison between the Cl...	124

Characters used in Classification	130

LECTURE XXIILUse of Botanical Names Artificial Classes and Orders considered in Groups Classes Monandria and Diandria	134

Class III Triandria Class IV Tetrandria	139

Class V Pentandria	146

Class V Pentandria continued	151

Class VI Hexandria Class VII Heptandria	154

Class VIII Octandria Class IX Enneandria	159

Class X Decandria	162

Class XI Icosandria	166

Class XII Polyandria	168

Class XIII Didynamia Class XIV Tetradynamia	171

Habits of Plants Agents which affect their growth Their Habitations Geographical situations Elevation corresponding to latitude	209

Plants as affected by cultivation Change of organs Diseases Eco nomical uses	214

History of Botany from the Creation of the World to the revival of let ters in the reign of Charlemagne A D 770	219

History of Botany from the 8th century to the discovery of America	223

History of Botany from the beginning of the 16th century to the time of Linnæus	226

History of Botany from the time of Linnæus to the present	230

General Views of Nature Organized and Inorganized bodies Clas sification of Animals	235

APPENDIX	1

Illustration of the Habits of Plants 2	2

Natural Orders 27	27

Description of Genera 34	33

Description of Species	61

Vocabulary 153	153

Symbolical Language of Flowers 171	171

Alphabetical Indexes 175	175

Common names of Plants 181	181

Title	Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary and Physiological: With an Appendix, Containing Descriptions of the Plants of the United States and Exotics, &c. for the Use of Seminaries and Private Students
Author	Mrs. Lincoln Phelps
Edition	5
Publisher	F.G. Huntington & Company, 1837
Original from	the New York Public Library
Digitized	19 Aug 2009
Length	424 pages

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