The Romance of Plant Life / Interesting Descriptions of the Strange and Curious in the Plant World

by G. F. Scott Elliot

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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