Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists

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[INDEX]

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] X [Y] [Z]

Absorption, Aristotelian views on, [68]
—— Grew and, [58]
—— Hales and, [73-76]
—— Mariotte and, [68]
Adanson, Plant families and, [41]
Agassiz, appreciation of, [215], [319]
Agriculture, investigations in, [234], [236-237]
—— physiology and, [7]
—— Theophrastus and, [9]
Algae, Berkeley on British, [226]
—— collection of, [214], [216]
—— Harvey on, [208], [210-212], [216]
—— systematic work on, [202]
—— Williamson and, [252]
Algal floras, [219]
Alston, Charles, King's Botanist, [283-284]
—— Hales and, [285-286]
—— investigations of, [285]
—— publications of, [286]
Alternation of generations, [188-189], [198]
Amman, Morison's method and, [26]
Anabena filaments, Griffith on, [190], [196]
Anatomical method, W. Hooker and, [147-148]
Anatomy, Balfour and comparative, [262]
—— Founders of, [2], [6], [44], [63], [67]
—— Grew and plant, [47-57]
—— Henfrey and Monocotyledon, [199]
—— Hill and plant, [93], [94], [95]
Annals of Botany, Ward and, [266]
Annual rings, J. Hill and, [94]
Antarctic flora, J. D. Hooker and, [305], [311-312]
Anthrax, Ward on, [272]
Apical growth, Nägeli and Leitgeb on, [135]
Apogamy, Alston and, [286]
Aquatic fungi, Ward on, [265]
Aquatic Myxomycete, Ward and, [265]
Arber, Agnes, on Grew, [44-64]
Arber, Newell, on Primofilices, [257]
Arboretum, founding of Edinburgh, [300]
Archaeology, Williamson and, [249]
Archegonia, discovery in Ferns of, [196-198]
Aristotle, botanical writings of, [8]
Aristotle, value of work of, [15]
—— physiology and, [68]
Ascent of sap, Grew's explanation of, [58]
Asclepiadaceae, R. Brown on the, [114-116]
Assimilation, Hales on, [80]
[B]
Bacteria, action of light on, [273]
Bacteriology, Ward on, [265], [271-273]
Baker, J. Hill's quarrels with, [89-91]
—— Synopsis Filicum and, [146]
Balanophoraceae, Griffith on the, [186]
—— J. D. Hooker and the, [308]
Balfour, Andrew, pioneer work of, [281]
Balfour, J. Bayley, on the Edinburgh Professors, [280-301]
—— —— on the Ginger-beer plant, [269]
Balfour, John Hutton, life of, [293-300]
—— —— Edinburgh Professorship and, [293-295]
—— —— at Glasgow, [295]
—— —— administrative work of, [295]
—— —— teaching methods of, [299]
Banks, Sir Joseph, W. Hooker and, [129]
—— —— R. Brown and, [110-111]
—— —— on "rust" disease, [275]
Banksian collections, R. Brown and, [112-123], [134]
de Bary, on potato disease, [266]
—— on "rust" disease, [27]
—— Ward's visit to, [264]
Basidia, Berkeley's researches on, [230]
Bauer, W. Hooker and, [144-145]
Bauhin, Caspar, Pinax of, [14-15]
—— and John, Morison on, [20]
Bean, collections of, [248]
—— on Yorkshire Fossil Flora, [247]
Bentham, collaboration with Hooker, [313]
—— bequest of, [144]
—— collections of, [140]
—— Herbarium of, [310]
Berkeley, Miles Joseph, life of, [225-232]
—— —— fungal morphology and, [230-231]
—— W. Hooker on, [227]
—— as naturalist, [225-226]
—— as plant pathologist, [231-232]
—— as systematic mycologist, [227-230]
—— as zoologist, [226]
Binney, on Carboniferous plants, [253]
—— on coal balls, [245]
—— fossil plant tissues and, [307]
—— Geological Survey and, [245-246]
—— publications of, [246]
Blair, on Morison and Ray, [31]
Bobart, Jacob, Keeper of Oxford Physic Garden, [17]
—— —— the younger, [18]
—— —— —— and Morison's work, [18], [23]
—— —— —— influence on Ray, [43]
Botanic gardens, of British colonies, [136]
—— —— of Calcutta, [181-182], [305]
—— —— of Cambridge, [153]
—— —— Chelsea Physic, [84], [92], [179]
—— —— of Glasgow, [129], [130], [292]
—— —— Glasnevin, [213]
—— —— Government subsidy of, [288]
—— —— Kew, [136-137]
—— —— Oxford, [17], [18]
—— —— purpose of, [281]
—— —— rivalry between Edinburgh, [282], [283]
Botanical Gazette, Henfrey and, [201], [202]
—— Magazine, editorship of W. Hooker, [142]
Botanical Society of Edinburgh, founding of, [294]
Botanical illustration, Bauer and, [179]
—— —— Berkeley and, [226]
—— —— Dickson and, [301]
—— —— W. Fitch and, [141-142], [246]
—— —— Grew and, [52]
—— —— Harvey and, [202], [206], [212]
—— —— Hill and, [100], [102], [103]
—— —— W. Hooker and, [141]
—— —— Lindley and, [170], [174]
—— —— McGillivray, [244]
—— —— Tuffen West and, [200]
—— —— Williamson and, [257]
Botany, local study of, [249]
Botany teaching, Henslow's methods, [158], [159]
—— —— pioneers of, [281], [296]
Bottomley, on Gilbert, [233-242]
Bower, F. O., [258]
—— on W. Hooker, [126-150]
—— on J. D. Hooker, [302-323]
Boyle, influence on Hales, [66]
Bridging species, Ward on, [277]
British Algae, Berkeley on, [226]
British Flora, Bentham and Hooker on, [315]
—— —— Berkeley on, [227-228]
—— —— W. Hooker on, [143]
—— —— J. D. Hooker on, [315]
Brome grass, Ward on, [276-277]
Brongniart, Williamson and, [254-256]
—— antiquity of Dicotyledons and, [244]
—— on fossil seeds, [257]
—— influence of, [246]
Broome, collaboration with Berkeley, [229]
Brown, Robert, life of, [108-125]
—— —— J. Banks and, [110], [111]
—— —— collections of, [112]
—— —— Cycad ovule and, [187]
—— —— diary of, [111]
—— —— Griffith and, [186]
—— —— Linnean Society and, [112], [123-124]
—— —— on the ovule, [184-185]
—— —— period of, [134]
—— —— on vegetation of New Holland, [113]
Brownian movement, [120]
Bryophyta, Griffith and, [188-189], [190]
Bud protection, Grew on, [50]
[C]
Calamites, Williamson on, [253], [254], [256]
—— secondary growth in, [254]
Calcutta Gardens, Falconer and, [305]
—— —— Griffith and, [181-182]
Cambridge, Ward at, [262]
—— Botanic Gardens, [153]
—— Herbarium, Lindley's presentation to, [170]
Cambridge Philosophical Society, founding of, [151]
—— —— —— presentations to, [152-153]
—— —— —— Ward and, [276]
—— Professorship, [152], [274]
Carboniferous period, Binney on, [246], [253], [307]
—— —— J. D. Hooker on, [307]
—— —— Williamson on, [4], [253], [256]
Cell structure, discovery of, [53]
—— —— Grew on, [53-54]
—— theory, Williamson and, [251]
Cesalpino, Andrea, abstract of results of, [12], [13]
—— —— classification and, [11]
—— —— on Cryptogams, [21]
—— —— Morison and, [26]
—— —— Theophrastus and, [11]
Ceylon Flora, Hooker and, [312], [313]
Chelsea Physic Garden, Botany lectures at, [84]
—— —— —— Griffith and, [179]
—— —— —— Hill's use of, [92]
Chemiotaxis, R. Brown on, [115]
—— Myoshi on, [275]
—— Pfeffer and, [275]
Chlorophyll, Grew's observations on, [59]
Circumpolar uniformity, Hooker and, [321]
Classification, Adanson on, [41]
—— Bauhin and, [14]
—— Cesalpino and, [11]
—— De Candolle and, [41]
—— first attempt at, [9]
—— flower and fruit in, [11]
—— Gesner on, [10]
—— Hill on, [100]
—— historical review of, [173]
—— Jung and, [15]
—— de Jussieu on, [41]
—— leaf in, [21]
—— Lindley and, [172], [173]
—— Malpighi on, [35]
—— Morison and, [18], [22]
—— natural system of, [13], [41], [172], [173]
—— progress in, [9]
—— Ray on, [29]
Climbing plants, anatomy of, [55]
Coal-balls, first investigation of, [245]
—— Williamson and, [251]
Coffee disease, investigations of, [263]
Coleridge, on Grew, [46], [47]
Constancy of species, W. Hooker on, [148]
Contact stimulus, Hill on, [98], [99]
Controversies, Gilbert and Liebig, [238]
—— Hill's, [89-91]
—— Morison and Ray, [21], [31]
—— Rothamsted and German physiologists, [242]
—— Williamson and Brongniart, [254]
Copley medal, Hales and, [70]
Coprolite, discovery of, [155-156]
Corn laws, Lindley and repeal of, [169]
Cotyledons, Malpighi on, [35], [36]
—— systematic value of, [36]
Croonian lecture, Timiriazeff's, [80]
Cryptogamic botany, Berkeley and, [4], [226]
—— —— W. Hooker and, [128]
Cryptogamist, Ward as Government, [262]
Cryptogams, R. Brown on, [121], [122]
—— Cesalpino and, [21]
—— Griffith and, [188-191]
—— Harvey and, [4], [205]
—— Williamson and fossil, [254], [255]
Cycads, R. Brown on, [114], [117], [187]
—— relationships of, [254]
—— Zamia and, [253]
Cycas, R. Brown on, [118], [119]
—— Griffith on ovule of, [187], [188]
Cytase, importance of, [267]
[D]
Darwin, Charles, omission of, [5]
—— —— Harvey and, [221]
—— —— J. D. Hooker and, [303], [307], [308], [315], [316], [320], [322], [323]
—— —— Index Kewensis and, [314]
Darwin, Francis, on Hales, [65-83]
Darwinism, Balfour and, [298]
De Candolle, A. P., Prodromus of, [134]
—— —— classification of, [41], [42]
De Candolle, A. P., work of, [109]
Deep sea deposits, Hooker and, [307]
—— —— —— Williamson and, [251]
Development, on study of, [118]
Dewar, on Gilbert, [234], [235]
Dickson, Alexander, Edinburgh Professorship of, [300-301]
Dublin Herbarium, Harvey and, [211], [222]
—— Professorships at, [210-211], [218]
[E]
East India Company, Griffith and, [3], [180], [184]
Ecology, J. H. Balfour and, [297], [298]
—— Grew on, [61]
—— Griffith and, [182]
—— J. S. Henslow and, [152], [154]
—— J. D. Hooker and, [321]
—— scope of, [7]
Economic botany, Berkeley and, [231]
—— —— Griffith and, [180]
—— —— W. Hooker and, [139]
—— —— Museum of, [137-138]
Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, Mackay and Don and, [291]
—— —— —— the McNabs and, [299]
—— —— —— Rutherford and, [291]
—— —— Schools, rivalry of, [282]
—— Medical School, [290], [295]
Edinburgh Professors, J. B. Balfour on, [280-301]
—— —— Charles Alston, [283-286]
—— —— William Arthur, [284]
—— —— J. H. Balfour, [293-300]
—— —— Dickson, [300-301]
—— —— Graham, [291-293]
—— —— John Hope, [286-290]
—— —— Charles Preston, [282-283]
—— —— Rutherford, [290-291]
—— —— Sutherland, [281-283]
Elfving, Ward and, [264]
—— on bacteria, [273]
Embryogeny, Dickson on plant, [300]
Embryo-sac, Ward on the, [262]
Encyclopædia Britannica, on Hales, [68]
—— —— Ward and the, [265]
Endosperm, Grew on, [63]
Eriksson, on "rust" disease, [276]
Evolution, Harvey and, [221]
—— J. D. Hooker and, [316]
[F]
Falconer, Herbarium of, [312]
Farmer, J. B., on R. Brown, [108-125]
Farming, J. S. Henslow and, [155]
Ferments, Ward on, [270], [271]
Ferns, Grew on spores of, [63]
—— W. Hooker and, [144-148]
—— Morison on, [21]
—— sexuality in, [135]
—— Williamson on, [254], [257]
Field botany, Balfour and, [297]
—— —— Edinburgh School and, [296]
—— —— Graham and, [292]
—— —— W. Hooker and, [132]
—— Hope and, [289]
Fitch, W., as illustrator, [131], [141], [145], [146]
Flora of British India, [312]
—— of Britain, [43]
—— of South Africa, [219]
—— of Antarctic, [305], [311], [312]
—— of Ceylon, [312], [313]
—— of Scotland, [132]
—— Fossil, [245], [252]
—— —— of Williamson, [248]
—— —— of Yorkshire, [247]
Floras, migration of, [322]
Flowers, Ray on morphology of, [35]
—— Grew on anatomy of, [52], [62]
Food solutions, Grew on, [60]
Foraminifera, Williamson on, [250], [251]
Fossil botany, Binney and, [243], [307]
—— —— Brongniart and, [244]
—— —— R. Brown and, [122]
—— —— in England, [243]
—— —— in France, [254], [255]
—— —— J. D. Hooker on, [243], [307]
—— —— Lindley on, [176]
—— —— Williamson and, [7], [256], [259]
—— —— Witham and, [243]
—— plants, development in, [258]
Fossils, Williamson's collections of, [258]
Frankland, Percy, Ward and, [271]
Fungi, J. Banks on, [275]
—— basidia in, [230]
—— Berkeley on, [229]
—— —— Berkeley and Broome on, [229-230]
—— classification of, [227-230]
—— on epiphyllous, [263-264]
—— Eriksson on, [276]
—— on exotic, [228]
—— J. S. Henslow on, [156], [157]
—— Kew collections of, [228]
—— life-history of, [271]
—— morphology of, [230-231]
—— nutrition of, [265]
[G]
Gardeners' Chronicle, editorship of Lindley, [166], [169]
Gardening, Williamson and, [252]
Gatty, Mrs, on seaweeds, [216], [221]
Genera Filicum, [144], [145], [147]
—— Plantarum, of Bentham and Hooker, [313]
—— —— of Endlicher, [314]
—— —— of de Jussieu, [314]
—— —— of Linnaeus, [314]
Genera, Tournefort and, [40]
Geographical distribution, of Fungi, [228], [229]
—— —— J. D. Hooker on, [319-322]
Geological zones, Williamson and, [248]
Geology, Binney and, [245], [246]
—— Father of English, [247]
—— of Yorkshire, [247]
—— Williamson and, [251]
Geotropism, Grew on, [59]
Gesner, classification and, [10], [11]
Gilbert, Sir Joseph Henry, life of, [233-242]
—— —— career of, [234]
—— —— chemical training of, [233-234]
—— —— Hellriegel and, [240]
—— —— Lawes and, [233]
—— —— Rothamsted and, [234]
Ginger-beer plant, Ward on, [269], [270]
Glasgow, Botanic Gardens at, [129], [130], [292]
—— W. Hooker and Professorship of, [130-133]
Glasnevin, Harvey and Botanic Gardens of, [213]
Goebel, on W. Hooker, [148],

[149]
—— on Bryophyta, [189]
Golden age, of Botany, [193-194]
Graham, Edinburgh Professorship and, [291-293]
—— Glasgow Gardens and, [292]
—— teaching and, [292], [293], [299]
Grand'Eury, Williamson and, [253]
Graphical method, Ward and, [276]
Gray, Asa, [224], [321]
Greeks, Botany of, [9]
Greenhouses, ventilation of, [81]
Greville, W. Hooker and, [144], [147]
Grew, Nehemiah, life of, [44-64]
—— —— anatomy and, [47-57], [135]
—— —— Hales and, [81]
—— —— Malpighi and, [48]
—— —— Schleiden and, [48]
—— —— versatility of, [45]
Griffith, William, life of, [178-191]
—— —— botanical work of, [180]
—— —— collections of, [182]
—— —— contemporaries of, [183]
—— —— Herbarium of, [312]
—— —— methods of, [183]
—— —— morphology and, [182-183]
—— —— travels of, [180-182]
—— —— University College and, [179]
Griffiths, Mrs, on algae, [211], [223]
Growth, Hales on, [82]
—— logarithmic curve of, [273]
Gwynne-Vaughan, on Nymphaeaceae, [199]
Gymnosperms, R. Brown on, [117], [118]
—— seeds of, [257]
[H]
Hales, Stephen, life of, [65-83]
—— —— Alston and, [285-286]
—— —— Chemistry and, [67], [78-80]
—— —— Physics and, [67]
—— —— Physiology and, [67], [71-78], [80-83]
Hartog, Marcus, Williamson and, [255]
Harvey, William Henry, life of, [202-224]
—— —— collections of, [208-210], [216-218]
—— —— Darwin and, [221]
—— —— W. Hooker and, [207-208], [211], [219]
—— —— influence of, [221]
—— —— lectures of, [213-215]
—— —— publications of, [219]
Hellriegel, on Leguminosae, [240-241], [267]
Henfrey, Arthur, life of, [192-203]
—— —— on critical species, [201]
—— —— on fertilisation, [195]
—— —— on sex in plants, [193-198]
—— —— Suminski and, [197-198]
—— —— text-books of, [200]
—— —— as translator and editor, [200]
—— —— work of, [192]
Henslow, George, on Henslow, [151-163]
Henslow, John Stevens, life of, [151-163]
—— —— Berkeley and, [226]
—— —— botanical work of, [154]
—— —— collections of, [152-153]
—— —— Ecology and, [152-153]
—— —— Education and, [153-154], [158-159]
—— —— lectures of, [157]
—— —— on "rust" disease, [275]
—— —— scientific studies of, [151-152]
—— —— views of, [156]
Herbalist, Hill as, [92], [100]
Herbalists, work of, [47]
Herbals, of Culpeper, [47]
—— of Dodonaeus, [10]
—— of Fuchs, [9]
—— of Lobelius, [10]
—— of Parkinson, [47]
—— of Pierre Pena, [10]
—— of Tragus (Bock), [9]
Herbarium, of Falconer and Griffith, [312]
—— Kew, [140]
Herbs, classification and, [29], [30], [34]
Hermann, work of, [26], [39]
Hill, John, life of, [84-107]
—— —— as actor, [85]
—— —— on anatomy, [93-96]
—— —— character of, [104-107]
—— —— as gardener, [93]
—— —— as herbalist, [92]
—— —— on Linnean method, [39]
—— —— on literature, [86-87], [92-93]
—— —— medical career of, [85]
—— —— methods of, [88]
—— —— on Natural History, [87]
—— —— on physiology, [96-100]
—— —— as systematist, [103]
—— —— on taxonomy, [100-103]
Hill, T. G., on J. Hill, [84]
Himalayan Journals, Hooker's, [305]
Hofmeister, influence of, [6]
—— morphology and, [4]
—— predecessors of, [135]
—— work of, [186], [191], [194], [195]
Hofmeisterian epoch, papers of, [198]
Hooke, on anatomy, [135]
—— on cellular structure, [53]
—— microscope and, [53]
Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, life of, [302-323]
—— —— as Administrator, [308-311]
—— —— Bentham and, [313]
—— —— Darwin and, [303], [316-319]
—— —— early life of, [302-303]
—— —— Edinburgh and, [293]
—— —— Essays of, [319-322]
—— —— as Geologist, [307-308]
—— —— as Systematist, [311-315]
—— —— as Traveller, [304-307]
Hooker, Sir William, life of, [126-150]
—— —— Berkeley and, [227]
—— —— collections of, [139], [140]
—— —— on cryptogams, [227]
—— —— diagnosis and, [147-148]
—— —— Floristic works of, [143-145]
—— —— Glasgow and, [127], [129]
—— —— Icones Plantarum, [143]
—— —— Journals and, [142-143]
—— —— Kew and, [127], [130], [133-134], [136], [140], [149]
—— —— Linnean Society and, [127]
—— —— as Naturalist, [126-127]
—— —— as Pteridologist, [144-148]
—— —— as Systematist, [148-149]
—— —— teaching and, [130-132]
Hookerian collections, Kew and, [310]
Hope, life of, [286-290]
—— Alston and, [287]
—— Botanic Gardens and, [288]
—— de Jussieu and, [287]
—— physiology and, [286-289]
Horticulture, Lindley and, [3], [171], [172]
How, British Flora and, [43]
Hutton, Fossil botany and, [176-177]
Huxley, lectures of, [261]
—— on mutability of species, [317]
[I]
Icones Plantarum, W. Hooker and, [143]
Imbibition of water, Hales on, [75-76]
—— —— Sachs on, [76]
Immunity, Grass and, [276]
—— Ward on, [266]
Index Kewensis, origin of, [314]
India, J. D. Hooker's flora of, [312]
—— J. D. Hooker's travels in, [306]
Ingenhousz, on plant nutrition, [69]
Insectivorous plants, J. D. Hooker on, [308]
Ipswich Museum, J. S. Henslow and, [156], [159], [160]
[J]
Jackson, Daydon, Index Kewensis and, [314]
Jodrell Laboratory, Ward at, [262]
—— —— Williamson and, [259]
Judd, on Williamson, [251]
Jung, Linnaeus and, [15]
—— Ray and, [35]
—— Systematic botany and, [15]
de Jussieu, de Candolle and, [41], [42]
—— classification and, [109], [134], [287]
—— Tournefort and Ray and, [42]
[K]
Keeble, F., on Lindley, [164-177]
Kew Gardens, Administration of, [309-310]
—— —— Bentham's gifts to, [140]
—— —— Hales and, [81]
—— —— Herbarium at, [305]
—— —— Herbarium and Library at, [141], [310]
—— —— Hill and, [93]
—— —— W. Hooker Director of, [127], [130], [133-4], [136-7], [140], [149]
—— —— the two Hookers at, [308-309]
—— —— Lindley and, [136-138], [169-170]
—— —— Mycological Herbarium at, [231]
—— —— Orchid Herbarium at, [170]
—— —— Thiselton-Dyer and, [81], [150], [203], [259]
Kidston, Witham's collection and, [245]
Kingia, R. Brown on, [117]
King's Botanist, Alston as, [283]
—— —— Arthur as, [284]
Knaut, work of, [26], [39]
[L]
Lang, on Griffith, [178-191]
Lankester, E., [193]
Lankester, Ray, on Schizomycetes, [265]
Lawes, agriculture and, [235]
—— Gilbert and, [235-236]
—— on nitrogen assimilation, [267]
Leaves, classification on form of, [21]
—— movements of, [96-99]
—— structure and functions of, [96-97]
—— vernation of, [50]
Leguminous nodules, Gilbert on, [239]
—— —— Hellriegel and, [240]
—— —— Ward on, [267]
Lepidodendron, Williamson and, [258]
Lichens, Ward on, [264], [270]
Liebig, mineral theory of, [237-240]
—— controversy with Gilbert, [238]
Light on plants, Hales and, [80], [81]
—— —— Hill on, [97]
Lily disease, Ward on, [266], [267]
Lindley, John, life of, [164-177]
—— —— activities of, [166]
—— —— J. Banks and, [168]
—— —— Botanical Register and, [174]
—— —— characteristics of, [177]
—— —— on cryptogams, [195]
—— —— on Darwin, [174]
—— —— Horticulture and, [171]
—— —— Hutton and, [245], [248]
—— —— Library and, [174], [177]
—— —— literary work of, [169-174]
—— —— Professorship of, [168], [169]
—— —— Williamson and, [250]
Linnaeus, British botany and, [6]
—— Hope and, [286]
—— Jung and, [15]
—— on Morison and Cesalpino, [27-28], [42], [43]
—— on Ray, [38], [42], [43]
—— Taxonomy and, [6]
—— method, [2], [3], [39]
—— —— Adanson and, [41]
—— —— Hill and, [101-103]
—— —— England and, [39], [40]
—— period, [109], [134]
—— system, Alston on, [285]
—— —— Hope on, [289]
—— —— influence of, [193]
Linnean school, influence of, [195]
Linnean Society, R. Brown and, [111], [112], [114], [121-124]
—— —— Berkeley and, [232]
—— —— Darwin-Wallace Celebration, [317], [318]
—— —— Griffith and, [183-185]
—— —— Harvey and, [207]
—— —— Ward and, [263], [264]
—— —— publications of, [184-186], [253]
London University, Botany teaching at, [179]
—— —— Henslow and, [154]
Loranthaceae, Griffith on, [185-186]
Lotsy, morphology and, [186]
Lycopods, Williamson and, [256]
Lyell, Calamites and, [253]
—— J. H. Hooker and, [308], [320]
—— mutability of species and, [317]
Lyginodendron, Williamson and, [256], [257]
[M]
Malpighi, anatomy and, [44], [135], [286]
—— Grew and, [6], [48], [63]
—— Hales and, [67], [68], [81]
—— on seeds and seedlings, [35], [36]
Manchester, Geological Society of, [245]
—— Natural History Society of, [249]
—— Professorship at, [250]
—— Ward and, [264]
Mangroves, Griffith and, [186-187]
Manures, experiments with, [234], [236], [237]
—— effect of, [237]
—— nitrogenous, [238]
Marchantia, Henfrey on, [199]
Massee, George, on Berkeley, [225-232]
Materia Medica, Alston and, [285]
—— —— Hope and, [287-289]
—— —— the Prestons and, [283]
—— —— Sutherland and, [282]
Mayow, Hales and, [66], [79]
McNab, Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and, [291], [292], [299]
Medullary rays, Grew on, [56]
Metabiosis, Ward on, [270]
Microscope, R. Brown and, [119], [120]
—— Hill and, [94]
Microtechnique, Henfrey and, [199]
Microtome, Hill's use of, [94]
von Mohl, protoplasmic continuity and, [199], [200]
Morison, Robert, life of, [16-43]
—— —— the Bauhins and, [20]
—— —— Cesalpino and, [26]
—— —— classification of, [19], [21]
—— —— method of, [22-25]
—— —— Ray and, [34], [35], [39]
—— —— on Umbelliferae, [22]
—— —— works of, [19-20]
Morphology, Berkeley on Fungal, [230-231]
—— Floral, [35]
—— Foundation of Plant, [15]
—— Griffith on, [179]
—— Hofmeisterian epoch, [198]
—— modern, [135]
—— Ray's essays on, [35]
—— of reproductive organs, [187]
Museums, J. S. Henslow and, [160]
—— Hill and, [87]
—— W. Hooker and, [137-140]
Mutability of species, [317], [320]
Mycology, Systematic, [227]
Mycoplasm theory, [274], [275]
Myoshi, chemiotaxis and, [275]
[N]
Nägeli, fertilisation in Ferns, [196]
Nathorst, on Bennettiteae, [253]
Natural History, Henslow and, [3]
—— —— Hill on, [87]
—— —— Ray on, [43]
Nature Study, J. S. Henslow and, [161], [162]
Newton, Hales and, [66], [72], [78], [80]
Nitrogen assimilation, Gilbert and Lawes and, [238-241]
—— —— Hellriegel and, [240-241]
—— —— leguminous plants and, [240]
—— —— Ward and, [267], [268]
—— theory, [237-241]
Nucleus, R. Brown and, [119], [135]
Nutation, Grew on, [60]
—— Hales on, [74]
Nutrition, Hales on, [72], [80], [83]
—— Ingenhousz on, [69]
—— transference of, [278]
Nymphaeaceae, Henfrey on, [199]
[O]
Oceanic islands, J. D. Hooker on, [321]
Oliver, F. W., on Henfrey, [192-203]
Oolitic plants of Yorkshire, [253]
Orchidaceae, R. Brown and, [115], [116]
—— Lindley and, [165], [174-176]
Organography, Dickson and, [301]
Origin of Species, J. D. Hooker's essay, [320]
Ovule, R. Brown on, [117-119], [184-185]
—— Griffith on, [185-188]
—— Schleiden and, [185]
Oxford, Professorship at, [16], [17]
—— Gardens of, [16], [17], [27]
[P]
Parasites, education of, [277]
—— host of, [268]
Parasitic habit, adoption of, [269]
Parasitism, adaptive, [277]
Permanence of species, Lindley and, [173]
Philosophical Biology, J. D. Hooker and, [315-323]
Philosophical Transactions, Ward and, [264], [266-267], [269], [270], [275]
Phlogiston theory, [66], [79]
Photosynthesis, [80]
Plant diseases, Ward on, [268]
Plant histology, early work in, [199]
Plant nutrition, [69], [72]
Plant pathology, [4], [231-232]
Plant physiology, Agriculture and, [7]
—— —— Chemistry and, [7]
—— —— experimental, [68], [83]
—— —— founders of, [2], [6], [68]
—— —— Gilbert and, [234-235]
—— —— Grew on, [58], [60], [61]
—— —— Hales and, [71-78], [80-83]
—— —— Hope and, [287], [289]
—— tissues, Grew on, [54]
Plants, medicinal properties of, [47]
Pleomorphism, Bacteria and, [265]
—— Uredineae and, [266]
Pollen, Amici's discovery, [194], [195]
—— R. Brown and, [115-116]
—— chamber, in Cycas, [187-188]
Polyembryony, [117]
Popularisation of Science, [250]
Potato disease, [231], [266]
Praeger, R. L., on Harvey, [202-224]
Presl, on Ferns, [145-147]
Preston, C. and G., Materia Medica and, [283]
Primofilices of Arber,

[257]
Proteaceae, R. Brown on, [114]
Protective mimicry in Orchidaceae, [116]
Protoplasm, von Mohl and, [135]
Pteridophyta, Griffith on, [188]
—— alternation of generations, [188-189]
Pteridosperms, secondary growth in, [256]
—— seeds of, [257]
Q. J. M. S., Ward and, [263-266]
[Q] Quaker Schools, Science in Irish, [205]
[R]
Ray, John, life of, [28-43]
—— —— on Classification, [28-29], [34], [36-38]
—— —— on floral morphology, [35]
—— —— influence of, [23], [109]
—— —— Jung and, [15]
—— —— Methodus Plantarum, [32-34]
—— —— on seeds and seedlings, [35]
—— —— on transmission of water, [68]
—— Society, Harvey on, [210]
Renaissance of Botany, [5], [193], [194], [203]
Renault, Williamson and, [255]
Reproduction, Hill's views on, [99-100]
Rhamnus infectorius, Ward on, [267]
Ringing experiments, Hales and, [76-77]
Root pressure, Hales on, [77], [78]
Roots, Grew on, [51], [53], [55], [56]
Ross, J. D. Hooker's travels with, [303-305], [312]
Rothamsted, experiments on plants, [234-241]
—— experiments on animals, [241]
—— publications, [235-236], [241]
Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley and, [166], [168]
Royal Society, Gilbert and, [234]
—— —— Grew and, [63]
—— —— Hales and, [70]
—— —— Henfrey and, [193]
—— —— Hill and, [88-91]
—— —— Hooker, J. D., and, [310-311]
—— —— Ward and, [279]
—— —— Williamson and, [251], [253], [257], [259]
—— —— medal, [172], [234], [279]
Rust fungus, physiological species of, [276]
Rutherford, Edinburgh Medical School and, [290]
—— Chemical work of, [290]
[S]
Sachs, on growth, [82]
—— on Hales, [65], [67], [68]
—— History of Botany, [65], [191], [193]
—— on Hofmeister, [198]
—— on physiology, [72], [74], [75]
—— on Ray, [68]
—— Textbook, [194]
—— on transpiration, [72-74]
—— on water transport, [76]
—— on Ward, [262]
Schizomycetes, Ward on, [265]
Schleiden, fertilisation, [194-196]
—— Grew and, [48]
—— morphology and, [134], [185], [186], [197]
Schwendener's Theory, Bornet and, [278]
—— —— Ward and, [264], [278]
Science and Art Department, Ward and, [261]
Scientific exploration, Golden age of, [304]
Scott, D. H., on Williamson, [243-260]
Scottish Flora, Hope and, [289]
Seaweeds, Flora of, [219]
—— Harvey and, [208], [210-212], [214], [216]
—— systematic study of, [202]
Secondary growth, in Cryptogams, [254-256]
—— —— systematic importance of, [254], [256]
Seeds and seedlings, Grew on, [49], [62]
—— —— —— Malpighi on, [35]
—— —— —— Ray on, [35]
Sex in plants, Alston on, [286]
—— —— —— in Cryptogams, [195], [196]
—— —— —— denial of, [285]
—— —— —— in Ferns, [135], [196-197]
—— —— —— in flowering plants, [194]
—— —— —— Grew on, [61], [62]
Shrubs, Ray's classification of, [30], [34]
Sibbald, [281]
Solms-Laubach, on Williamson, [256], [257]
—— —— on Scott, [258]
Sorby, Williamson and, [251]
South Kensington, Science Schools at, [261], [262]
Species, critical, [201]
—— "lumping" of, [201]
Species Filicum, [145], [146]
Spencer, Herbert, [80]
Sphenophyllum, Williamson and, [255-256]
Starch, extraction of, [160], [161]
Stems, annual rings in, [57]
—— comparative anatomy of, [51], [56]
—— modified, [57], [58]
—— secondary thickening in, [56]
Sternbergiae, Williamson on, [252]
Stigmaria, Williamson on, [257]
Suminski, sex in Ferns, [196-197]
—— and Schleiden's theory, [197]
Susceptibility, Ward on, [268]
Sutherland, Edinburgh Professor, [281-282]
Symbiosis, physiological aspect of, [269]
—— fermentation and, [270]
Synopsis Filicum, publication of, [146], [147]
Systematic botany, Balfour and, [299]
—— —— Bauhin and, [14]
—— —— Berkeley on, [227-230], [231]
—— —— British School of, [6]
—— —— R. Brown and, [121]
—— —— Cesalpino and, [11]
—— —— Ferns and, [144-148]
—— —— first publication on, [32]
—— —— Founders of, [2]
—— —— Griffith and, [184]
—— —— Harvey and, [220]
—— —— W. Hooker and, [3], [127], [132]
—— —— J. D. Hooker, [311-315]
—— —— Lindley and, [3]
—— —— Materia Medica and, [282]
—— —— Morison and Ray and, [6], [47]
—— —— Seventeenth Century and, [14]
[T]
Taxonomy, Hill and, [100]
—— Linnaeus and, [6]
—— Ray on, [6]
—— rise of, [202-203]
Theophrastus, Botany and, [8], [9]
—— Cesalpino and, [11]
—— Hill and, [85], [86]
—— influence of, [11]
—— Jung on, [15], [35]
—— Ray on, [35]
Theory of Descent, J. D. Hooker and, [316]
Thiselton-Dyer, [2], [81], [259]
—— —— anatomy and, [150]
—— —— New Botany, [203]
—— —— on Ward, [261-279]
Thomson, Gilbert under, [233-234]
—— J. D. Hooker and, [306], [312]
Timiriazeff, [80]
Tournefort, Alston on, [285]
—— on Cesalpino, [27]
—— on Ray, [38]
—— on Morison, [27]
—— on de Jussieu, [42]
—— work of, [40]
Tracheae, Grew on, [51], [57]
Transmission of water, Hales on, [68]
Transpiration, Hales on, [72-77]
—— and Light, [81]
Trees, classification of, [31], [34]
Treub, [186], [187]
Trimen, Ceylon Flora and, [312]
Tulasne, on "rust" disease, [275]
Turgescence, Hales and, [82]
[U]
University College, London, Gilbert and, [232], [233-4]
—— —— —— Griffith and, [179]
—— —— —— Lindley and, [166], [168], [177]
—— —— —— Williamson and, [249]
Uredineae, Banks and, [275]
—— Eriksson and, [276]
—— Ward and, [263], [266], [274], [275]
[V]
Vascular Cryptogams, classification of, [254-255]
—— —— Henfrey and, [194]
—— system, of climbing plants, [55]
Vegetable physiology, Weddell and, [248]
Vernation of leaves, Grew on, [50]
Vessels, Hill and function of, [95]
—— Grew and formation of, [52]
—— Grew and nature of, [55]
—— Grew and spiral, [57]
Vienna Congress and Hill, [104]
Vines on Morison and Ray, [8]
—— on Ward, [261], [262]
[W]
Wallace and Darwin, [315], [317]
Ward, Harry Marshall, life of, [261-279]
—— —— at Cambridge, [274]
—— —— in Ceylon, [262-264]
—— —— at Cooper's Hill, [266]
—— —— at Manchester, [264]
—— —— methods of, [278-279]
—— —— on coffee disease, [262-264]
—— —— on bacteriology, [265-268], [271-274]
—— —— on symbiosis, [268-271]
—— —— on Uredineae, [266], [275-277]
Warming, on Ecology, [321]
Water supply, Ward on, [274]
Welwitschia, J. D. Hooker on, [308]
Wheat, experiments on, [236-237]
Wieland, on fossil plants, [253]
Wilfarth, [267]
Williamson, William Crawford, life of, [243-260]
—— —— collections of, [258]
—— —— early life of, [247]
—— —— as Fossil Botanist, [7], [253]
—— —— as Geologist, [249]
—— —— as Lecturer, [250], [251]
—— —— at Manchester, [250]
—— —— mistakes of, [257], [258]
—— —— as Naturalist, [248]
—— —— results of, [256]
—— —— Ward and, [264]
—— —— as Zoologist, [4]
Williamsonia, [253]
Witham, [243-245], [307]
[Y]
Yorkshire, palaeontology of, [247]
[Z]
Zamia, Williamson on, [253]
Zoologist, Williamson as, [4]
—— Berkeley as, [226]

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

All botanical terms in the text have been retained. Except for those changes noted below, misspelling by the authors, inconsistent or archaic usage, has been retained. For example, cell-walls, cell walls; sea-weed, seaweed; Linnæus Linnaeus;

[p 69 ] 'limped' changed to 'limpid'.
[p 106] 'concensus' changed to 'consensus'.
[Footnote [105] 'completer' changed to 'more complete'.
[Footnote [112] 'p. 8*.' changed to 'p. 8.'. [p 173] 'Endogens' (repeated in list) changed to 'Exogens'.
[p 220] 'deterrants' changed to 'deterrents'.
[p 248] 'estuarian' changed to 'estuarine'.
[p 300] 'Walker Arnott' changed to 'Walker-Arnott'.
[Index:] 'Anabaena' changed to 'Anabena'.
[Index:] (De Candolle:) 'Prodomus' changed to 'Prodromus'.
[Index:] 'Elfing' changed to 'Elfving'.
[Index:] (Ward:) '261-279' made bold '261-279'.