Enquiry into Plants, Vol. 2

CONTENTS

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Of other uncultivated herbs, which may be classed with pot-herbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Of the differences in stem and leaf found in all herbaceous plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Of other differences seen in herbaceous plants in general, as compared with one another and with trees . . . 111
Of the seasons at which herbs grow and flower . . . . 115
Of the classes into which herbaceous plants may be divided, as those having a spike and chicory-like plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Of herbs which have fleshy or bulbous roots . . . . . 125
Of certain properties and habits peculiar to certain herbaceous plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

BOOK VIII
OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS: CEREALS, PULSES, AND 'SUMMER CROPS'

Of the three classes and the times of sowing and of germination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Of differences in the mode of germination and of subsequent development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Of differences in development due to soil or climate . . 155
Of differences between the parts of cereals, pulses, and summer crops respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Of the differences between cereals . . . . . . . . . . 165
Of the differences between pulses . . . . . . . . . . 173
Of sowing, manuring, and watering . . . . . . . . . 177
Of the degeneration of cereals into darnel . . . . . . 183
Of the peculiar character of chick-pea . . . . . . . 183
Of special features of 'summer crops' . . . . . . . . 185
Of treatment of cereals peculiar to special localities . . 185
Of cereals which grow a second time from the same stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Of the effects of climate, soil, and manuring . . . . . 189
Of different qualities of seed . . . . . . . . . . . . 191