The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ...

Edward Polehampton

R.N. Rose, 1821 - Natural history

Contents

• GALLERY OF NATURE: xi
• BOOK III: li
• Page: 1
• On Systems and Classifications: 5
• Natural History of Plants: 19
• Nutritive Plants: 42
• Cassava or Manioc: 54
• Rice: 56
• Maize or Indian Corn: 58
• Sago: 59
• Date: 63
• Olive: 67
• Vine: 70
• Sugar Plants: 78
• Cane Sugar 2 Maple Sugar: 82
• Tea Plant: 101
• Coffee: 106
• Cocoa: 118
• Cinnamon Tree: 119
• Ginger: 124
• Pimento Allspice or Jamaica Pepper: 125
• Mace or Nutmeg Tree: 127
• Pepper Plant: 131
• Medicinal Plants: 133
• Manna Tree ib ii Senna Tree: 137
• Cassia Purgative: 140
• Liquorice Plant: 142
• Tamarind Tree: 143
• Jesuits or Peruvian Bark: 146
• Cascarilla: 154
• Angustura: 158
• Canella: 159
• Myrrh: 163
• Dragons Blood: 169
• Turpentine Pitch Burgundy Pitch Frankincense: 172
• Canadian Balsam Tree: 177
• Balm or Balsam of Gilead Tree: 178
• Balsam of Tolu Tree: 181
• Balsam of Copaiva Tree: 183
• Guaiacum Tree: 185
• Scammony Jalap Plant: 190
• Aloes Tree: 191
• Rhubarb Plant: 197
• Ipecacuanha Plant: 200
• Bitter Apple or Colocynth: 203
• Columbo: 205
• Cardamom Tree: 206
• Gum Ammoniac Plant: 208
• Oil of Cajeput Tree: 209
• Assafoetida Plant: 212
• Opium Plant: 215
• Vegetable Poisons: 221
• Preliminary Observations ib ii Cherry Laurel: 246
• Nightshade: 250
• Black Henbane: 256
• Thorn Apple: 260
• Vomic Nut: 262
• Manchineel Tree: 265
• Lamas and Ticunas: 267
• Bohan or Bohan Upas: 279
• Plants Curious or Useful in the Arts: 282
• Extraneous Marks found in the Trunks of Trees: 313
• Siccus: 321
• Worms: 345
• Zoophytes or Zoophytic Worms Polypes Corals and Sponges: 352
• Molluscous Worms or those without shell: 356
• Actinia or Sea Anemone: 363
• Asterias or StarFish: 364
• Testaceous Worms or those possessing Shells: 365
• Pearl Muscle or MotherofPearl Shell: 369
• Great Clamp Shell 4 Sea Pina: 374
• Intestinal Worms: 376
• Hair Worm or Gordius: 377
• Insects: 379
• Death Watch ib ii Glow Worm Lantern Fly: 381
• Locust Cricket: 384
• Chirping Grasshopper: 393
• Camel Cricket or Praying Mantis: 395
• Cochineal Kermes and GumLac Insects: 397
• Lady Bird Lady Cow: 400
• Butterfly ib ix Moth Silk Worm: 407
• May Fly: 414
• Gnat Musquito: 417
• Ichneumon: 420
• Bee: 421
• Common Ant: 449
• Spider: 466
• White Ant: 471
• Crab Lobster: 480
• Fishes: 484
• Eel ib ii Sword Fish: 486
• Electrical Eel or Gymnote: 488
• Cod Fish: 504
• Mackarel: 506
• Remora or Sucking Fish: 508
• Rostrate Chatodo: 512
• Perch: 513
• Carp: 515
• Gold Fish: 517
• Salmon: 519
• xii Trout: 523
• Flying Fish: 526
• Herring: 528
• Toad Fish or Angler: 531
• Sucker: 532
• Sturgeon Sterlet: 534
• Large Shark: 538
• Amphibials: 542
• Land Tortoise ib ii Crocodile: 546
• Alligator: 550
• Chameleon: 552
• Salamander: 556
• Frog Toad: 558
• Siren: 564
• RattleSnake: 566
• Great Boa: 573
• Cerastes or Horned Snake: 577
• Birds 558: 585
• Condor Gryphus ib ii Bulbul or Jocose Shrike: 588
• Humming Bird: 589
• Parrot: 591
• Woodpecker: 597
• Cuckoo: 599
• Ostrich Emen Cassowary: 609
• Thush Throstle Mocking Bird: 618
• Pigeon: 625
• Bullfinch: 628
• Goldfinch: 629
• Canary Bird: 631
• Skylark: 632
• Nightingale: 633
• Red Breast: 636
• Wren: 638
• On the Migration of Birds: 640
• Quadrupeds and Animals that Suckle their Young: 647
• OrangOutang ib ii Preacher Monkey: 649
• and Elephant Hunt: 650
• Manate or Manati: 656
• Mammoth: 659
• DuckBill or Platypus: 665
• Sheep: 667
• Ox with a Description of the Spanish BullFight: 676
• Horse: 682
• Quagga: 688

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ...; Volume 5 of The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science, Edward Polehampton
• Author: Edward Polehampton
• Publisher: R.N. Rose, 1821
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Dec 15, 2008