Gardner, J. S., 132 Geographical distribution of plants, 15-38 Geological evolution of Britain, 29 Geological record, 39-55 Geological table, 42, 43 Geological time, 2, 3, 49 _Ginkgo biloba_, 113, 120-133 Ginkgoales, 18, 120-133 Ginkgophyllum, 128 Glacial period, effect on vegetation of, 29-32, 45, 47 _Gladiolus illyricus_, 31 Gleichenia, 81-83 Graham's Land, 70, 117 Gunn, Dr Marcus, 117 Gwynne-Vaughan, Prof., 80 Gymnosperms, 17, 18 _Habenaria intacta_, 37 Halifax, plants from canal near, 21 Heer, O.,33, 82, 101 Henry, A., 126 Hirase, Prof., 124, 125 Hofmeister, W. F. B., 125 Hollick, A., 119 Holmes, T. Rice, 2 Hooker, Sir J. D., 4, 15, 16, 22, 23, 27, 40 Hose, C, 87 Huxley, T. H., 11, 52 Ireland, Mediterranean plants in, 30-38 Jeffrey, Prof. E. C, 114, 119 Jet, 114 Juan Fernandez, 84 Jurassic flora, 53, 54, 70, 117 Jussieu, A. de, 109 Kaempfer, E., 121 Kauri Pine, 107 Kidston, Dr E., 74, 80 Knaresborough, petrifying spring at, 64 Krakatau, new flora of, 33, 31 Laccopteris, 90, 91 Lang, Dr A. , 27 Lankester, Sir Edwin Ray, 49 Lhwyd, E., 57 Linnaeus, C, 121, 123 Liriodendron, 28, 29 Liverworts, antiquity of, 79 London Pride, 31 Longevity of trees, 1-10 _Luzula racemosa_, 23 _L. spicata_, 23, 24 MacDougal, Prof., 62 Maiden Hair Tree, 120-133 Mammoth trees of California, 95-105 Man, first appearance of, 49 Marchantia, 79 Market Harborough, Elodea discovered near, 20 Marshall, E. S., 38 Matonia, 77, 86-94 _M. pectinata_, 86-88, 92, 93 _M. sarmentosa_, 87 Matonidium, 89 Mediterranean plants in Ireland, 30-38 Miller, Hugh, 59, 115, 117 Milligan, Dr, 2 Moss, Dr C. E., 23 Mull, Fossil plants in Isle of, 132 _Naias graminea_, 21 Nathorst, A. G., 64, 103, 117 Native plants, 20 New forest, 31 _Nipa fruticans_, 50-52 Nipadites, 50, 52 Norfolk Island Pine, see _Araucaria excelsa_ Oaks, longevity of, 4 Oliver, Prof. F. W., 74 _Osmunda regalis_, 76-79, 83 _Osmundites Dunlopi_, 80 Palaeozoic plants, 55, 66-68, 71, 127, 128 Peat, trees in, 12, 13 Permian floras, 55 Petrifaction, 64-67 _Picea excelsa_, 46, 48 Pines, Tertiary, 65, 66 _Pinus sylvestris_, 11-13, 47 Pipewort, 36-38 Pliny's Natural History, 4 Podocarpus, 109 _Potamogeton pennsylvanicus_, 21 Praeger, E. L., 32, 36, 37 Pre-Glacial plants, 22, 45-48 _Primula elatior_, 24 Protodammara, 119 Psygmophyllum, 127 _Pteridium aquilinum_, 75, 77, 83, 87 Pteridophyta, 18, 124 Pteridosperms, 74, 75 Pyrenean plants in Ireland, 31-38