Apart from botanical science, there is perhaps no subject of inquiry connected with plants of wider interest than that suggested by the study of folk-lore.
This field of research has been largely worked of late years, and has obtained considerable popularity in this country, and on the Continent.
Here are the chapters included inside the book:
• CHAPTER I. PLANT LIFE.
• CHAPTER II. PRIMITIVE AND SAVAGE NOTIONS RESPECTING PLANTS
• CHAPTER III. PLANT-WORSHIP.
• CHAPTER IV. LIGHTNING PLANTS.
• CHAPTER V. PLANTS IN WITCHCRAFT.
• CHAPTER VI. PLANTS IN DEMONOLOGY.
• CHAPTER VII. PLANTS IN FAIRY-LORE.
• CHAPTER VIII. LOVE-CHARMS.
• CHAPTER IX. DREAM-PLANTS.
• CHAPTER X. PLANTS AND THE WEATHER.
• CHAPTER XI. PLANT PROVERBS.
• CHAPTER XII. PLANTS AND THEIR CEREMONIAL USE.
• CHAPTER XIII. PLANT NAMES.
• CHAPTER XIV. PLANT LANGUAGE.
• CHAPTER XV. FABULOUS PLANTS.
• CHAPTER XVI. DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURES.
• CHAPTER XVII. PLANTS AND THE CALENDAR.
• CHAPTER XVIII. CHILDRENS RHYMES AND GAMES.
• CHAPTER XIX. SACRED PLANTS.
• CHAPTER XX. PLANT SUPERSTITIONS.
• CHAPTER XXI. PLANTS IN FOLK-MEDICINE.
• CHAPTER XXII. PLANTS AND THEIR LEGENDARY HISTORY.
• CHAPTER XXIII. MYSTIC PLANTS.