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HAEDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



BOTANY (continued). 



Elodia Canadensis, xii. 257 



Embryos, tricotyledonous.vi. 115,139, 1-15. 



226 

 Empetrum, xi. 143 

 English herbs as substitute for gentian, 



vii. 91, 116 

 Epilobium angustifolium, ix. 113, 213 

 Epipactis latifolia, viii. 259. 278 ; ix. 17 ; 



paluatria, viii. 259, 273; ix. 17 ; 



epiphytes, xi. 143 

 Ericas, abnormal, v. 193 : viii. 6-1 

 Erucastrum inodorum near Saffron Wal- 



den, i. 78; Polliehii, i. 209 

 Eryngion multif'oliense, vi. 279 

 Etymologies, xi. 143, 163, 189 

 Eucalypti, acclimatization of, x. 05 

 Eucalyptus globulus in Royal Botanic 



Gardens, x. 13, 61, 115; xi. 89 

 Euonymus, xi. 115, 137, 278 

 Evergreens, bouquet of, ii. 95 ; and frost. 



xi. 115, 208 

 Exogens, iii. Ill 



EAGUS SYLVATICA, v. 259 

 Eairy rings, iv. 221 

 Fayberry, v. 162, 188 



Fern : bristle, European, ix. 128 ; hart's- 

 tongue, i. 190, 211; holly, ix. 139; 

 maiden-hair, v. 211; xi. 187; male as an 

 anthelmintic, i. 67 ; prickly, v. 162 ; 

 query, i. 91; royal, iv. 187, 236, 233 ; 

 sea-weed, i. 190 ; seeds, formation of, 

 iv. 183; spores, ii.46, 69 ; ix. 11; starch, 

 vi. 235; Tunbridge, i. 2), 114; viii. 61, 

 115 

 Fern-case : breaking of, xi. 119, 283 ; 

 ferns in, i. 281, 287 ; ii. 173 



Fern-cases : mould iu, x. 91, 136, 167 ; 



rustic work for, i. 34 

 Fern ollecting on churches, xii. 182, 280 



Fernery, how to make a, ix. 61 



Ferns, i. 20, 31, 37, 41, 66, 67, 93, 1"9 ; v. 

 66,161; age of, viii. 166; buried with the 

 dead, iii. 65 ; to bleach, xi. 236 ; bifur- 

 cated, iv. 187, 213, 231, 237, 238, 210 ; 

 of Bucks, iv. 13 ; collection and preser- 

 vation of, viii. 97 ; cultivation of, i. 44, 

 109, 239 ; ii. 46, 69 ; cultivation of, use 

 of cinders, i. 188 ; in Devonshire, iv. 

 238, 281 ; to grow, i. 262 ; hardy foreign, 

 iii. 83 ; insects on, i. 66 ; iv. 213, 237, 

 261, 263 ; viii. 282 ; ix. 92 ; Killarney, 

 i. 92 ; management of, i. 284 ; partheno- 

 genesis in, x. 236 ; preservative power of, 

 i. 37, 95, 115 ; reproduction of, i. 89 ; 

 varieties of, iii. 187 ; walking, iii. 187 ; 

 viii. 22 



Fertilization : of flowers, x. 43, 236 ; of 

 grasses, ix. 112 ; by insects, iii, 2i)9 ; 

 viii. 89, 257, 278 ; oi certain plants, ix. 

 258 



Fever plant, iv. 46 



Fibres, vegetable, ii. 10 



Field clubs and rare plants, xi. 167 



Figs : what are they, iv. 284; and grapes 

 in Old London, xi. 215 



Fiji Islands, flora of, i. 67 



Filberts, ii. 95 



Findings, floral, vi. 6, 46, 53, 70, SS, 202 



Fingers and toes root disease, vi. 260 



Fir, new Arcadian, i. 250 



Flax, x. 238 ; sowing of, rustic supersti- 

 tion, x. 238 



Fleur-de-lis, xi. 92 



Flora Hautonieneis, vi. 166, 212, 261 



Flordel Espiritu Santo, iii. 18, 42 



Flower: market, ii. 114; pot, charcoal, 

 v. 239 



Flowers : and birds, vii. 63 ; xi. 95, 136, 

 214, 235 ; colour of by candlelight, viii. 

 212; imperfectly developed, i. 103, 137 ; 

 x. 153 ; double, and perfumes, ix. 

 162, 2')9 ; dried in sand, v. 7i) ; to dry, by 

 smoking with brimstone, x. 152 ; dry- 

 ing, i. 186 ; vii. 279 ; viii. 71, 91, 

 137: electric, ii. 280; everlasting, vii. 

 239; viii. 19; of the forest, xii. 175; 

 formation of ozone by, viii. 211 ; and 

 insects, vii. 258, 2S2 ; viii. 21 ; x. 184, 

 215; xi. 115; language of, i. Ill ; vii. 

 91 ; of the ocean, v. 207; spring, v. 121 ; 

 study of, x. 151; variation of colours 

 in, vii. 270; ix. 131, 161, 209; white 



BOTANY (continued). 



and other varieties, xi. 55, 118, 139, 140, 

 142 



Flycatching plant, i. 43 



Fly orchis, viii. 259 



Fly-trap, Venus's, xi. 187 



Forest : ancient, in Cheshire, ix. 67 ; fires 

 in United States, vii. 70 ; in Prance, 

 destruction of, viii. 8 ; in New Zealand, 

 x. 231; xi. 69, 118, 141 



Forget-me-not, ii. 136; viii. 22 



Forty years ago, i. 24 



Foxglove: abnormal, iv. 210; derivation 

 of, vi. 43, 67, 69,91,93,94, 115, 118, 135, 

 166, 260; seeds of, ii. 212 



Fragaria vesca, &c. x. 239, 259 



Fragillaria erotonensi?, v. 109, 158, 183 



Fritillariameleagris, ii. 143,186,212; xii. 

 118, 143 



Fruit : original mode of gathering, iii. 

 184; and sparrowd, ix. 239; and squir- 

 rels, viii. 212. 



Fruits, carboniferous, xi. 20 



Fungi, iii. 18 ; v. 141 ; xii. 179 



Fuchsias, xii. 239 



Fucus serratus, &c. i. 204 



Fungi: books on, i. 240; British, ii. 92 ; 

 vi. 77 ; xii. 257 ; British, hand-books of, 

 v. 235 ; vi. 211 ; vii. 18:*, 223 ; chemical 

 properties of, viii. 164; colouring matter 

 in, viii. 113 ; to discriminate between 

 edible and poisonous, xii. 217 ; edible, 

 i. 214; iv. 20, 115, 259; on leaves, viii. 

 22; luminous, vii. 69, 91, 118; ix. 69, 

 117; new, i. 209; viii. 90, 113, 116; ix. 

 277; patellaria, v. 95, 143 ; poisonous, 

 viii. 232 ; polymorphic, vii. 43 ; to pre- 

 serve, i. 141 : viii. 116, 185, 193, 

 210, 239; x. 165; xi. 163; ramble 

 after, viii. 217; reaction of iodine in, 

 ii. 42, 67 ; spores, action of, ii. 23 ; 

 spring, viii. 95 ; testing, xii. 188, 234 ; 

 Welsh, ii. 212 ; in winter, iv. 90 



Fungological excursions, x. 19 



Fungus, candle-snuff, vii. 77; cholera, ii. 

 212 ; iii. 206 ; v. 43 ; resting-spores of 

 the potato, xi. 219, 266; potato, xii. 

 202 ; star-spored, i. 35 ; theory, vii. 23 



Furze-leaves, trifoliate, i. 115 



Fusus bernieiendis, iv. 143, 165, 212 



GAGEA LDTEA, and other rare plants, 

 in Northamptonshire, xii. 139 



Gall-bearing plants, v. 66 



Galls: British and foreign, iv. 140; 

 button, i. 240 



Garden : Mr. Smee's, in Surrey, viii. 202 ; 

 oracle, vi. 46 ; vii. 47 ; wall, flora of an 

 old, xi. 150 



Garlic, history of, x. 145 



Gaslight and plants, viii. 118, 141, 142, 

 191, 212 ; ix. 71 



Geaster, species of, i. 19 



Genista pilosa, as seaside shrub, x. 116 



Gentian, iv. 190 ; vii. 91, 119, 139, 143 ; 

 viii. 162 



Gentiana verna, x. 119 



Gentianaceae, viii. 162 



Geoglossum difforme, ix. 65 



Geranium : molle, xi. 68 ; Eobertianum, 

 v. 133, 191, 2i2 ; seeds, v. 2*5 



Geraniums : British, v. 151 ; carpels of, 

 v. 211, 235, 238, 261 ; starch in, viii. 215 



Geum rivale, x. 137, 162, 190, 211 



Giants, floral, v. 9 



Giant trees, xi. 136 



Gladioli, diseased, iv. 239 



Gnaphalium, vii. 239 



Goldilocks, vii. 19 



Good King Harry, vi. 189, 214, 234, 238 



Gooseberry, local name of, v. 162, 188 



Goose-foot, white, saline incrustation on, 

 xi. 231, 260 



Goose-grass, xii. 262 



Gossypium, species of, i. 43 



Grafting, strange freak, x. 68 



Gram, of India, xi. 23S, 260 



Grass : ergotized, vii. 279 ; viii. 45 ; five- 

 leaved, ii. 232 ; gum - tree, ix. 209 ; 

 northern holy-, ix. 139 ; xi. 177, 232, 

 262 ; xii. 42, 162 ; scurvy-, v. 43, 66, 67, 

 91, 114, 143 ; smooth fluger-, iv. 224 ; 

 Timothy-, iv. 187 



Grasses : bouquet of, ii. 53 ; v. 172 ; and 



BOTANY (continued). 



mosses to dye, ii. 293 ; iii. 23 ; plea for 



our, x. 176, 260 ; preserving, vii. 261 ; 



ix. 25 ; study of, iv. 197 ; xii. 1 

 Greengage, growth in, v. 46 

 Green lanes, half-hours in, x. 214 

 Gregories, vii. 17, 71 

 Grevillea, viii. 187 

 Griffithsia, corallina, vii. 215 

 Grimniia Ungeri, vi. 275 

 Guaco, iii. 167, 189 

 Guayacol, ii. 93 

 Gum Tabanuco, iv. 71 

 Gum-tree, blue, x. 61, 65, 115 

 Gum-trees, febrifugal, properties of, ix. 



278 

 Gunpowder-plant, iv. 43 



HABENARIA bifolia, &c, v. 162, 186, 

 191 



Habergeon, vi. 94, 118 



Hsemony, ii. 141, 165, 189 



Hampshire : beeches, ii. 136 ; flora, vi. 

 166, 212, 261 ; lycopod, iii. 209, 258 



Harebell, vi. 118 



Hart's-tongue, proliferous, iii. 42 



Hasan-i-Yusaf, vi. 176 



Hastings and St. Leonards, flora of, xii. 

 115 ; plants of, iv. 19 



Hawthorn, i. 198 ; iv. 267 ; v. 22, 23, 43, 70, 

 93, 116, 118 ; xi. 71 ; floweringin August, 

 vii. 210 ; coloured, viii. 212 ; fruit of, 

 v. 70, 93 ; variation in, iv. 267 



Heather, ii. 232 



Heartsease, ii. 67, 92 ; vii. 43, 163, 165, 191 



Hebony, iv. 112, 163, 190 



Hellebore, ii. 275 



Helleborus, nectaries of, have power to 

 absorb and digest nitrogenous sub- 

 stances, xii. 162 



Helianthus tuberosus, xii. 25 



Helichrysum, viii. 19 



Helvellyn, bouquet from, iii. 242 



Hemlock, v. 119, 142 



Hemp agrimony, vii. 116, 189 



Henbane, vii. 43 



Hepaticse, British, x. 137, 210 ; xi. 19 



Heracleum giganteum, viii. 215, 237 



Herb : Paris, i. 138, 143 ; vi. 161, 210 ; 

 Robert, v. 133, 191,262 



Herbs, common, v. 178, 235, 268 ; vi. 260 



Hertfordshire, plants of, viii. 138 ; ix. 277 



Hieracium maaulatum, x. 187 



Hierochloe borealis, ix. 139 ; xi. 177, 232, 

 262 ; xii. 42 



Himalayas, cryptogams in, i. 114 



Hippophiie rhamnoides, ix. 278 



Holiday rambles : Cornwall, botanical 

 ramblein,xi.l02; Highlands, botanizing 

 in the, x. 249 ; Scdly Isles, the, xi. '1--1 \ 

 Scotch Arran, xi. 178; Sussex coast, 

 a day's botanizing on the, xi. 34 ; West 

 of Ireland, xi. 234 ; xii. 169, 222 



Holly, iv. 107 ; v. 213, 235, 238, 259, 2S0, 

 283 ; berries, iv. 68, 90, 119 ; vi. 186, 

 210, 2i3, 231; vii. 69 ; iu flower, iii. 42 ; 

 and mistletoe, xii. 82 ; sea, x. 113 



Hollyhock disease, ix. 235 



Hollyhocks, black, i. 13 



Holy-grass, northern, ix. 139; xi. 177, 

 232, 262; xii. 42, 162 



Honeysuckle, double, iii. 239 



Horse-chestnut : uses of, i. 43, 111 ; trees, 

 i. 17; ii. 67; iv. 266, 283; xi. 69, 119, 

 143 ; xii. 234 



Horse-eye nut, ix. 283 



Horse-tail, sports of, vi. 167 



Horse-tails and mares'-tails, confusion 

 between, iv. 266 



Hops, male, iv. 215 



Horehound, black, vi. 17 



Humulus, viii. 259 



Hyacinth bulbs, preserving, i. 190 



Hybridism, Naudin on, i. 258 



Hydrocharis, hybernation of, vi. 271 



HymenophyllumTunbridgense, i. 20, 114; 

 viii. 61, 115 



Hypnum Bambergeri, iv. 62 



INDIA-RUBBER, to dissolve, ii. 263 

 Iodine, reaction of, iu lichens, &c, ii. 12, 



67 

 Ireland : additions to flora of, ix. 189 ; the 



